The United States and Argentina agreed to share intelligence information in an effort to combat international terrorism. The decision was announced after a meeting between Argentina’s president, Carlos Menem, and visiting U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen. Argentina has been unable to find those responsible for two terrorist bombings of Jewish sites in Buenos Aires in 1992 and 1994, killing 115 people. Recent charges by Argentine officials that Tehran was involved in the bombings has resulted in the two countries’ all but suspending their diplomatic contacts.
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