Argentina: just say no to Mahmoud

A bomb exploded at a Jewish community center
in downtown Buenos Aires on July 18, 1994,
killing 85 people and wounding more than 200.

argentina isn't cozying up to ahmadinejad...

As Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits Latin America this weekend to strengthen economic and political ties with the region, Argentina's Néstor Kirchner will not be in the line of presidents turning out to greet him.

Kirchner's government has reinvigorated attempts to prosecute Iranian figures for their alleged role in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center here, recently issuing arrest warrants for nine former Iranian officials. Among those sought is former president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, accused of ordering the attack that killed 85 people and injured more than 200.

yes, argentina has good reasons to keep mahmoud at a distance, but they're still walking a fine line, trying to avoid looking like they're sucking up to the u.s. and israel...

Some critics contend that Kirchner's government has been manipulated by a regionally unpopular U.S. government that wants to use the Argentine court rulings to stir international outrage against Iran.

damned if you do and damned if you don't...

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