Argentine Court Readies Bombing Verdict
Lawyers for five men accused of supporting roles in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center — the deadliest terror attack on Argentine soil — gave closing statements Thursday as a court readied its verdict. Police tightly guarded the federal courthouse in downtown Buenos Aires where a decision was expected later Thursday after the only trial stemming from the explosion. The bombing on July 18, 1994, killed 85 people and wounded 300 others as a van, rigged with explosives, detonated outside the Argentine Israeli Mutual Aid Association. Full Story