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    The judge investigating the 1994 bombing of the Argentine Jewish community center (AMIA) has acquitted Iranian national Nasrim Mokhtari of involvement due to lack of evidence. In doing so, the judge pointed to links between Hizballah and the Iranian government in carrying out the AMIA bombing. The judge also called on Israel to respond to Argentine requests for information and Brazil to further investigate Wilson dos Santos' role. The AMIA and Israeli embassy bombing investigations appear headed toward closure with little chance of identifying those responsible.

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    The judge investigating the 1994 bombing of the Argentine Jewish community center (AMIA) has acquitted Iranian national Nasrim Mokhtari of involvement due to lack of evidence. In doing so, the judge pointed to links between Hizballah and the Iranian government in carrying out the AMIA bombing. The judge also called on Israel to respond to Argentine requests for information and Brazil to further investigate Wilson dos Santos' role. The AMIA and Israeli embassy bombing investigations appear headed toward closure with little chance of identifying those responsible.

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    The judge investigating the 1994 bombing of the Argentine Jewish community center (AMIA) has acquitted Iranian national Nasrim Mokhtari of involvement due to lack of evidence. In doing so, the judge pointed to links between Hizballah and the Iranian government in carrying out the AMIA bombing. The judge also called on Israel to respond to Argentine requests for information and Brazil to further investigate Wilson dos Santos' role. The AMIA and Israeli embassy bombing investigations appear headed toward closure with little chance of identifying those responsible.

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    UNCLASSIFIED

    CONFIDENTIAL
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    RELEASED IN PART
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    FM AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES
    TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 5442
    INFO AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV
    AMEMBASSY ASUNCION
    AMEMBASSY BRASILIA
    AMEMBASSY MONTEVIDEO
    AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO
    FBI WASHDC
    CONFIDENTIALSECTION 01 OF 02 BUENOS AIRES 000920
    E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/25/03
    TAGS: PTER, KPRP, PREL, PGOV, IS, AR
    SUBJECT: TERRORIST BOMBINGS UPDATE: AMIA JUDGE POINTS
    FINGER AT HIZBALLAH AND ACQUITS MOKHTARI
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    BUENOS 00920 01 OF 02 261902Z
    REF: 98 BUENOS AIRES 6630
    CLASSIFIED BY V. MANUEL ROCHA, CHARGE. REASON: 1.5 (B,D).
    1. (C) SUMMARY: THE JUDGE INVESTIGATING THE 1994 AMIA
    BOMBING HAS ACQUITTED IRANIAN NATIONAL NASRIM MOHKTARI OF
    INVOLVEMENT DUE TO A LACK OF EVIDENCE. IN DOING SO, HE
    POINTED THE FINGER AT HIZBALLAH FOR THE BOMBING AND CLAIMED
    THERE IS A LINK BETWEEN HIZBALLAH AND THE IRANIAN
    GOVERNMENT. AT THE SAME TIME, HE CALLED ON THE ISRAELI
    GOVERNMENT TO RESPOND TO FORMAL GOA REQUESTS FOR
    INFORMATION REGARDING THE ATTACK, AND ON THE BRAZILIAN
    GOVERNMENT TO DEEPEN ITS PROBE INTO WILSON DOS SANTOS' ROLE
    IN THE ATTACKS. THE AMIA AND ISRAELI EMBASSY BOMBING

    UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE


    REVIEW AUTHORITY: OSCAR J OLSON
    DATE/CASE ID: 11 DEC 2008 200705645

    E46

    UNCLASSIFIED

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    INVESTIGATIONS APPEAR TO BE HEADED TOWARD CLOSURE, WITH


    LITTLE CHANCE OF IDENTIFYING THE RESPONSIBLE PARTIES. END
    SUMMARY.
    MOKHTARI ACQUITTED
    2. (U) ON FEBRUARY 24, JUDGE JUAN GALEANO, THE CHIEF
    PROSECUTOR IN THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE 1994 BOMBING OF
    THE ARGENTINE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER (AMIA) RELEASED A
    LENGTHY RULING IN WHICH HE REPORTED ON HIS INQUIRY INTO THE
    REPUTED PARTICIPATION IN THE ATTACK BY NASRIM MOKHTARI, AN
    IRANIAN FORMERLY RESIDENT IN ARGENTINA. GALEANO LAID OUT
    HIS INVESTIGATION FOLLOWING HER ARREST AT EZEIZA AIRPORT
    LATE LAST YEAR. IN THE END, THE JUDGE AGREED WITH ESTEBAN
    CANEVARI, HIS SUPREME COURT COUNTERPART LEADING THE
    INVESTIGATION INTO THE 1992 BOMBING OF THE ISRAELI EMBASSY,
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    WHO IN LATE DECEMBER RULED THAT THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT
    EVIDENCE TO CHARGE MOKHTARI (SEE REFTEL).
    3. (U) GALEANO'S RULING DID POINT OUT CERTAIN
    "INCONSISTENCIES" IN MOKHTARI'S TESTIMONY (SUCH AS HER
    RELATIONS WITH A FORMER ARGENTINE POLITICIAN WHO HELPED HER
    OBTAIN AN ARGENTINE PASSPORT, HER WHEREABOUTS ON THE DATE
    OF THE AMIA ATTACK, AND HOW OFTEN SHE HAD VISITED THE
    IRANIAN EMBASSY IN BUENOS AIRES). WHILE SHE ADMITTED TO
    MUCH OF WHAT COULD BE CHARCTERIZED AS "SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY"
    INVOLVING HER PAST IN BUENOS AIRES, SHE FLATLY DENIED
    ANYTHING WHICH COULD HAVE INCRIMINATED HER. WITH THE
    RETRACTION BY THE BRAZILIAN WILSON DOS SANTOS OF HIS
    EARLIER TESTIMONY, THE JUDGE HAD LITTLE CHOICE BUT TO DROP
    THE CHARGES AGAINST HER. GALEANO CALLED ON HIS BRAZILIAN
    COLLEAGUES TO CONTINUE THEIR INVESTIGATIONS INTO DOS
    SANTOS' ACTIVITIES. HE ALSO REQUESTED THAT GOA LAW
    ENFORCEMENT AND INTELLIGENCE SERVICES CONTINUE THEIR
    EFFORTS TO DETERMINE THE BONA FIDES OF DOS SANTOS' CLAIMS.
    IRAN-HIZBALLAH CONNECTION
    4. (U) IN THE SAME RULING, GALEANO PROVIDED BACKGROUND
    INFORMATION ON THE ISRAELI EMBASSY BOMBING, NOTING THAT
    ISLAMIC JIHAD HAD CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ATTACK TO
    AVENGE THE KILLING OF HIZBALLAH LEADER ALI ABBAS MUSAWI.
    GALEANO STATED THAT FOLLOWING THE 1992 BOMBING, ARGENTINA
    REMAINED A VULNERABLE TARGET TO ANOTHER TERRORIST ATTACK
    USING SIMILAR TACTICS. FOLLOWING THE MAY 1994 CAPTURE OF

    UNCLASSIFIED

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    MUSTAFA DIRANI BY ISRAELI TROOPS IN THE BEKKA VALLEY,


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    HIZBALLAH AGAIN CLAIMED THAT IT HAD NO OTHER OPTION BUT TO
    CONTINUE ITS ARMED RESISTANCE. GALEANO NOTED THAT
    HIZBALLAH LEADER SHAYK MUHAMMAD FADLALLAH IN AN INTERVIEW
    IN "AL HAYAT ON MAY 30, 1994, SAID "IF ISRAEL HAS LONG
    ARMS, WE DO TOO, JUST LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED IN BUENOS
    AIRES..."
    5. (U) GALEANO NOTED THAT IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE AMIA
    BOMBING, A GROUP CALLING ITSELF ANSAR ALLAH (FOLLOWERS OF
    GOD) RELEASED A COMMUNIQUE ON JULY 23, 1994, IN BOTH SIDON
    AND BEIRUT, IN WHICH IT STATED THAT "THE OPERATIONS IN
    ARGENTINA AND PANAMA ARE PROOF OF THE CONTINUATION OF THE
    CONFRONTATION WITH ZIONISM...WHAT HAPPENED IN ARGENTINA AND
    PANAMA WILL NOT STOP, WE WILL CONTINUE OUR FIGHT UNTIL WE
    EXPEL THE ZIONISTS AND REINSTATE JUSTICE ALL OVER THE WORLD
    APPLYING ISLAMIC LAW EVERYWHERE."
    6. (U) GALEANO CONTINUED THAT STUDIES PREPARED BY VARIOUS
    LAW ENFORCEMENT AND INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES, AMONG THEM HE
    MENTIONED THE FBI AND ARGENTINA'S SIDE, HAVE SHOWN THE
    LINKS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF
    IRAN AND HIZBALLAH. THE EVIDENCE HE HAS SEEN TO DATE SHOWS
    THAT, AT LEAST AT THE TIME OF THE AMIA BOMBING, THERE
    EXISTED A SUBORDINATION OF HIZBALLAH TO CERTAIN IRANIAN
    GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES. HE ADDED, THAT THIS LINK CONTINUES
    TO BE A MATTER OF INVESTIGATION, ALTHOUGH HE WARNED THAT
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    UNCLASSIFIED

    C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 02 OF 02 BUENOS AIRES 000920


    E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/25/03
    TAGS: PTER, KPRP, PREL, PGOV, IS, AR
    SUBJECT: TERRORIST BOMBINGS UPDATE: AMIA JUDGE POINTS
    FINGER AT HIZBALLAH AND ACQUITS MOKHTARI
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    THIS PART OF THE INVESTIGATION WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED


    BY CONSTRAINTS IMPOSED BY THE USE OF INTELLIGENCE-BASED
    INFORMATION.
    ISRAELI STONEWALLING?

    7. (U) THE JUDGE ALSO CALLED UPON THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT TO


    RESPOND TO THE THREE OFFICIAL ARGENTINE REQUESTS FOR
    INFORMATION (MADE IN SEPTEMBER 1997, AND FEBRUARY AND
    OCTOBER 1998) REGARDING WHAT DOS SANTOS TOLD ISRAELI
    CONSULAR OFFICIALS IN MILAN IN JULY 1994, PRIOR TO THE
    EMBASSY BOMBING.
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    B. (C)
    RECENTLY EXPRESSED TO US HIS
    DISAPPOINTMENT WITH THE WAY SIDE, THE ARGENTINE
    INTELLIGENCE SERVICE, HAD HANDLED THE ARREST OF MOKHTARI.
    HE SAID THE VERY VISIBLE "MEDIA SHOW" (AS HE PUT IT) ASPECT
    OF THE ARREST ENSURED THAT MOKHTARI WOULD BE AN
    UNCOOPERATIVE WITNESS. HE CLAIMED HE WAS UNAWARE THAT SHE
    WAS BEING BROUGHT TO ARGENTINA UNTIL THE DAY OF THE ARREST.
    THE CASE AGAINST THE
    FORMER BUENOS AIRES POLICE OFFICERS IMPLICATED IN PROVIDING
    THE VEHICLE USED IN THE AMIA BOMBING. WHILE THERE APPEARS
    TO BE PLENTY OF EVIDENCE LINKING THEM WITH TRAFFICKING IN
    STOLEN AUTOMOBILES, IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHETHER HE CAN
    PROVE THEIR FORE-KNOWLEDGE OF THE USE OF THE VEHICLE.
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    ISRAELI EMBASSY CASE

    9. (C)I
    'TOLD US
    THAT GALEANO HAD USED IN THE CONTEXTUAL SECTION OF HIS
    REPORT ON THE IRAN-HIZBALLAH CONNECTION MUCH OF THE
    INFORMATION THE SUPREME COURT TEAM HAD ASSEMBLED THROUGH A
    VARIETY OF SOURCES, INCLUDING THE USG. HE SAID HE IS UNDER
    NO TIME PRESSURE TO COMPLETE HIS CASE. HOWEVER, HE COULD
    WELL MAKE ANOTHER RULING IN LATE MARCH REGARDING THE
    EXTERNAL SIDE OF THE INVESTIGATION, A REPORT WHICH WOULD BE
    VERY SIMILAR TO GALEANO'S BUT INCLUDING THE ISLAMIC JIHAD
    CLAIM OF RESPONSIBILITY.
    10. (C) THE ARGENTINE PRESS REPORTED WITH SENSATIONALISTIC
    HEADLINES ON A MEETING ON FEBRUARY 10 BETWEEN ISRAELI
    AMBASSADOR AVIRAN AND SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE NAZARENO,
    JUSTICE MOLINE O'CONNER, AND CANEVARI. THE PRESS CLAIMED
    THAT THE ISRAELI AMBASSADOR HAD COMPLAINED ABOUT THE
    HANDLING OF THE CASE.
    TOLD US THAT, CONTRARY TO
    THE LOCAL MEDIA'S RATHER SENSATIONALIZED ACCOUNT, THE
    MEETING HAD BEEN A USEFUL AND FRIENDLY EXCHANGE OF VIEWS.
    THE AMBASSADOR'
    'EXPRESSED HIS GOVERNMENT'S DESIRE THAT THE
    INVESTIGATION LAY THE BLAME "IN THE APPROPRIATE LAPS."
    ADDED THAT THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT ALSO HAS NEVER
    SHARED THE RESULTS OF ITS INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE EMBASSY
    BOMBING

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    COMMENT
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    11. (C)
    ARE RESIGNED TO NEVER BEING
    ABLE TO FIND THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE BOMBINGS.
    BOTH INVESTIGATIONS APPEAR TO BE COMING TO AN END, ALTHOUGH
    IT REMAINS UNCLEAR JUST WHEN THEY WILL BE CLOSED.
    CLAIM THEY ARE UNDER NO POLITICAL PRESSURE TO EITHER SLOW

    THEIR INVESTIGATIONS OR TO SPEED THEIR DELIBERATIONS. THE


    GOA APPEARS READY TO TO LET THE INVESTIGATORS PURSUE THEIR

    CASES WHERE THEY WILL AND AT THE PACE THEY WILL, EVEN
    DURING THIS ELECTION YEAR, AND LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE
    THEY MAY. ROCHA
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