US commander warns: Iran continues to back violence in Iraq
DEBKAfile Special Report
June 30, 2009, 10:03 PM (GMT+02:00)
US troops leave Iraqi cities
Parties, processions, a parade in the fortified Green Zone seat of government and embassies, and prime minister Nuri al-Malikii's proclamation of June 30 National Sovereignty Day celebrated the US military's handover of towns and cities to Iraqi security personnel on the way to a full withdrawal by the end of 2011.
Yet DEBKAfile's military sources stress that unresolved tensions among Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds still simmer and may erupt after the withdrawal of 130,000 US troops to 39 remote rural bases - nowhere near on hand for emergencies.
More...
DEBKA-Net-Weekly reveals: Iran and Israel eye war option
DEBKA-Net-Weekly
June 30, 2009, 4:12 PM (GMT+02:00)
Iran and Israel are each thinking about using the fallout of the domestic unrest in Tehran for attacking the other: Iran to flex muscle, Israel to strike a looming nuclear menace.
In its next issue out Friday, DEBKA-Net-Weekly weighs the chances of a clash, discloses how the Obama administration plans to hold the two back from a major conflagration.
To subscribe to DEBKA-Net-Weekly click HERE .
Iran setback generated Obama's thaw on Israeli settlement construction
DEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis
June 30, 2009, 9:26 PM (GMT+02:00)
Israeli settlement - no longer an obstacle to peace
Israel's defense minister Ehud Barak and prime minister's adviser Yitzhak Molcho arrived in New York Tuesday June 30 for talks with US envoy George Mitchell on the settlement construction row between the two governments. Except that while they were airborne, the White House suddenly switched to a new, flexible willingness for compromise. This is explained by sharply altered US circumstances in the Middle East, as DEBKAfile's Exclusive Analysis below explains.
Full article
The changing Mossad: Frontrunner for next director is former Air Force chief
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
June 29, 2009, 1:38 PM (GMT+02:00)
Former Air Force command Eliezer Shkedi
The Israeli government's decision Sunday, June 28, to extend Meir Dagan's service as director of Israel's external intelligence service, the Mossad, until the end of 2010 raised some dust in political circles - especially after his deputy resigned in a huff over the long wait for his turn at the helm.
As DEBKA-Net-Weekly 396 revealed on May 15 this year, prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu mad this the decision last May for the sake of an orderly transition.
To subscribe to DEBKA-Net-Weekly click HERE .
Posts
