Israel accused Iran and Syria of involvement in the Jan.19 suicide bombing in Tel Aviv. Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said last Friday that the terrorist attack by Islamic Jihad was ordered out of Damascus with Tehran’s approval. At the time of the bombing, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was in the Syrian capital, meeting with various Palestinian terrorist groups, including Islamic Jihad.
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