Six Pakistani police killed, 8 Sri Lanka cricketers injured in suspected Lashkar a-Taibe ambushDEBKAfile Special Report March 3, 2009, 1:07 PM (GMT+02:00)  Sri Lankan cricket team ambushed in Lahore DEBKAfile's counter-terror sources report: That all 14 masked men got away after assaulting the Sri Lankan cricket team on its way to Lahore stadium with rocket launchers and grenades testifies to the deteriorating security situation in Pakistan. Six members of the police escort, which took the brunt of the ambush Tuesday, March 3, were killed and 8 cricketers injured. A Sri Lankan helicopter carried the team home. This attack was better planned and organized than the terrorist attack on the Indian town of Mumbai last November by the same hand. | ||
Israel's next prime minister to tell Clinton that two-state formula impracticableMarch 3, 2009, 11:20 AM (GMT+02:00) The Palestinian state envisioned by President George W. Bush - which secretary of state Hillary Clinton reaffirmed at Sharm e-Sheikh Monday, March 2 - will get short shrift from Israel's designated prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu when they meet in Jerusalem Tuesday. He is not averse to talking to the Palestinians, but will emphasize that Iran is blocking the Palestinian and all other Middle East issues. | ||
International aid to Gaza will end up with Hamas and… Tehran
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
March 2, 2009, 1:30 PM (GMT+02:00)
After the 75 high-ranking delegations, led by US secretary of state Hillary Clinton, leave Sharm e-Sheikh Monday, March 2, the $5.5 bn they pledged to aid Gaza's reconstruction may be channeled through the Palestinian Authority, but it will eventually end up strengthening Hamas and paying Iran for arming the Palestinian Islamist terrorists. No more than 15c in every aid dollar will reach the Gaza populace.
Follow the tortuous trail of international aid money, ill-afforded by a world sunk in economic crisis, withDEBKAfile in the exclusive report below.
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US actress Annette Bening hopes Tehran visit kick-starts US-Iran dialogue
DEBKAfile Special Report
March 1, 2009, 7:29 PM (GMT+02:00)
Annette Bening in Tehran faces demand for Hollywood apology
In a brief statement Sunday, March 1, US film actress Annette Bening, in Tehran with a Hollywood delegation, said: "I hope we can be a bridge to open a dialogue between out two countries, confirming DEBKAfile's report that president Barack Obama had launched his bid for talks with Iran with a piece of "Hollywood diplomacy" 38 years after Richard Nixon opened the door to China with a ping-pong team. She spoke after Iranian officials demand a Hollywood apology.
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A "malicious" source in Iran accessed data on helicopter in Obama's fleet
March 3, 2009, 9:20 AM (GMT+02:00)
US presidential VH-71 helicopter
Employees at the data monitoring firm Tiversa discovered last week that the blueprints and other sensitive data of a helicopter in president Barack Obama's fleet had been gained online. The US Navy is investigating how a "malicious" source in Iran accessed the information. The targeted craft is not named. The Pentagon said it was not in current use by the president. The helicopter the president uses in and around Washington and in his foreign travels is normally dubbed Marine One.
DEBKAfile: The "malicious source" clearly sought to spy on Obama's movements but the data may also have been served for a potential terrorist attack.
Hamas missile upsurge erodes Israeli deterrence, dashes ceasefire hopes
DEBKAfile Special Report
March 1, 2009, 12:12 PM (GMT+02:00)
Iran supplies Hamas with extra-heavy Grad rockets
Ten Palestinian missiles struck Israel from the Gaza Strip Saturday, Feb. 28, including two heavyweight Grads aimed at Ashkelon. The number since Israel halted Operation Cast Lead Jan. 18 has risen to eighty - 81 Sunday night with a direct hit which set a Sderot home on fire.
DEBKAfile's military sources directly correlate the upsurge of Palestinian rockets attacks on Israel and the setbacks in securing the release of the captive Israeli soldier Gilead Shalit with defense minister Ehud Barak's dogged insistence on the imminence of an Egyptian-brokered long-term ceasefire.
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