Talks on Iranian corridor for US troops, supplies to Afghanistan on fast track
From DEBKA-Net-Weekly updated byDEBKAfile
April 28, 2009, 8:40 PM (GMT+02:00)
Iran's Chah-Bahar naval base - link for US supplies to Afghanistan
On March 27,DEBKA-Net-Weekly390 revealed exclusively Barack Obama's plans "to transform the Khomeinist Islamic Republic's clenched fist against America into a helping hand by formally asking Tehran to permit the passage to Afghanistan of fresh US troops, weapons and supplies across Iranian territory."
In its follow-up of April 3, our military sources reported a detailed plan had been put before the president, cleared in back-door talks between US and Iranian officers.
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Al Qaeda's roars back in Iraq against double target: US and Iranians
DEBKAfile Special Analysis
April 25, 2009, 4:21 PM (GMT+02:00)
Victim of new suicide attacks in Iraq
Hillary Clinton said on arrival in Baghdad Saturday, April 25, for her first visit as US secretary of State that the wave of suicide killings which accounted for more than 250 lives this month were "a tragic signal that Iraq was on the right path."
Many of the victims were Iranian pilgrims visiting Shiite shrines.
This development is seen byDEBKAfile's sources as meaning:
1. Al Qaeda has not given up on Iraq. 2.US and Iran are warned against cooperating on Aghanistan and Pakistan conflicts.
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Iran canceled air show when Russia warned Israel planned to destroy all 140 warplanes
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
April 24, 2009, 11:51 AM (GMT+02:00)
Iranian warplanes did not take off
DEBKAfile's Iranian and intelligence sources disclose that Moscow warned Tehran Friday April 17 that Israel was planning to destroy all 140 fighter-bombers concentrated at the Mehr-Abad Air Force base for an air show over Tehran on Iran's Army Day the following day. The entire fleet was accordingly removed to remote bases and the display cancelled.
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Arab Israeli gang arraigned for kidnap-terror plotsApril 30, 2009, 4:07 PM (GMT+02:00) Seven Israeli Arabs and two juveniles were arraigned at Haifa district court Thursday, April 30, on charges of plotting terrorist attacks and kidnapping Israeli soldiers during Israel's Gaza operation four months ago. Nine bombs ready for detonation were found in their homes and manuals on bomb-making and abduction techniques. The suspects had been practicing those tactics and were apprehended shortly before they went into action. | ||
International Hariri tribunal self-destructs, frees 4 key Lebanese suspects. Assad wins after allApril 29, 2009, 9:25 PM (GMT+02:00)  Four Lebanese generals suspected in Hariri murder DEBKAfile's counter-terror sources report that, by setting the key witnesses, four pro-Syrian Lebanese generals, free, the pre-trial judge Daniel Fransen Wednesday, April 29, effectively scrapped the international tribunal's mission to pursue the murderers of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri. Their release "for lack of sufficient evidence" under strict security, as Fransen ruled, rewarded Assad for his extraordinary efforts to quash the international legal proceedings for fear of compromising his close circle. | ||
Second Turkish affront administered to Israel in a week
April 29, 2009, 8:44 PM (GMT+02:00)
Turkish chief of staff Gen. Ilker Basburg
Turkey's army chief Gen. Ilker Basburg brushed off the Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak's comment that the joint Turkish-Syrian military exercise was "disturbing."
Barak referred to the first exercise Turkey, Israel's longstanding military ally and NATO member, had ever staged with an Arab nation, Israel's avowed foe Syria. Gen. Basbug said it was only a border exercise, small-scale and "none of anybody's business."
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Washington to cut Iran in on Nabucco pipeline
DEBKA-Net-Weekly Exclusive
April 28, 2009, 11:26 AM (GMT+02:00)
Iran is about to become a major fuel supplier to the West, DEBKA-Net-Weeklyreports.
For the sake of dialogue and cooperation, Washington is ceding Tehran the chance to feed its natural gas into the 3,000 kilometer-long Nabucco pipeline project (from the Caspian to the EU via Turkey).
The strategic-economic consequences of the Obama administration's major perk for Iran is analyzed in the comingDEBKA-Net-Weekly's issue out Friday.
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