Argentinean Prosecutor: "Iran Building Terror Network In South America"

The Jerusalem Post reports that the "Argentinean prosecutor who ferreted out Iranian links to Argentina's largest terror attack warned Wednesday of Teheran's growing terror network in Latin America. 'The Iranians are moving fast,' assessed Alberto Nisman, who has secured Interpol backing for the arrest of several Iranians, including former president Hashemi Rafsanjani, for ordering the July 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community offices in Buenos Aires. 'We see a much greater penetration than we did in 1994.' He said that Iran, particularly through Lebanese proxy Hizbullah, has a growing presence in Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador and Nicaragua, using techniques it honed in Argentina before the country took measures to counter Teheran following the AMIA bombing. He described sham operations involving taxi drivers, who conducted surveillance without arousing suspicion; fake medical school students, who could stay in the country for many years without raising eyebrows; and business fronts that helped funnel cash to operatives. Meanwhile, the Iranians cultivated ties at the local mosques to search for people who could be radicalized. 'The stronger element that happens today is the complicity of the government,' said Nisman, pointing to the networks Iran develops through its embassies. 'We know that Chavez allows Hizbullah to come in.'"



Now, he said, Argentina is considered a "hostile environment" for Iran, but the Iranian terrorist groups are finding fertile ground in other countries. Tweet