US army chief: Narrow space left for stopping Iran attaining nuke
May 24, 2009, 11:29 PM (GMT+02:00)
Ad. Mike Mullen
Adm. Mike Mullen, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, issued his most serious warning yet about the approach of a nuclear-armed Iran: "Most of us believe that Iran is one to three years from developing a nuclear weapon… depending on where they are right now. But they are moving closer, clearly, and they continue to do that," he told ABC's "This Week" Sunday, May 24. He indicated that an Iran could develop a nuke at any time from one to three years hence.
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Israeli ministers use Der Spiegel's Hariri story to knock Hizballah
DEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis
May 24, 2009, 11:21 PM (GMT+02:00)
German paper clears Damascus of Rafiq Hariri's assassination.
A senior Israel intelligence official criticized Israel ministers for jumping on the German "Der Spiegel" report which claimed that the UN tribunal on the case of the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese PM Hariri had new evidence implicating Hizballah leader Nasrallah rather than Syria.
Absolving Syria of complicity in the crime suggests that the sources of the leak to the German newspaper had their own political agenda.
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Obama-Netanyahu summit: Yes to six-month limit for Iran dialogue, no to Palestinian state now
May 23, 2009, 2:05 PM (GMT+02:00)
Oabama-Netanyahu give and take
For the sake of warding off a surprise Israel attack on Iran, US president Barack Obama accepted a six-month deadline for testing Tehran by diplomacy - without pressing Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu to endorse a Palestinian state. Both gave ground in their first ice-breaking encounter.
Why did the White House need three days to explain that Obama would not launch a new Middle East initiative on June 4?
DEBKAfile's Exclusive Analysis below lifts a partial veil from the White House summit of Monday, May 18.
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Nasrallah places his Hizballah on war preparedness
DEBKAfile Special Report
May 18, 2009, 11:41 PM (GMT+02:00)
Placed on a war footing
During a videotaped speech haranguing Israel for staging threatening military maneuvers, Hizballah's leader Hassan Nasrallah Monday night, May 18, ordered the call-up of reserves and placed his terrorist militia on a state of war preparedness.
Earlier, our military sources reported that Hizballah was exploiting the alleged flight of suspected Israeli spies from Lebanon across the border into Israel to drum up border tension.
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Lebanon's election at center of US-Russian tug of war
DEBKAfile Special report
May 22, 2009, 2:56 PM (GMT+02:00)
US VP Biden and Lebanese president Suleiman in Beirut
Shortly after visiting US Vice President Joseph Biden stated in Beirut Friday, May 22, that his government would assess future aid to Lebanon according to the outcome of its June 7 general election, Moscow announced that foreign minister Sergei Lavrov would visit Damascus and Beirut on May 23-25.
DEBKAfile's Middle East sources report that Lavrov's trip is mean to convey that, unlike Washington, Moscow is well-connected on both sides of Lebanon's political spectrum.
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