(Miami Herald) Andres Oppenheimer - Argentina has crossed a line by making a sweet deal with Iran to jointly investigate a 1994 terrorist attack against the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, which according to Argentine prosecutors and Interpol was masterminded by top Iranian officials. The deal seems to put Argentina fully within the Venezuelan-led club of Latin American countries that support some of the world's worst human rights offenders. "The idea of establishing a 'truth commission' on the AMIA tragedy that involves the Iranian regime would be like asking Nazi Germany to help establish the facts of Kristallnacht," says American Jewish Committee head David Harris. The Argentina-Iran "truth commission" is exactly what Iran has been demanding for years - a bi-national commission that over time will grab the headlines and supersede the Argentine courts' investigation.
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