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Olmert takes reins of Gaza truce process out of Barak's hands DEBKAfile Special Report February 17, 2009, 2:59 PM (GMT+02:00) Tzipi Livni falls into Ehud Olmert's trap Prime minister Ehud Olmert has summoned a special security cabinet session for Wednesday, Feb. 18, to reassess the indirect extended truce talks with Hamas brokered by Egypt. The cabinet will be asked to reshuffle Israel's positions by placing the release of its soldier Gilead Shalit, kidnapped in 2006, ahead of all other ceasefire issues. This is a sharp reversal of the tactics employed by defense minister Ehud Barak.  More... Was the late ex-Iranian a US doctor or bio-weapon scientist? DEBKAfile Special Report February 17, 2009, 2:54 PM (GMT+02:00) Dr. Noah McKay born Nasser Talebzadeh Ordoubadi Iranian media this week offered a glimpse into the purported double life of an Iranian-born American physician alleging he was a secret bio-weapons scientist. They reported that Dr. Noah McKay (formerly Nasser Talebzadeh Ordoubadi) died in mysterious circumstance Saturday, Feb. 14 aged 53, vaguely accusing "intelligence agencies" of causing his death, which no one else confirms. Dr. Noah is described in his American biography as a pioneer of Mind-Body-Quantum medicine. The Iranian media claim he was a leading bio-weapon researcher into antidotes for toxic weapons.  More... Iran builds new cross-regional air defense arm DEBKA-Net-Weekly Exclusive Report February 17, 2009, 3:00 PM (GMT+02:00) DEBKA-Net-Weekly reports exclusively that Iran is installing a far-flung missile shield at key points across the Middle East. Its main armorer Russia is taking the opposite tack to Barack Obama and deepening its ties with Tehran. Don't miss this and many more exclusives in the coming issue ofDEBKA-Net-Weekly out next Friday. To subscribe to DEBKA-Net-Weeklyclick HERE . Nasrallah hints at Hizballah's access to anti-air missiles DEBKAfile Special Report February 16, 2009, 2:47 PM (GMT+02:00) Hizballah's leader Hassan Nasrallah speaks - only by video link Hizballah's secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah declared Monday, Feb. 16 that his terrorist organization is fully entitled to arm itself with every kind of weapon "including anti-air missiles in its struggle against Israel." Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak said earlier this month that such weapons "would change the strategic balance and force Israel to act."  More...