(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon and Gil Shefler - Israel's envoy to Buenos Aires has asked Argentinean authorities for a response to a report Saturday that Iran suggested that Argentina "forget" about the two bombings there in the early 1990s in return for improved financial relations, Israeli diplomatic officials said Sunday. According to the Argentinean tabloid Perfil, Iran asked Argentina to drop the ongoing investigation into the bombings, believed to have been carried out by Hizbullah and Iran. The 1992 and 1994 bombings of the Israeli Embassy and Jewish center in Buenos Aires killed 114 people and wounded hundreds.
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