HR MARSEC http://www.hrmarsec.com Maritime Services Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:05:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Jerusalem expansion spurred by Biden's clampdown on Israeli action on Iran http://www.debka.com/article/8638/ http://www.debka.com/article/8638/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:05:56 +0000 DEBKAfile http://www.debka.com/article/8638/ debkafile reports: The decision to add 1,600 housing units to Ramat Shlomo in East Jerusalem was taken in protest of the way US Vice President Joe Biden lay down the law on the Iran issue in his talks with Israeli government leaders Tuesday, March 9. The key objective of his visit was clearly to hold Israel back from attacking Iran's nuclear installations even after the US backtracked on its promises of tough sanctions instead.

]]> debkafile reports: The decision to add 1,600 housing units to Ramat Shlomo in East Jerusalem was taken in protest of the way US Vice President Joe Biden lay down the law on the Iran issue in his talks with Israeli government leaders Tuesday, March 9. The key objective of his visit was clearly to hold Israel back from attacking Iran's nuclear installations even after the US backtracked on its promises of tough sanctions instead.

]]> http://www.debka.com/article/8638/feed/ 0 Who is Obama engaging now? http://www.debka.com/article/8639/ http://www.debka.com/article/8639/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:05:55 +0000 DEBKAfile http://www.debka.com/article/8639/ DEBKA-Net-Weekly's coming issue, out Friday, reveals US officials are immersed in hush-hush contacts with Iranian regime elements marking the Obama administration's third and most dramatic zigzag on Tehran. US military chiefs, moderate Arab governments and Israel are deeply concerned about possible regional repercussions from this radical turnabout.
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]]> DEBKA-Net-Weekly's coming issue, out Friday, reveals US officials are immersed in hush-hush contacts with Iranian regime elements marking the Obama administration's third and most dramatic zigzag on Tehran. US military chiefs, moderate Arab governments and Israel are deeply concerned about possible regional repercussions from this radical turnabout.
Don't miss this and other exclusives. To subscribe to DEBKA-Net-Weekly click here.

]]> http://www.debka.com/article/8639/feed/ 0 Iraqi PM Maliki sweeps polls, defeats pro-Iranian bloc http://www.debka.com/article/8637/ http://www.debka.com/article/8637/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:48:36 +0000 DEBKAfile http://www.debka.com/article/8637/ Preliminary Iraqi election results show incumbent prime minister Nouri Maliki returned with a commanding 100 parliamentary seats out of 325 and the ability to form a pro-American coalition with Iyad Allawi's secular alliance and the Kurdish bloc that will be stable enough for US troops to depart Iraq on schedule.

]]> Preliminary Iraqi election results show incumbent prime minister Nouri Maliki returned with a commanding 100 parliamentary seats out of 325 and the ability to form a pro-American coalition with Iyad Allawi's secular alliance and the Kurdish bloc that will be stable enough for US troops to depart Iraq on schedule.

]]> http://www.debka.com/article/8637/feed/ 0 Gates visits Kabul, beats Ahmadinejad to the post http://www.debka.com/article/8635/ http://www.debka.com/article/8635/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:48:36 +0000 DEBKAfile http://www.debka.com/article/8635/ Despite Tehran's denial, president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delayed his trip to Kabul by 48 hours when US defense secretary Robert Gates arrived suddenly in the Afghan capital Monday, March 8.
The Iranian president had set the scene for his visit by accusing the US of "fabricating" 9/11 as a pretext for invading Afghanistan and unveiling new missile production lines.

]]> Despite Tehran's denial, president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delayed his trip to Kabul by 48 hours when US defense secretary Robert Gates arrived suddenly in the Afghan capital Monday, March 8.
The Iranian president had set the scene for his visit by accusing the US of "fabricating" 9/11 as a pretext for invading Afghanistan and unveiling new missile production lines.

]]> http://www.debka.com/article/8635/feed/ 0 More Radical Palestinian unrest in store to torpedo talks http://www.debka.com/article/8634/ http://www.debka.com/article/8634/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:48:36 +0000 DEBKAfile http://www.debka.com/article/8634/ Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas complained to the UN about Israel's enforcement of order on Temple Mount Friday, March 5, even though the disturbances were staged by radical Hamas and Islamist elements to destroy the US-mediate peace track which he has agreed to join.

]]> Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas complained to the UN about Israel's enforcement of order on Temple Mount Friday, March 5, even though the disturbances were staged by radical Hamas and Islamist elements to destroy the US-mediate peace track which he has agreed to join.

]]> http://www.debka.com/article/8634/feed/ 0 US-Israel tough sanctions strategy falls apart. Tehran is sitting pretty http://www.debka.com/article/8633/ http://www.debka.com/article/8633/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:48:36 +0000 DEBKAfile http://www.debka.com/article/8633/ The Western powers are scrapping tough measures incorporated in the original motion they drafted for a UN Security Council sanctions resolution against Iran to make the draft more acceptable to Russia and China.

debkafile reports: By the time it is tabled, the resolution will be toothless as an instrument for holding back Iran's dash for a nuclear bomb.

]]> The Western powers are scrapping tough measures incorporated in the original motion they drafted for a UN Security Council sanctions resolution against Iran to make the draft more acceptable to Russia and China.

debkafile reports: By the time it is tabled, the resolution will be toothless as an instrument for holding back Iran's dash for a nuclear bomb.

]]> http://www.debka.com/article/8633/feed/ 0 Mitchell: Direct Israeli-Palestinian talks to start next week in Washington http://www.debka.com/article/8636/ http://www.debka.com/article/8636/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:40:50 +0000 DEBKAfile http://www.debka.com/article/8636/ debkafile's Middle East sources reveal that the US Middle East envoy George Mitchell presented his mission to Israeli and Palestinian leaders Monday, March 8, as getting direct talks between them started without delay and moved to Washington. Their lead negotiators have been appointed. They are the Israeli prime minister's adviser Yitzhak Molcho and the senior Palestinian negotiator Saab Erekat.

]]> debkafile's Middle East sources reveal that the US Middle East envoy George Mitchell presented his mission to Israeli and Palestinian leaders Monday, March 8, as getting direct talks between them started without delay and moved to Washington. Their lead negotiators have been appointed. They are the Israeli prime minister's adviser Yitzhak Molcho and the senior Palestinian negotiator Saab Erekat.

]]> http://www.debka.com/article/8636/feed/ 0 Far-Out Document Demonizing the Jews Stirs Muslim World Interest http://www.debka.com/article/8629/ http://www.debka.com/article/8629/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:54:01 +0000 DEBKAfile http://www.debka.com/article/8629/ Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is unmoved by Western obliviousness to his hate campaign against Jews and Israel. He is campaigning hard to plant the poison in the Muslim mainstream. Its malevolence recalls Nazi "final solution" propaganda. 

]]> Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is unmoved by Western obliviousness to his hate campaign against Jews and Israel. He is campaigning hard to plant the poison in the Muslim mainstream. Its malevolence recalls Nazi "final solution" propaganda. 

]]> http://www.debka.com/article/8629/feed/ 0 A Digest of DEBKAfile Round-the-Clock Exclusives in the Week Ending March 4, 2010 http://www.debka.com/article/8632/ http://www.debka.com/article/8632/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:13:20 +0000 DEBKAfile http://www.debka.com/article/8632/ A Digest of debkafile Round-the-Clock Exclusives in the Week Ending March 4, 2010

]]> A Digest of debkafile Round-the-Clock Exclusives in the Week Ending March 4, 2010

]]> http://www.debka.com/article/8632/feed/ 0 Assad Warned of Retribution in Store for Mocking America http://www.debka.com/article/8631/ http://www.debka.com/article/8631/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:13:20 +0000 DEBKAfile http://www.debka.com/article/8631/ The Obama administration does not propose to let Bashar Assad go scot free for publicly poking fun at America as he stood side by side with the Iranian president. Syrian ambassador Imad Moustapha was left guessing about the shape of the punishment to come.

]]> The Obama administration does not propose to let Bashar Assad go scot free for publicly poking fun at America as he stood side by side with the Iranian president. Syrian ambassador Imad Moustapha was left guessing about the shape of the punishment to come.

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