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US, German intel: Al Qaeda plots multiple attacks on US-, Israel-bound airliners DEBKAfile Special Report July 9, 2009, 9:17 AM (GMT+02:00) Target of new al Qaeda hijack plot Western anti-terror agencies have warned that a large group of 15-20 al Qaeda terrorists, trained in Pakistan and Algeria to hijack and blow up airliners, deployed secretly in at least six European and Middle East countries in early July. They are standing ready to carry out multiple terrorist attacks. DEBKAfile's counter-terror sources report the first specific red alert on Saturday, July 4, referred to the possible hijack of Turkish Airways planes taking off from Turkish airports for US destinations or Tel Aviv.  More... G8 Summit under al Qaeda threat DEBKA-Net-Weekly Exclusive Report July 10, 2009, 1:41 PM (GMT+02:00) Al Qaeda is plotting a new round of multiple attacks in W. Europe, Middle East and Asia, the latest DEBKA-Net-Weekl.y reveals. Extra security has been laid on for the industrialized nations' summit in l'Aquila this week following an intelligence alert that the G8 summit was singled out for a terror spectacular. This and other exclusive disclosures and insights appear in our Friday issue. To subscribe to DEBKA-Net-Weeklyclick HERE . Russia blocks concrete measures at G8 on Iran's nuclear drive DEBKAfile Special Report July 9, 2009, 9:00 PM (GMT+02:00) Sarkozy tries to give Iran a deadline Leaders of the industrialized nations failed to agree on tough measures, including sanctions, against Iran's drive for nuclear weapons in the first day of their three-day deliberations at the Italian town of l'Aquila, Wednesday, July 8. Russian opposition to condemning Iran left only an endorsement of the diplomatic track, which may have been directed more against an Israeli military option than Iran. The next day, Tehran topped up its refusal to discuss its nuclear program with a sharp response to the mild G8 statement: "We shall not halt our nuclear program or retreat by a single step."  More... Al Qaeda plot against Suez Canal foiled by 26 arrests DEBKAfile Special Report July 10, 2009, 2:03 PM (GMT+02:00) US carrier navigates narrow, easily blocked Suez Canal Twenty-five Egyptians and one Palestinian suspects detained in Egypt have confessed to planning attacks on Suez Canal shipping and oil pipelines on behalf of al Qaeda. Tuesday, July 7,DEBKAfile's counter-terror sources disclosed that a large group of 15-20 al Qaeda terrorists, trained in Pakistan and Algeria to hijack and blow up airliners, deployed secretly in Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Turkey and Egypt for multiple attacks in the week of the G8 summit in l'Aqila or thereabouts.  More...

Informal Israel-Syrian letterbox operates in Azerbaijan DEBKAfile Exclusive Report July 9, 2009, 10:13 PM (GMT+02:00) Bashar Assad arrives in Baku to pick up messages from Israel Israeli president Shimon Peres and prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu have begun exchanging messages with Syrian president Bashar Assad through a new channel of communications opened in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, DEBKAfile's diplomatic sources reveal. When Assad arrived in Baku Wednesday, July 8, he found a message from the two Israeli leaders waiting for him with the Azeri president Ilham Aliyev. Assad's reply is expected in Jerusalem after he flies out of Baku Thursday.  More...