The nexus of terrorism

Reuters/NY Times:

The White House branded Iran and Hezbollah on Saturday as a ``global nexus of terrorism'' and applauded an Argentine court for seeking the arrest of former Iranian officials in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center.

In the Bush administration's latest rhetorical assault on Iran, White House spokesman Tony Snow issued a statement saying the Islamic republic was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of innocent civilians as the world's ``leading state sponsor of terrorism.'' It gave no specifics.

The statement also said Tehran's financial and military support for Hezbollah had allowed the Lebanese Shi'ite militant organization to ``perpetuate violence throughout the world.''

``Hezbollah and Iran remain a dangerous, global nexus of terrorism,'' Snow said in the statement.

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The White House statement also applauded an Argentine judge who ordered arrest warrants last Thursday for former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and eight others in the July 18, 1994, bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish community center.

Argentine prosecutors have formally accused the Iranian government of masterminding the attack that killed 85 people and wounded more than 200. Rafsanjani was president at the time.

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Several former Rafsanjani aides were being sought as well as a former Hezbollah foreign security chief.

``We call on all governments to support the Argentine government,'' the White House said. ``These terrorists and their state sponsors must be made to realize they cannot hide from justice.''

Argentine prosecutors have said the attack could have been tied to Argentina's decision to stop providing Iran with nuclear technology and materials.

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You know this story had to grate on the Reuters staff. They refuse to label anyone a terrorist and use the trope of "one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter." One of the problems with this construct is the mass murders in Argentina which cannot remotely be tied to "the occupation" as defined by the Islamist religious bigots. Perhaps they are expanding that term to occupation of anywhere on the planet earth.

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