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Viewing cable 07BUENOSAIRES322, U/S BURNS AND A/S SHANNON HEAR ARGENTINE JEWISH COMMUNITY'S

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07BUENOSAIRES322 2007-02-16 20:57 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Buenos Aires
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UNCLAS BUENOS AIRES 000322 
 
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P FOR HEIDI BRONKE 
WHA FOR TOM SHANNON, PATRICK DUDDY AND DEBRA MCCARTHY 
WHA/BSC FOR BARNES, FRIEDMAN, BLAKENEY AND CROFT 
S/CT FOR VIRGINA PALMER AND ARNOLD SIERRA 
NSC FOR JUAN ZARATE AND JOSE CARDENAS 
FBI FOR CTD IRAN-HIZBALLAH UNIT AND OIO AMERICAS UNIT 
DOJ FOR ALICE FISHER AND BRUCE SWARTZ 
 
E.O. 12958:N/A 
TAGS: PTER PGOV PREL FBI IR AR
 
SUBJECT: U/S BURNS AND A/S SHANNON HEAR ARGENTINE JEWISH COMMUNITY'S 
REQUEST FOR USG SUPPORT IN THE AMIA CASE AND PENDING INTERPOL RED 
NOTICES 
 
 
1. (SBU) SUMMARY:  Representatives of AMIA (Argentine Israeli Mutual 
Association) and DAIA (Delegation of Argentine-Israeli Associations) 
welcomed Undersecretary Nicholas Burns and Assistant Secretary Tom 
Shannon to the AMIA building for a public wreath laying and a 
separate private meeting.  The presidents of AMIA and DAIA 
(Delegation of Argentine-Israeli As5ociations) used the meeting to 
thank the USG for its past support and to stress that the GOA needs 
USG support at the upcoming March 13-16 meeting of the Interpol 
Executive Committee, where Argentina's request for issuing 
international capture notices (Red Notices) for the eight Iranian 
and one Lebanese suspects indicted in the 1994 terrorist bombing. 
Both the U/S and the A/S emphasized our shared history with 
terrorism and the need to fight terrorism and terrorist ideology and 
reiterated the USG's continued support for Argentina's search for 
justice.  The wreath laying received significant media coverage. END 
SUMMARY. 
 
2. (SBU) U.S. Participants: 
Undersecretary for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns 
Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Thomas Shannon 
Ambassador E. Anthony Wayne 
William McIlhenny, S/P 
Heide Bronke, P Special Assistant 
William Godoy, Legal Attache 
David Alarid, Acting Political Counselor 
Christopher Anderson, Notetaker 
 
Argentine Participants: 
Luis Grynwald, AMIA President 
Dr. Angel Shindel, DAIA President 
Ten additional representatives from AMIA and DAIA 
 
3. (SBU) Representatives of AMIA, DAIA, and the families of victims 
continue to seek justice for the 1994 terrorist attack that claimed 
85 victims.  AMIA President Luis Grynwald requested USG support in 
the upcoming March 13-15 meeting of the Interpol Executive Committee 
that will determine whether "Red Notices" will be issued for eight 
former Iranian government officials and one Lebanese Hizballah 
member accused of involvement in the bombing.  He stressed the fight 
for justice was reaching its final stage and the fate of the 
investigation would be decided in the days to come.  He reiterated 
that the GOA needed USG support to ensure success in the March 
Interpol proceedings. 
 
4. (SBU) Grynwald also noted his concern with the 'increased 
penetration' of radical Islamic ideology in Latin America and the 
need for USG involvement if the region was to live in peace and not 
under a constant terrorist threat.  Dr. Angel Shindel, the President 
of DAIA, echoed Grynwald's remarks and expressed his appreciation as 
well to Ambassador Wayne for bringing such high level USG attention 
to the cause of the AMIA bombings. 
 
5. (SBU) Both U/S Burns and A/S Shannon expressed their sympathy for 
the victims of the bombing. U/S Burns noted the USG's shared 
experience with terrorism at the hand of Iran, while A/S Shannon 
highlighted the danger that Iran, as a state sponsor of terror, 
posed to all pluralist and tolerant societies.  They reiterated the 
USG's strong support for Argentina's pursuit of justice in the case. 
   U/S Burns laid wreaths at memorials commemorating the victims of 
the 1994 bombing, the 1992 bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Buenos 
Aires, and for Jewish victims of the 1976-83 military dictatorship.