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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 188 

Condemning the attack on the AMIA Jewish Community Center in Buenos 

Aires, Argentina, in July 1994, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 18, 2007 

Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself and Mr. LANTOS) submitted the following 

concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Condemning the attack on the AMIA Jewish Community 

Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in July 1994, and 

for other purposes. 

Whereas on July 18, 1994, 85 innocent people were killed 

and 300 were wounded when the Argentine Jewish Mutual Association (AMIA) was bombed in Buenos Aires, 

Argentina; 

Whereas extensive evidence links the planning of the attacks 

to the Government of Iran, and the execution of the attacks to the terrorist group Hezbollah, which is based in 

Lebanon, supported by Syria, and sponsored by Iran; 

Whereas on October 25, 2006, the State Prosecutor of Argentina, an office created by the current Government of 

Argentina, concluded that the AMIA bombing was ‘‘decided and organized by the highest leaders of the former 


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government of . . . Iran, whom, at the same time, entrusted its execution to the Lebanese terrorist group 

Hezbollah’’; 

Whereas on October 25, 2006, the State Prosecutor of Argentina concluded that the AMIA bombing had been approved in advance by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali 

Khamene’i, Iran’s then-leader Ali Akbar Hashemi 

Rafsanjani, Iran’s then-Foreign Minister Ali Akbar 

Velayati, and Iran’s then-Minister of Security and Intelligence Ali Fallahijan; 

Whereas on October 25, 2006, the State Prosecutor of Argentina stated that the Government of Iran uses ‘‘terrorism as a mechanism of its foreign policy’’ in support 

of ‘‘its final aim [which] is to export its radicalized vision 

of Islam and to eliminate the enemies of the regime’’; 

Whereas on October 25, 2006, the State Prosecutor of Argentina identified Ibrahim Hussein Berro, a Lebanese 

citizen and member of Hezbollah, as the suicide bomber 

who primarily carried out the attack on the AMIA; 

Whereas on November 9, 2006, Argentine Judge Rodolfo 

Canicoba Corral, pursuant to the request of the State 

Prosecutor of Argentina, issued an arrest warrant for Ali 

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former leader of Iran and 

the current chairman of Iran’s Expediency Council, for 

his involvement in the AMIA bombing and urged the 

International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) 

to issue an international arrest warrant for Rafsanjani 

and detain him; 

Whereas on November 9, 2006, Argentine Judge Rodolfo 

Canicoba Corral, pursuant to the request of the State 

Prosecutor of Argentina, also issued arrest warrants for 


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Ali Fallahijan, a former Iranian Minister of Security and 

Intelligence, Ali Akbar Velayati, a former Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohsen Rezai, a former commander of 

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), 

Ahmad Vahidi, a former commander of the elite Al-Quds 

Force of the IRGC, Hadi Soleimanpour, a former Iranian 

ambassador to Argentina, Mohsen Rabbani, a former cultural attache at the Iranian Embassy in Buenos Aires, 

Ahmed Reza Asghari, a former official at the Iranian 

Embassy in Buenos Aires, and Imad Moughnieh, a leading operations chief of Hezbollah; 

Whereas on March 5, 2007, the Executive Committee of 

INTERPOL supported the issuance of arrest warrants, 

also known as capture notices for Hezbollah operative 

Imad Moughnieh and five Iranian officials noted above 

for whom Argentine Judge Rodolfo Canicoba Corral 

issued arrest warrants; 

Whereas Iran has appealed the INTERPOL Executive Committee’s decision, and the General Assembly of 

INTERPOL will issue a final ruling on the arrest warrants when it meets in Morocco in November 2007; 

Whereas the inability to reach suspected Islamist militants 

and Iranian officials has debilitated the efforts of the 

Government of Argentina to prosecute masterminds and 

planners of the 1994 AMIA bombing; 

Whereas the current Government of Argentina has made significant advances in the AMIA investigation; and 

Whereas Argentina recently approved anti-terrorist legislation 

which seeks to criminalize financing, fund-raising, and 

money laundering activities of groups linked to terrorism: 

Now, therefore, be it 


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1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), That Congress— 

3 (1) reiterates its strongest condemnation of the 

4 1994 attack on the AMIA Jewish Community Cen5 ter in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and honors the vic6 tims of this heinous act; 

7 (2) expresses its sympathy to the relatives of 

8 the victims, who have waited 13 years without jus9 tice for the loss of their loved ones, and may have 

10 to wait even longer for justice to be served; 

11 (3) applauds the current Government of Argen12 tina for increasing the pace of the AMIA bombing 

13 investigation, as well as on its recently approved 

14 anti-terrorism legislation; 

15 (4) urges the Government of Argentina to con16 tinue to dedicate and provide the resources nec17 essary for its judicial system and intelligence agen18 cies to investigate all areas of the AMIA case and 

19 to bring those responsible to justice; 

20 (5) calls upon the General Assembly of 

21 INTERPOL to uphold, issue and implement the 

22 international arrest warrants supported by the Exec23 utive Committee of INTERPOL in March 2007; and 

24 (6) calls upon responsible nations to cooperate 

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1 formation, witnesses, and suspects available for re2 view and questioning by the appropriate Argentine 

3 authorities, and by detaining and extraditing to Ar4 gentina, if given the opportunity, any of the Iranian 

5 officials and former officials, Hezbollah operatives, 

6 and Islamist militants against whom Argentine or 

7 international arrest warrants are pending in connec8 tion with the AMIA case. 

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