Monday, 24 November 2008

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards chief: Alleged Israeli Mossad spy ring broken up

DEBKfile Special Report

November 24, 2008, 3:40 PM (GMT+02:00)

IRGC chief Mohammad Ali Jafari

IRGC chief Mohammad Ali Jafari

IRGC commander Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari claimed over Iranian state radio Monday, Nov. 24, that his intelligence unit had recently discovered a spy network with alleged links to the Israeli Mossad trying to gather information on Iran’s nuclear program.

DEBKAfile’s Iranian sources note that he did not mention arrests, which officials were targeted, when the ring was discovered, whether it operated in Iran or outside or its number. 
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Dying Saudi Crown Prince sparks royal succession battle

DEBKA-Net-Weekly updated by DEBKAfile

November 24, 2008, 3:34 PM (GMT+02:00)

Prince Sultan holds on as Crown Prince

Prince Sultan holds on as Crown Prince

Only rarely does the Saudi royal house issue medical bulletins on its rulers.DEBKAfile’s Saudi experts say that the bare announcement Monday, Nov. 23, that Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz, 83 or 85, had left for the United Sates Sunday for “medical checkups” and treatment for cancer indicates that his condition is seen as terminal.

The race for the first-in-line-to-the throne position went into top gear last month, as DEBKA-Net-Weekly 370 revealed on Oct. 31. To subscribe toDEBKA-Net-Weekly click HERE