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The missing Iranian nuclear scientist who keeps on turning up
- July 17, 2010
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The riddle of Iranian nuclear physicist Shahram Amiri, who disappeared in June 2009 while on a pilgrimage to Mecca, was never solved – even when he turned up in Washington and flew home to Tehran on July 14. The glimpses into his story DEBKA-Net-Weekly provided Friday in its latest issue fit a Cold War espionage scenario much more closely than this week's US-Russian spy swap in Vienna, because it brought the undercover war between the American CIA and the Iranian MOIS to a new climax.
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Syria massacres Kurds aided by Turkey's Israel-made drones
- July 17, 2010
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Syrian troops are locked in battle with Kurdish fighters since Assad's army blasted four northeastern Syrian Kurdish towns in late June, debkafile's exclusive sources report. Hundreds of Kurds are reported dead. The Syrian forces are backed by Heron spy drones Israel sold Turkey, which becomes the first NATO member to share advanced western military technology with a state that sponsors terror. In intense exchanges with Washington, Israel asks NATO command to take this up with Ankara.
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A Digest of DEBKAfile Round-the-Clock Exclusives in the Week Ending July 15, 2010
- July 15, 2010
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A Digest of debkafile Round-the-Clock Exclusives in the Week Ending July 15, 2010
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A Brave and Visionary Horseman Rides off into the Sunset
- July 15, 2010
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This Finnish engineer introduced a short-cut recipe for putting Iran in the hot seat. Instead of the nuclear watchdog having to prove Iran is developing a nuclear bomb, Tehran must prove its innocence.
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US Chokes off French-Backed Saudi-Jordanian Nuclear Plans – for Now
- July 15, 2010
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The Saudi and Jordanian monarchs have shelved their respective nuclear programs for now, while French president Nicolas Sarkozy is licking his wounds after losing a hoped-for boost to the French economy and his own sagging prestige.