Islamic Diplomacy

Ha'aretz reports that

An Argentine judge on Wednesday ordered the arrest of eight Iranian officials implicated in the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center that killed 85 people, court documents said.

Federal Judge Juan Jose Galeano asked Interpol to arrest the eight - including Hadi Soleimanpour, Iran's ambassador to Argentina at the time of the car bomb attack - after seeking the capture and extradition of five other diplomats earlier this year.

And here I thought that diplomats were the people responsible for portraying their government in the best possible light. Then again, that's exactly what these guys did.

Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at August 14, 2003 07:00 AM