•HCON 295 IH 
Whereas, on January 27, 2009, Secretary of Defense Robert 
Gates said, ‘‘I’m concerned about the level of . . . sub-
versive activity that the Iranians are carrying on in a 
number of places in Latin America . . . They’re opening 
a lot of offices and a lot of fronts, behind which they 
interfere in what is going on in some of these countries.’’; 
Whereas in May 2009, Argentina issued an international ar-
rest warrant for Samuel Salman El Reda, a Colombian 
citizen of Lebanese descent who Argentine prosecutor 
Alberto Nisman believes was the top local connection in 
the AMIA attack and had connections to Hezbollah and 
the Tri-Border area, a zone between Argentina, Para-
guay, and Brazil suspected of being a haven for Islamic 
radical groups; 
Whereas in October 2009, Federal Judge Ariel Lijo charged 
former president Carlos Menem of ‘‘instigating’’ several 
crimes related to the AMIA attack, including concealing 
evidence and abuse of authority; 
Whereas in September 2009, Ahmad Vahidi was selected as 
Defense Minister of Iran; 
Whereas, in March 2010, the Federal Court in Argentina 
confirmed the indictments of ex-president Carlos Menem, 
former Judge Juan Jose Galeano, and former Federal 
Police inspector Jorge ‘‘Fino’’ Palacios; and 
Whereas the issuance of an Argentine arrest warrant for an 
attache´ of the Iranian Embassy in Argentina in connec-
tion with the AMIA case, indicates that Iran has used its 
embassies abroad as tools and extensions of radical 
Islamist goals and attacks: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
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•HCON 295 IH 
(1) reiterates its strongest condemnation of the 
1994 attack on the Argentine Jewish Mutual Asso-
ciation (AMIA) Jewish Community Center in Bue-
nos Aires, Argentina, honors the victims of this at-
tack, and expresses its sympathy to the relatives of 
the victims; 
(2) applauds the Government of Argentina for 
its ongoing efforts in the AMIA bombing investiga-
tion; 
(3) urges the Government of Argentina to con-
tinue to dedicate and provide the resources nec-
essary for its judicial system and intelligence agen-
cies to investigate all areas of the AMIA case and 
to prosecute those responsible; 
(4) urges all responsible nations to cooperate 
fully with the AMIA investigation, including by mak-
ing information, witnesses, and suspects available 
for review and questioning by the appropriate Ar-
gentine authorities, and by detaining and extraditing 
to Argentina, if given the opportunity, any persons 
against 
whom 
Argentine 
arrest 
warrants 
or 
INTERPOL Red Notices are pending in connection 
with the AMIA case, including Iranian officials and 
former officials, Hezbollah operatives, and Islamist 
militants; 
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•HCON 295 IH 
(5) encourages the President to direct United 
States law enforcement agencies to provide support 
and cooperation to the Government of Argentina, if 
requested, for the purposes of deepening and ex-
panding the investigation into the AMIA bombing; 
and 
(6) urges governments in the Western Hemi-
sphere, who have not done so already, to draft, 
adopt, 
and 
implement 
legislation 
designating 
Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, banning fund-
raising and recruitment activities, and applying the 
harshest penalties on those providing support for ac-
tivities involving Hezbollah and other such extremist 
groups. 
Æ 
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