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Israel seeks Argentine clarifications over attacks

The Columbian
Published: March 27, 2011, 12:00am

JERUSALEM (AP) — An official says Israel wants clarifications from Argentina over a report it offered Iran a deal: It would stop investigating bombings on Jewish centers there in exchange for better trade ties.

The Argentine paper Perfil quoted a leaked Iranian cable.

Eighty-five people were killed and 200 injured when a bomb exploded outside a Jewish community center in 1994.

The center was a symbol for Argentina’s Jewish population of more than 200,000.

Two years earlier, a bomb flattened Israel’s embassy in Buenos Aires, killing 29 people.

Iran was widely blamed for the attacks.

Israeli foreign ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor said Sunday he is waiting for official Argentine comment. “If this is true, then it would be a display of infinite cynicism and a dishonor to the dead.” he said.

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