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.
More...
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.
More...
Obama backs off Mid East peace plan and confrontation with IsraelDEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis July 25, 2009, 1:23 PM (GMT+02:00)  Binyamin Netanyahu - slow to respond A flock of US presidential emissaries descends on Israel this week.DEBKAfile's Washington sources report that their briefs reflect US president Barack Obama's new caution on his next Middle East steps. He has backed away from formulating a new Middle East plan which he was widely reported as preparing to unveil at the end of July and shied away from a showdown with Israel on such touchy issues as settlement expansion. | ||
Al Qaeda aimed for massacre of pro-US clan at Gaza weddingDEBKAfile Exclusive Report July 24, 2009, 1:05 PM (GMT+02:00) The al Qaeda cell newly installed in the Gaza Strip, which calls itself Jaljalat, regards the Palestinian Fatah as a pro-American stooge. It therefore sent three assailants on a shooting-grenade rampage against a wedding celebration of kinsmen of the Fatah strongman Mohammad Dahlan at the southern town of Khan Younes Tuesday, July 23, DEBKAfile's counter-terror sources report. Of the 61 celebrants injured, 10 are in critical condition. | ||
Arrow II fails takeoff in Pacific test - setback for Israel's missile race with Iran
DEBKAfile 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.
More...
DEBKA-Net-Weekly: Obama disappointed in ME advisers, mulls reshuffle
DEBKA-Net-Weekly Exclusive
July 25, 2009, 1:18 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.
To subscribe to DEBKA-Net-Weeklyclick HERE .
Posts
