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CRIMINAL JUSTICE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATES
08 August 2010 Washington, D.C. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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PAKISTAN
Special points of in-
terest: Al-Qaeda’s nucleus in Paki-
 AL-QAEDA RE-
stan during 2009 remained
MAINS FOCUSED the most formidable terrorist
ON THE U.S. 1 organization targeting the
United States.
 IRAN AND SYRIA’S
SUPPORT OF TER- Al-Qaeda continues to show
ROR GROUPS 1
an adaptable and resilient
 BOMB THROWN terrorist agenda with the de- of his bodyguards and bystanders Buenos Aires killing 85
AT AHMADINE- sire to attack the United
JAD’S ARMORED States and U.S. interests
CONVOY 1 abroad.
 IRAN’S INTEN-
TIONS IN LATIN They are believed to be ac-
AMERICA QUES- tively engaged in operational southern Iran on the same day as tional arrest warrants for
TIONED. 1 planning against the United
States and continued recruit-
ing, training, and deploying
operatives, including indi-
viduals from Western Europe Iran not far from the Bushehr nu- struction was deemed to be
and North America.
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IRAN
Sources report a bomb was hurled
at the Iranian president Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad's heavily secured
armored convoy as it drove
through the northern Iranian city A bomb attack on July
of Hamadan last week.
Ahmadinejad was unhurt. Some Association) building in
were killed or injured.
A massive explosion killed at
least five workers at the giant
Pardis petrochemicals complex in ment and issued interna-
the attack on Ahmadinejad.
The site of the Pardis complex is
situated at the opposite end of
clear reactor, inaugurated by
Ahmadinejad on July 28.
Iranian security services have
joined the Hamadan and Pardis
investigative probes.
out the Middle East and Cen-
tral Asia , has threatened the 29 and wounded 242.
economic stability in the
Gulf, jeopardized peace in
Southern Lebanon, and un-
dermined the growth of de-
mocracy. Syria has also pro-
vided political and military
support to Hezbollah in Leba-
supply this organization with
weapons. It has provided safe
haven as well as political and mate aim is; especially
other support to a number of
designated Palestinian terror-
ist groups, including Hamas,
among others.
MIDDLE EAST BRIEFS
LATIN AMERICA
It has now been 16 years
since Iran targeted Jewish
citizens inside Argentina.
18,1994 blew up the AMIA
(Argentina-Israel Mutual
and wounding around 300
persons. An Argentine
prosecutor released a report
detailing Iranian involve-
various Iranian leaders and
a top Hezbollah official.
The symbolism of the de-
of much greater magnitude
as the building was home
to the heart of the largest
Jewish community in Latin
America. Police experts
have determined that Hez-
bollah also was responsible
for the 1992 truck bomb
attack on Israel’s embassy
in Buenos Aires that killed
A concern now are the
intentions of Iran with their
opening of six embassies in
Latin America.
With the distinction of be-
ing labeled the world’s
largest and most successful
state sponsor of terror, one
wonders what Iran’s ulti-
with Venezuelan’s leftist
leader Hugo Chavez.