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Eli Lake reports:

Ahmad Vahidi, nominated Thursday by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to serve as Iran's defense minister, is a suspected international terrorist sought by Interpol in connection with a deadly 1994 attack on a Jewish community center in Argentina.

Mr. Vahidi, a former commander of the elite unit of the Revolutionary Guard known as the Quds Force, was one of 15 men and three women named to Cabinet posts by Mr. Ahmadinejad as he begins his second term in office. The choice is likely to further chill relations between Iran and the international community, especially Israel.

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Tim| 8.21.09 @ 10:08AM

"Mr. President do you think that the Iranians acted stupidly?"

1-bean@sbcglobal.net| 8.21.09 @ 11:31AM

Iimaginedad gathers his flock around him just as Obama has...

It is not worth further discussion.

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