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Russia lines up with Syria, Iran against America and the West
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
September 12, 2008, 10:28 PM (GMT+02:00)

Russian Navy prepares for permanent Mediterranean base in Syria
Friday, Sept. 12, Moscow announced renovation had begun on the Syrian port of Tartus to provide Russia with its first long-term naval presence on the Mediterranean.
As the two naval chiefs talked in Moscow, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov met Iranian foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki in the Russian capital for talks on the completion of the Bushehr nuclear power plant by the end of the year.
DEBKAfile’s sources interpret Friday’s events as indicating that Russia’s leaders have determined not to declare a Cold War in Europe but to open a second anti-Western front in the Middle East.
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Russia, US pull further apart on Iranian nuclear activities
DEBKAfile Special Report
September 13, 2008, 1:36 PM (GMT+02:00)
Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said Friday a military solution to the standoff over Iran’s nuclear ambitions is unacceptable and there is no need for new sanctions.
Washington has imposed new sanctions on Iran, blacklisting a main shipping line and 18 subsidiaries.
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Iran diverts UF6 uranium from Isfahan to boost covert military nuclear project
DEBKAfile Special Report
September 12, 2008, 9:01 PM (GMT+02:00)
Nuclear watchdog experts have found 50-60 tons of uranium, enough to produce five or six nuclear bombs, missing from Iran’s main nuclear production facility at Isfahan. The disappearance was discovered at the final stage of the production process, where UF6, uranium in gas form is stored, by the only CCTV Iran allowed the International Atomic Energy Agency to install at Isfahan.
US satellites have also identified a number of suspicious sites, not declared to UN inspectors.

Israel-Gaza border is again on missile alert
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
September 12, 2008, 6:17 PM (GMT+02:00)
DEBKAfile’s Palestinian sources report that the leaders of the Iranian-backed Jihad Islami terrorist group in Gaza have warned they will go back to firing missiles at neighboring Israeli towns and villages unless the ruling Hamas stops persecuting them.
Our military sources report that Israeli forces securing the Gaza border went on missile alert Thursday, Sept 11, when Hamas heavies ignored the threat and continued their crackdown.
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