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Montevideo, September 21st 2024 - 12:11 UTC

Tag: terrorism

  • Monday, September 9th 2024 - 06:20 UTC

    Argentine national killed in terrorist attack on West Bank border with Jordan

    Podzamczer, 52, had been a resident of the Ariel settlement for years

    Argentine-Israeli national Adrian Marcelo Podzamczer, aged 52, was one of the three people killed in a terrorist attack Sunday at the Allenby border crossing bridge between Jordan and the West Bank when a terrorist got out of a lorry and opened fire on Israeli security forces before being eventually gunned down.

  • Thursday, July 18th 2024 - 12:46 UTC

    Terrorism is not a crime everywhere, Lacalle Pou decried

    “In this globalized world, a terrorist action on one end has an effect on the other,” stressed Lacalle at the Hilton Hotel in Buenos Aires

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou insisted Wednesday in Buenos Aires that there were still countries where terrorism was not a crime as such. He made those remarks during his appearance at a World Jewish Congress gathering in the Hilton Hotel on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the bombing of the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) headquarters.

  • Monday, June 10th 2024 - 09:19 UTC

    Mercosur signs AMIA declaration against terrorism

    Bullrich invited Mercosur officials over to Buenos Aires for the ceremonies marking the 30th anniversary of the AMIA bombing

    Dignitaries from all South American Common Market (Mercosur) nations gathered in Asunción last week to sign a declaration against terrorism which was named after the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) in Buenos Aires just a month before the 30th anniversary of the bombing of its headquarters on July 18, 1994, killing 85 people and leaving some 300 wounded.

  • Tuesday, June 4th 2024 - 11:55 UTC

    British bank, Standard Chartered, accused of helping to fund terrorists, US court papers allege

    In a statement, the bank said it disputes the whistleblowers’ claims, saying their previous allegations had been “thoroughly discredited” by US authorities.

    BBC is reporting that a British bank that escaped prosecution for money laundering carried out billions of dollars of transactions for funders of terrorist groups, according to US court papers allege. The piece by Andy Verity points out that Standard Chartered, one of the UK’s largest banks, avoided prosecution by the US Department of Justice after Lord Cameron’s government intervened on its behalf in 2012.

  • Friday, April 12th 2024 - 10:44 UTC

    Argentine court finds Hezbollah behind 1992 and 1994 bombings in Buenos Aires

    Both events were said to be crimes against humanity and therefore no statute of limitations is applicable

    A court of appeals in Buenos Aires determined Thursday that the Iran-sponsored terrorist organization Hezbollah was behind the bombings of the Israeli Embassy in 1992 and the Jewish Welfare Association AMIA in 1994 in Buenos Aires.

  • Thursday, January 4th 2024 - 10:18 UTC

    Argentine authorities arrest three people suspected of terrorism

    One of the suspects of Syrian nationality also had a Colombian and a Venezuelan passport

    Argentine authorities arrested three men in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) Wednesday. The suspects were believed to be linked to plans to stage terrorist attacks in the country, it was explained.

  • Sunday, November 26th 2023 - 23:28 UTC

    Second swap between Israel and Hamas successful

    “We cannot abandon the operation and the war in Gaza until we bring back all the hostages,” Gallant said

    The pro-Palestinian terrorist group Hamas Saturday released another batch of hostages, consisting of 13 Israeli citizens and 4 Thais, in exchange for another 39 prison inmates held by Tel Aviv, matching the 1:3 ratio agreed upon for the duration of the humanitarian truce. The exchanges took longer than expected, it was reported.

  • Saturday, October 14th 2023 - 06:35 UTC

    The Hamas trap; the Arab world has abandoned Palestinians to their fate

    The “mighty vengeance” that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promises to rain down on the Gaza Strip is exactly what Hamas actually wants, the mightier the better

    By Gwynne Dyer - If you are wondering why Hamas launched its all-out assault on Israel on Saturday, I wrote it right here last week. “The Arab world has basically abandoned the Palestinians to their fate, whatever that may be. Six Arab countries have established diplomatic ties with Israel and several more, including Saudi Arabia, are on the brink of doing so.”

  • Friday, October 13th 2023 - 10:03 UTC

    Lula asks Israeli president for humanitarian corridor

    “Brazil is available to try to find a path to peace,” Lula also wrote

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Thursday thanked his Israeli colleague Isaac Herzog during a telephone conversation for the assistance provided to the South American country's mission evacuation people from the war-torn area, Agencia Brasil reported. The Workers' Party leader also condemned the “terrorist” attacks perpetrated by the Hamas group.

  • Friday, October 13th 2023 - 07:32 UTC

    EU warns Zuckerberg and Musk over the spread of disinformation on the Hamas/Israel conflict

    Breton sent a letter to Musk saying that instances of “fake and manipulated images and facts of violent and terrorist content” were widely reported were widely reported on the social media platform X

    The European Union has warned Mark Zuckerberg over the spread of “disinformation” on Meta's social media platforms after Hamas' attack on Israel. It told Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, that it “has 24 hours” to respond and comply with European law.

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