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High Russian official: Moscow is gradually fulfilling S-300 air defense contract with Iran March 18, 2009, 4:46 PM (GMT+02:00) Where are the Russian S-300 anti-air missiles sold to Iran? Three times this month, Moscow has offered different versions about the delivery of five sophisticated Russian S-300 anti-missile, anti-air missile systems sold to Iran for $800 million. Wednesday, March 18, an unnamed official of Russia's Federal Service of Military-Technical Cooperation again hedged around the issue. He said a contract had been signed "two years ago" and was being "fulfilled gradually."  More...

Saudis create anti-Israel Palestinian "militia" in Gaza to combat Hamas DEBKAfile Exclusive Report March 18, 2009, 9:25 AM (GMT+02:00) New pro-Saudi terror militia in South Lebanon DEBKAfile's military sources disclose that Saudi intelligence services are deep in recruitment for a new radical Islamist terrorist militia in the southern Gaza Strip towns of Deir al Balakh, Khan Younes and Rafah, with Egyptian blessing. More than 1,000 Palestinians have joined up in two weeks, poached from the extreme Hamas fringes and the Salafi sects. Recruiters promise greater militancy against Israel than Hamas and Jihad Islami combined.  More...