Archive for the ‘News’ Category
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Arab sources: A major military surprise is close. Galant scandal a smokescreen
- August 20, 2010
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War preparations are reported by debkafile in Tehran and Damascus. In the US, a flock of pundits and commentators speculate aloud about a possible attack on Iran, underlining the danger of Iran's first nuclear reactor going on stream at Bushehr Saturday, Aug. 21. This event seems to have gone unnoticed in Israel, raising Arab suspicions that the Galant Affair is a smokescreen. But US officials say they have persuaded Israel the Iranian nuclear threat is a year away.
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Moscow Outplays Washington on the Iranian Chess Board
- August 19, 2010
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Moscow sets up a ring of S-300 interceptors to defend northern Iran and wrests control of the Iranian question from Washington.
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Targeted Is Iran's Ahwaz Military Infrastructure Which Guards Bushehr
- August 19, 2010
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Mullen's military map for attacking Iran consists of 22 targets in the southern oil-rich Khuzestan town of Ahwaz, revealed for the first time by DEBKA-Net-Weekly.
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Obama May Personally Launch the Dialogue from Cairo
- August 19, 2010
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Obama considers personally launching direct Israeli-Palestinian talks from Cairo. Not all his advisers think it's a good idea.
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Netanyahu Struggles to Keep His Government from Breaking up
- August 19, 2010
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If his government breaks up under the weight of a security-military intrigue, he is maneuvering to save his rule as prime minister with new allies.
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Israel Could Have Pierced Assad's and Nasrallah's Personal Security
- August 19, 2010
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A Lebanese spy betrays the innermost personal security secrets of the two best-protected Arab leaders.
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A Digest of DEBKAfile Round-the-Clock Exclusives in the Week Ending August 19, 2010
- August 19, 2010
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A Digest of debkafile Round-the-Clock Exclusives in the Week Ending August 19, 2010
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US ends Iraq war, leaves two civil conflicts on the boil
- August 19, 2010
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The crossing of the US 4th Stryker Brigade and 2nd Infantry Division from Iraq into Kuwait Thursday morning, Aug. 19, ended America's combat involvement in the seven and-a-half year Iraq war. But for Iraq, it is just beginning: At least two civil conflicts are at boiling point – Sunni-Shiite strife and hostilities between the two Muslim factions and the Kurds of the North. And Iran's followers stand ready to seize Iraq's oil-rich South potentially sparking yet another world conflagration.
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Unfolding revelations rock top IDF brass, hang over defense minister
- August 18, 2010
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The "Galant document" expose started out last month as a shabby ruse trumped up, or forged, to sway defense minister Ehud Barak in his choice of the next chief of staff. It has ballooned into a major scandal sweeping up Israel's top generals and hanging over the defense minister's head.
Tuesday, Aug. 17, Chief of staff Lt. Gen. Gaby Ashkenazi told police investigators he had received the document weeks ago and not reported it. -
Shooting incident over at Turkish Tel Aviv embassy
- August 17, 2010
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A Turkish embassy spokesman in Tel Aviv said the incident of Aug. 17 began when a man broke into the building with a knife by jumping over the outer fence. He was shot in the leg inside the building after taking two hostages and threatening to kill them and set it on fire if he was denied asylum in Turkey. He was later identified as a Palestinian called Nadiv Injessa, 32, from Ramallah. He was released from jail a few weeks ago after serving time for various offenses including breaking into the UK embassy four years ago and demanding asylum there too.