Iran Names Internationally Wanted Terrorist As Defense Minister

Talk about your closed fist...

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. {...}

Interpol, the international police agency based in Lyon, France, placed Mr. Vahidi and four other Iranian officials on its most-wanted list in 2007 at the request of Argentine prosecutors, who say the men played a role in planning the July 1994 attack on the seven-story community center in Buenos Aires.

The bombing, which killed 85 people, is thought to have been carried out by members of Hezbollah, a Lebanese militia and political party with close links to Iran.

Kenneth Katzman, a senior analyst on Iraq and Iran at the Congressional Research Service, said that Mr. Vahidi is also suspected of having played a role in a 1996 attack on the U.S. Air Force barracks in Saudi Arabia known as Khobar Towers.

I think Ahmadinejad and the Mullahs are sending us a pretty clear signal here.And meanwhile the centrifuges are spinning and an Iranian nuke is only six months to a year off.

Your move, Mr. President...and I doubt that a nifty speech delivered in your signature baritone by you and TOTUS is going to help much.