Enough fissile material for Iranian nuke by year's end - AMAN officer
DEBKAfile Report
June 1, 2009, 1:25 PM (GMT+02:00)
Brig. Gen. Yossi Baidatz, director of Israeli military intelligence (AMAN) research division, estimates that Iran will have accumulated enough fissile material to build its first nuclear bomb by the end of this year. Iran's nuclear clock is ticking away faster than international diplomacy.
The US demand not to provide for natural growth is not reasonable, said prime minister Netanyahu.
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Hamas West Bank cells ordered to launch terror war on Abbas forces, Israel
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
May 31, 2009, 10:55 PM (GMT+02:00)
Hamas gears up to shoot missiles from West Bank
DEBKAfile's military sources disclose that Sunday night, May 31, Hamas commanders in Damascus and Gaza ordered all West Bank cells to unleash a terrorist assault on the West Bank with bomb cars, roadside bombs, snipers and missiles. They were told to set their sights on all Palestinian Authority officials including Mahmoud Abbas as well as taking aim at Israeli cities north of Tel Aviv.
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Obama speech to Muslims to be secured by 3,000 Secret Servicemen
DEBKAfile Special Report
May 31, 2009, 1:21 PM (GMT+02:00)
Typical scene on US president's travels abroad
US president Barack Obama has not yet decided whether his historic speech reaching out to the Muslim world will be delivered on June 4 from a lecture hall at Al Azhar University in Cairo or its main mosque, DEBKAfile's Middle East sources report. Giant transports have been landing at Cairo airport, unloading a fleet of armored vehicles, White House helicopters, counter-terror weapons and the vanguard of the 3,000 Secret Service officers backed by CIA and FBI personnel who will secure the US president during his stay in Egypt.
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US "opposition" to nuclear North Korea prelude to acceptance
DEBKAfile Special Analysis
May 30, 2009, 6:39 PM (GMT+02:00)
US defense secretary Robert Gates in Singapore
"We will not stand idly by as North Korea builds the capability to wreak destruction on any target in the region or on us," US defense secretary Robert Gates said Saturday, May 30. But he insisted the next step in negating Pyongyang's ambitions would be political, not military and called for stronger sanctions against North Korea and Iran. DEBKAfile: Iran will be encouraged by Washington's "political" response to North Korea's nuclear test to go forward with preparations for its own test.
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