Wednesday, 3 December 2008


Moscow races to finish Iran's Bushehr reactor by mid-2009

DEBKAfile Exclusive Report

December 2, 2008, 10:47 PM (GMT+02:00)

First interior view of Iran's Russian-built reactor at Bushehr

First interior view of Iran's Russian-built reactor at Bushehr

DEBKAfile's Iranian and Moscow sources report that Atomstroiexport, the Russian firm under contract to build and activate Iran's nuclear reactor at Bushehr, is offering nuclear engineers and technicians top salaries to leave for Iran at short notice to finish the project by mid-2009.

DEBKAfile's sources add that the finished Bushehr plant will make it possible for Iran to produce plutonium for nuclear weapons, an alternative to uranium enrichment. 
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How Pakistan's ISI laid a red herring for US, Indian, Israeli agencies

DEBKA-Net-Weekly Exclusive Report

December 2, 2008, 6:39 PM (GMT+02:00)

The coming DEBKA-Net-Weeklyreveals how US, Indian, Israeli and British counter-terror and spy agencies ignored the warning signals of Lashkar e-Taiba's approaching onslaught on Mumbai.

Don't miss this and other exclusives in next Friday's issue.

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Pakistan refuses to hand over 20 wanted terrorists as Rice lands in New Delhi

December 3, 2008, 12:27 PM (GMT+02:00)

Dawood Ibrahim, Mumbai crime-terror boss wanted from Pakistan

Dawood Ibrahim, Mumbai crime-terror boss wanted from Pakistan

President Asif Ali Zardari Wednesday, Dec. 3, rejected New Delhi's demand to extradite Lashkar e-Taiba chief Hafiz Mohd Sayeed and 19 other fugitives implicated in the Mumbai and other terrorist outrages in India. He said that if evidence were provided, they would be tried in Pakistani courts. US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice arrived in New Delhi as the US military chief Adm. Mike Mullen landed in Islamabad. 
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Police remove roadblocks after high terror alert in and around Tel Aviv

December 2, 2008, 12:03 PM (GMT+02:00)

The roadblocks were set up around Tel Aviv and neighboring towns, the most heavily populated region of central Israel, after a specific terrorist alert. Police rounded up Palestinians with and without working permits, focusing on Tel Aviv's main bus terminus. Helicopters hovered over the city and the Magen David first aid service was on emergency standby. Rush-hour traffic Tuesday morning was backed up for kilometers as cars were stopped and searched.