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Military sources: 100 million Israeli shekels Barak approved for Gaza will feed Hamas war chest DEBKAfile Special Report December 10, 2008, 10:11 PM (GMT+02:00) Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak ordered the 100 million Israeli shekels in currency bills (equivalent to $25.6 million) to be transferred by Israeli armored cars to the Gaza Strip via the West Bank Wednesday, Dec. 10. He bowed to appeals from Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayad and the governor of the Bank of Israel Stanley Fischer. The latter was concerned by complaints from the World Bank that Gaza's banks were closing their doors for lack of cash and the Hamas administration was unable to cover its payroll. Military sources told DEBKAfile: This is a repeat performance of Hamas' fuel scam.  More...

Somali pirates set up "agencies" on three continents DEBKAfile Exclusive Report December 10, 2008, 7:43 PM (GMT+02:00) i>" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; "> Click HERE to see the full-size map. From Tuesday, Dec. 9, at least four British, French and Greek warships, two reconnaissance planes and 150 marines will escort merchant ships sailing through the Gulf of Aden and Horn of Africa waters. But meanwhile,DEBKAfile's military and counter-terrors sources report, the pirates have set up a land-based intelligence-financial-logistic logistic network in the Persian Gulf, East Africa and… northern Europe, as revealed by DEBKA-Net-Weekly 373, on Nov. 21. To subscribe to DEBKA-Net-Weeklyclick HERE .