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Opinion What’s Behind Mystery ‘Suicide’ of Argentina Prosecutor in Terror Probe?
It’s undoubtedly just coincidence. Then again, once you enter the shadowy world of international skullduggery, few things are coincidence and nothing is what it seems. So let’s just look at the known facts in these two simultaneously unfolding stories and see if we can’t spot any points of intersection. It’s probably all just coincidence. Consider…
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Breaking News Thousands Protest ‘Suicide’ of Argentina Prosecutor Alberto Nisman Amid Terror Probe
Thousands of people rallied Monday night to protest the mysterious death of a prosecutor who accused Argentina’s president of orchestrating a cover-up in the investigation of Iran over the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center. “The executive power is consolidating its dictatorship,” said protester Luciano Florio, a student at the Marshall Meyer rabbinical school…
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Breaking News Jewish Prosecutor Found Dead — Accused Argentina President of Terror Bombing Cover-Up
An Argentine prosecutor who accused President Cristina Fernandez of orchestrating a cover-up in the investigation of Iran over the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center was found dead in his apartment, authorities said on Monday. Alberto Nisman, who had been delving into the blast at the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires that…
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Breaking News Argentina President Cristina Fernandez Accused of Cover Up in 1994 Jewish Center Terror Attack
An Argentine prosecutor accused President Cristina Fernandez on Wednesday of trying to orchestrate a cover up in the investigation of Iran over the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires. State prosecutor Alberto Nisman, investigating the blast that killed 85 people, said Fernandez has pushed to drop the criminal investigation and…
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Breaking News Barack Obama Talks Iran and ICC With Benjamin Netanyahu
President Barack Obama spoke by phone on Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about ongoing nuclear talks with Iran and about the Palestinian move to become a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the White House said. “President Obama underscored that the United States does not believe Palestinian accession to the ICC is…
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Breaking News Barack Obama Says Iran Can Be Power If It ‘Gets Right’ With World
Iran could become a “very successful regional power” if Tehran agrees to a long-term deal to curb its nuclear program, President Barack Obama said in an interview with NPR News. “They’ve got a chance to get right with the world,” Obama said in the interview, which was taped at the White House on Dec. 18…
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Breaking News Republican Lindsey Graham Vows New Push for Sanctions on Iran
Sen. Lindsey Graham said in Jerusalem that the Senate will vote next month on an bill to reimpose sanctions if nuclear talks falter. Graham (R-S.C.), who is expected to take over as chairman of the Foreign Appropriations Subcommittee when the Republicans assume control of the Senate in January, met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in…
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Breaking News Congressional Spending Bill OKs Israel Defense Aid
The massive spending bill passed by Congress includes defense assistance for Israel along with tightened oversight of Palestinian funding and Iran nuclear talks. Included in the $1.1 trillion omnibus bill passed in the Senate by a 56-40 vote on Saturday night was the $3.1 billion in annual defense spending for Israel under a 2007 memorandum…
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