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Syria poised to transfer Iranian mobile anti-air missiles to Lebanese Hizballah From DEBKA-Net-Weekly 383 February 11, 2009, 5:09 PM (GMT+02:00) New anti-air missile destined for Hizballah Israel's government changeover catches its armed forces on high war alert on two fronts – its southern border with the Gaza Strip and its northern borders with Lebanon and Syria, DEBKA-Net-Weekly reported Feb. 6. Iran is deeply involved in both. The northern borders may be the more flammable, our military sources report, after Israel warned Damascus, through US, Egyptian and Turkish channels, that its delivery of scores of mobile anti-air missile systems to Hizballah in Lebanon would cross a red line. To subscribe to DEBKA-Net-Weekly click HERE .  More...

Kadima's lead over Likud shrinks to one place, spelling unstable government DEBKAfile Special Report February 11, 2009, 1:08 PM (GMT+02:00) Both claim the lead for forming the next government. Tzipi Livni's Kadima came out on top of Israel's general election Tuesday, Feb. 10, with 28 Knesset seats (out of 120)– only one place ahead of the 27 polled by Binyamin Netanyahu's Likud. He heads the right-of-center camp of 64 against the 56 of the center and left. Livni cannot form a government without Likud and defense minister Ehud Barak's Labor (13), unless her scant win is solidified by the still uncounted military votes. Neither can hope for a stable majority.  More... How close is America to being routed in Afghanistan? DEBKA-Net-Weekly's Next Exclusives February 11, 2009, 12:39 PM (GMT+02:00) The next DEBKA-Net-Weekly digs deep into the immediate options facing US president Barack Obama's administration at another crucial crossroads - this one for the Afghan war and Pakistan. Our analysts also home in on the photo-finish outcome of Israel's election and its regional repercussions. Don't miss this forward-looking, insight-packed issue coming out Friday. To subscribe to DEBKA-Net-Weeklyclick HERE .