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Flap in Jerusalem over Aug. 21 activation of Iran's first reactor
- August 14, 2010
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Sudden word from Moscow and Tehran on Aug. 11 that Russia will activate Iran's first nuclear power reactor on Aug. 21 by loading the fuel has caused a major flap in Israel in view of its military aspects.DEBKA reports: Only last week, Russian leaders assured Washington that it would not go on line this year.
Former Bush adviser John Bolton commented that once the rods are in, Israel can no longer attack this reactor because of spreading radiation.
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Azerbaijan releases to Iran Israeli embassy-radar station bomb plotters
- August 14, 2010
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Israel was taken by surprise by the Azerbaijan government's release of two Lebanese Hizballah terrorists and an Iranian citizen from prison sentences for plotting attacks in Feb. 2009 on the Israeli embassy in Baku and on a key early warning radar station guarding against Iranian missile fire.
debkafile reports that Israel, which has extensive and strategically important ties with Azerbaijan, is dealing discreetly with a setback as potentially damaging as the breach with Turkey.
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Russian S-300s in Abkhazia block possible Israeli air route to Iran
- August 12, 2010
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US and Israeli military sources told debkafile Thursday, Aug. 12, that a threat from Georgia was not the reason why Russian posted advanced S-300 interceptor batteries Russia in Abkhazia and air defense weapons in South Ossetia -as Moscow officially maintained, but rather possible moves by the US and/or Israel against Iran and its nuclear facilities. By deploying these interceptors in the Black Sea republics, Moscow has put paid to possible Israeli plans to use this northern route for attacking Iran.
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A Digest of DEBKAfile Round-the-Clock Exclusives in the Week Ending August 12, 2010
- August 12, 2010
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A Digest of debkafile Round-the-Clock Exclusives in the Week Ending August 12, 2010
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A Taliban Victory in One of Three War Arenas Will Cut Kabul off
- August 12, 2010
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The war has resolved itself into three main arenas. A Taliban victory in any one will cut Kabul from the rest of the country.