Hearings On Attacks
Point To Hezbollah

Washington (JTA) — In the af-
termath of the recent wave of
bombings targeting Jewish and
Israeli interests, two congress-
men are planning to introduce
a bipartisan resolution calling on
President Clinton to convene "an
action-oriented conference on in-
ternational terrorism."
"It is essential that we give the
greatest attention to this issue so
that Teheran, the leaders of
Hezbollah in the Beka'a Valley of
Lebanon and the leaders of oth-
er rogue regimes which sponsor
and shelter terrorism will know
that the West is prepared to de-

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headquarters in Buenos Aires,
"circumstantial evidence" points
toward the Islamic terrorist
group, which claimed responsi-
bility for the 1992 bombing of the
Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires.
Despite Hezbollah's denials,
"this bombing certainly has the
hallmarks of a Hezbollah opera-
tion," she said in her testimony.
Ms. Bodine said the group, call-
ing itself Ansar al-Allah, which
claimed responsibility for the July
18 bombing, "appears to be an off-
shoot of Hezbollah."
Ms. Bodine also said Hezbol-
lah could be connected to the July

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fend itself against terrorism," said
Rep. Tom Lantos, D-Calif., who
plans to introduce the resolution
with Rep. Newt Gingrich, R-Ga.
Mr. Lantos is chairman of the
Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on
International Security, Interna-
tional Organizations and Human
Rights. The subcommittee held
hearings on the recent terrorist
attacks in Buenos Aires, Pana-
ma and London.
At the hearings, Mr. Lantos
and Barbara Bodine, the State
Department's coordinator for
counterterrorism, targeted Iran
and the Islamic fundamentalist
movement Hezbollah as the main
forces behind the attacks, which
have left over 100 people dead
and scores wounded.
"These latest bombings have
the imprint of Iran and its ally,
the radical Hezbollah organiza-
tion in Lebanon," Mr. Lantos
said. "But others have also been
involved in past terrorism and
may well be involved in these in-
cidents as well, including Libya,
Syria, Iraq and North Korea."
Ms. Bodine said that although
there is no forensic evidence link-
ing Hezbollah to the July 18 at-
tack on the Jewish community

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19 bombing of a plane over Pana-
ma, which killed 21 people, 12 of
whom were Jewish.
Ms. Bodine's assessment
echoed similar remarks made by
U.S. Secretary of State Warren
Christopher when he testified be-
fore the House Foreign Affairs
Committee.
"It's a fair assumption to say
that Hezbollah is at the bottom
of some of those instances, per-
haps all of them, and that they
are supported by their patron,
Iran," Mr. Christopher said.
"Hezbollah is causing difficul-
ties all over the world and it is
clear at the present time that no
country is immune from that
kind of a dreadful attack," he
said.
Mr. Christopher also said the
administration has "raised the
question" with Syria.
"We hope that they will re-
spond to our determined request
that they no longer support
groups within their country that
are responsible for terrorist acts
outside of the country," the sec-
retary of state said.
In the meantime, Mr. Christo-
pher said, "we must take new and
strong action to deal with this