Monday, August 24, 2009

Israel slams the Iranian regime's terrorist defense minister

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Jerusalem Post

Israel on Saturday night slammed Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's decision to name as its defense minister the man responsible for the 1994 attack in Buenos Aires against the Argentine-Israel Mutual Association (AMIA).

One Israeli official pointed out that the attack was the largest single act of anti-Semitic murder since the Holocaust.

Ahmad Vahidi, who commanded a unit of Iran's Revolutionary Guards known as the Quds Force at the time of the bombing, was nominated on Wednesday.

The Quds Force is involved in operations abroad, including working with Hizbullah, which is accused of carrying out the Buenos Aires attack. (Read more...)

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