DEBKAfile: Mubarak's "state visit to Paris" masks serious surgery
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
July 22, 2009, 7:22 AM (GMT+02:00)
Hosni Mubarak heads for hospital via the Elysee
Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak arrived in Paris Tuesday, July 21, for talks with French president Nicolas Sarkozy and prime minister Francois Fillon, billed officially as focusing on the Middle East and the outcome of the July 8 G8 summit.
DEBKAfile's sources, were staged as a front for his admittance to a Paris hospital for tests and a surgical procedure later this week.
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Russia builds key naval HQ in Syria: Missile presence worries Israel
DEBKAfile Special Report
July 21, 2009, 11:26 AM (GMT+02:00)
Russian warships will use Syria's Tartus as main naval HQ for four seas
A high-ranking Russian navy source reported July 21 that the Soviet-era naval maintenance base near Tartus in Syria is to be expanded and modernized to become "fully operational" in four seas.DEBKAfile's military sources report Israel is deeply concerned by the sophisticated air-defense S-300PMU-2 and Iskander-E missile systems the Russians propose to hand Syria on the pretext of installing a shield to defend the facility against air or missile attack.
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A dangerous new al Qaeda cell in strike mode from Gaza
DEBKA-Net-Weekly updated by DEBKAfile
July 20, 2009, 3:46 PM (GMT+02:00)
Only casualty of Al Qaeda's new stunt - bomb horses - from Gaza
DEBKA-Net-Weekly's military sources reported that an aggressive new al Qaeda cell calling itself Jaljalat has been responsible for the last spate of cross-border attacks from the Gaza Strip. Our counter-terror sources report that Saudis, Yemenis and Egyptians who fought in Iraq and fled after being beaten down by US-led forces make up its hard core plus a score of Palestinian Hamas dropouts.
Sunday, July 19, Israeli Shin Bet director Yuval Diskin confirmed DEBKA-Net-Weekly's disclosure.
Arrow II fails takeoff in Pacific test - setback for Israel's missile race with IranDEBKAfile Special Report July 23, 2009, 7:32 AM (GMT+02:00)  The Arrow declines to take off DEBKAfile's military sources report a serious setback in Israel's defenses against Iranian ballistic missiles. Thursday, July 23, the newly upgraded Arrow II missile defense system, poised for its first long-range test at the US Pacific range off the central California coast, could not be launched because of "interceptor problems." This left Israel's key defense system, designed to intercept long-range Iranian or Syrian missiles 1,000 kilometers from their launch point, unproven. | ||
DEBKA-Net-Weekly: Obama disappointed in ME advisers, mulls reshuffleDEBKA-Net-Weekly Exclusive July 21, 2009, 4:17 PM (GMT+02:00) US president Barack Obama is seriously weighing a reassessment of his Middle East policy approaches and changing around his key White House and National Security Council advisers.DEBKA-Net-Weekly reveals he feels his initiatives, particularly in Iran and the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, have fallen flat and is ready to step back for a fresh approach. Don't miss our next issue out Friday for exclusive details about the US president's turnabout. To subscribe to DEBKA-Net-Weeklyclick HERE . | ||
Tehran: Israel's "200 nuclear warheads" must first be part of Middle East disarmament
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
July 20, 2009, 4:17 PM (GMT+02:00)
Tehran: Dismantle Israel's nukes, we have no weapon program
Iran has posted a new package of "proposals" to the West in response to its offer of engagement on Tehran's nuclear activities. Foreign ministry spokesman Hassan Qashqavi said the "comprehensive and updated" package aims to prepare the ground for more "fluid interaction" with the West. "But we cannot speak of a Middle East without nuclear weapons without discussing the more than 200 nuclear warheads of the Zionist regime Israel," said the foreign ministry spokesman in Tehran.
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Netanyahu rejects US demand to cancel East Jerusalem housing project
DEBKAfile Special Report
July 19, 2009, 10:59 AM (GMT+02:00)
Netanyahu: Take Jerusalem off the table
Sunday, July 19, Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu sharply rejected the US demand handed to Israeli ambassador Michael Oran to halt construction of Jewish estate at the Shepherd's Hotel site in Jerusalem.
Netanyahu stressed that hundreds of Arab residents have purchased apartments in the west of the city without difficulty and there is no bar on Jews buying or building on the eastern side of Israel's open, undivided capital.
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