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Israeli security service foils Hizballah kidnap of 5 Israelis in W. Africa
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
September 2, 2008, 10:42 AM (GMT+02:00)

Hizballah's Nasrallah launches fresh kidnap campaign
DEBKAfile’s counter-terror sources report that Israel’s security services have set up frontline networks at vulnerable locations to thwart Hizballah’s worldwide conspiracy to abduct Israelis and Jews. The pro-Iranian group is targeting Israeli businessmen, diplomats and tourists as well as prominent Jewish figures in West Africa and South America. It enjoys the support and largesse of large, affluent Lebanese Shiite communities dotted around those continents.
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Cheney starts four-nation tour in support of Georgia, Ukraine
DEBKAfile Special Report
September 2, 2008, 11:35 AM (GMT+02:00)

US VP Dick Cheney
Vice president Dick Cheney’s trip starting Sept. 2 was first announced by the White House Aug. 25 as the Georgian conflict spiraled into a contest over control of the Black Sea. Cheney, the highest-ranking official to visit Tbilisi since the crisis erupted in South Ossetia on Aug. 7, will also visit the Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Italy. His talks will center on energy and how to offset Russian oil and Black Sea dominance.
The European Union, which held an emergency summit in Brussels Monday, failed to agree on sanctions, only a freeze on closer ties with Moscow.
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Dutch sabotage agent recalled from Iran over “impending” US attack - report
DEBKAfile Special Report
August 31, 2008, 9:26 PM (GMT+02:00)

America's largest unmanned aerial vehicle
A Dutch AIVD Secret Service ultra-secret operation underway in Iran in recent years has been halted and an agent recalled in view of “impending US plans to attack Iran,” within weeks, writes Joost de Haas in the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf. According to intelligence sources in the Netherlands, the US [or Israel] would decide within weeks to attack nuclear plants with unmanned aircraft to avoid endangering air crews. The Israeli air force would be held back to defend Israel against retaliation.
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