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Lebanon's crisis strikes discord in Palestinian Gaza
- August 10, 2010
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The Palestinian Hamas rulers of Gaza and Jihad Islami have called up their military wings to fight it out in a quarrel reflecting the strains in Lebanon between the pro-Syrian and pro-Iranian factions over the Saudi move to pull Damascus away from its support for the Lebanese Hizballah and Iran's counter-moves. debkafile's military sources report the situation in Gaza is close to flashpoint between corresponding factions and hope the violence brewing will not spill over into Israel.
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Big Israeli military drill as Nasrallah charges plot against Lebanese leaders
- August 09, 2010
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Hizballah's Hassan Nasrallah accused Israel of plotting to murder all of Lebanon's political and military leaders Monday night, Aug. 9. This topped his anticipated bid to pin the 2005 Hariri murder on the Jewish state. Although his charges were unsupported, they added fuel to the current border tensions, further aggravated by the high-ranking Iranian officials descending on Beirut and Damascus.
DEBKA reports: Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki is due in Damascus Tuesday as Israel launches a big military drill.
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Four armies on alert, Khamenei takes charge of Lebanese crisis
- August 09, 2010
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Tehran threw all its weight behind Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah ahead of his contentious speech Monday, Aug. 9, by declaring "Lebanon, Iraq and Afghanistan are Iran's security belt," and sending National Security Council Director Saeed Jalili, who is also lead nuclear negotiator, to Beirut Sunday to strengthen his hand.
debkafile also reports supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has taken charge of the Lebanese crisis. The Israeli, Syrian, Lebanese and Hizballah forces are on the ready.
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FBI again hunts al Qaeda "dirty bomb" expert – first exposed by DEBKA
- August 07, 2010
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US federal agencies Saturday, Aug. 7, announced the hunt was on again for Adnan Al Shukrijumah, 35, who lived in the US for 15 years and may now be Al Qaeda's mew global operations chief.
debkafile's counter terror sources confirm the wanted man is indeed dangerous – but not because of his climb up the al Qaeda ladder but owing to his unique seven-year old mission, first revealed by DEBKA-Net-Weekly in 2003: a radiological bombing attack in America.
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Iranian intelligence officers tour Lebanese border, study IDF lines
- August 07, 2010
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Saturday morning, Lebanese President Michel Suleiman visited the site of the Lebanese-Israeli border clash of Tuesday, Aug. 1. debkafile reveals that Iranian intelligence and commando officers toured the border area 24 hours before him, part of a high-ranking Iranian delegation led by Ali Akbar Velayati which rushed to Beirut after the clash. Their Lebanese army escort included heads of the same 9th battalion which started the clash by shooting across the border and killing Lt. Col. Dov Harari.