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- •US upholds Israel's nuclear position as long as Iran enriches uranium
- •Delhi thinks Pak N-sites in radical hands - India Times from DEBKA
- •Washington threatens to evacuate three US bases over Qatar's pro-Iran policy
- •Taliban spreads its wings outside Afghan-Pakistan theater
- •CIA chief visits Israel, mixed Washington assessments on Iran
- •Egypt acts (finally) to block Hamas arms smuggling
- •Iranian sources: Obama to free four Iranian "diplomats" as swap for US journalist
- •Taliban hits E. Afghan government center
Washington threatens to evacuate three US bases over Qatar's pro-Iran policy
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
May 16, 2009, 1:56 PM (GMT+02:00)
Big US air base at Al Udeid, Qatar
Iran's PressTV agency reran DEBKAfile's exclusive Saturday, May 16: "Washington has secretly warned Qatari Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani that he would lose support of US troops based in the country, if Doha insists on Citing getting close to Tehran officials, DEBKAfile reported."
DEBKAfile added: Emir al Thani was alarmed enough to take steps, one of which was to direct the news editors of al Jazeera TV station, which he owns, to tone down the anti-American line of its English and Arabic language broadcasts.
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US upholds Israel's nuclear position as long as Iran enriches uranium
DEBKAfile Special Report
May 16, 2009, 2:01 PM (GMT+02:00)
Israel's reactor at Dimona
This statement by a senior American official amounts to Washington's endorsement of Israel's presumed nuclear capability as long as Iran persists in continuing to enrich uranium in defiance of UN Security Council resolutions, DEBKAfile's political sources report.
This obstacle removed, Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu can ask president Barack Obama to extend the 40-year old "ambiguity" arrangement when they meet at the White House Monday, May 18.
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Delhi thinks Pak N-sites in radical hands - India Times from DEBKA
DEBKA-Net-Weekly Exclusive Report
May 16, 2009, 1:57 PM (GMT+02:00)
Mahonman Singh re-elected as Indian prime minister
The Times of India quotes DEBKA-Net-Weekly's exclusive report of Friday, May 15, which revealed that Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh had warned US president Barack Obama that Pakistan's nuclear sites near Taliban-al Qaeda strongholds are partly in the hands of Islamic extremists.
DEBKA listed the locations of those nuclear sites with a special map. Singh's Congress Party has meanwhile won a second term in India's elections.
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