Tuesday, 28 July 2009

Lebanese army on the ready for "any Israeli action"

DEBKAfile Special Report

July 28, 2009, 6:13 PM (GMT+02:00)

DEBKAfile's military sources report new tensions on the Lebanese Israeli border Tuesday, July 28.

The Lebanese army has placed troops on alert and sent armored forces to the border region to meet any "Israeli action" after Israeli's chief of staff Lt. Gen. Gaby Ashkenazy denied seeing "war clouds in the north." He added that the IDF was keeping watch on the situation. 
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Abbas wants to crown extremist Maher Ghneim successor at Fatah conference

DEBKAfile Exclusive Report

July 28, 2009, 6:11 PM (GMT+02:00)

Abu Ghneim permanently exiled as extremist

Abu Ghneim permanently exiled as extremist

A backstage drama took place Monday, July 27, around US Middle East envoy George Mitchell's shuttle between Jerusalem, Cairo and Ramallah. It centered on the Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas' desperate attempt to bring off the first general conference of his Fatah faction in 25 years next Tuesday, Aug. 4, in Bethlehem and anoint "armed resistance" champion Maheir Abu Ghneim his successor. 
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