Friday, 31 July 2009

US to Israel: Leave the military option against Iran to us

DEBKAfile Exclusive Report

July 31, 2009, 11:03 AM (GMT+02:00)

US F-22 strike craft

US F-22 strike craft

The weeklong US-Israel marathon in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv ending Thursday, July 30 was the platform for the Obama administration's first unveiling of a new US diplomatic-military program for Iran and its nuclear threat, DEBKAfile's military and intelligence sources disclose. The US visitors said: Iran is a big power issue. So leave it to us and act like an American ally and friendly government. 
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Police beat up mourners at Tehran graveyard ceremony for protest victims

DEBKAfile Special Report

July 31, 2009, 5:48 PM (GMT+02:00)

Mourning protesters forcibly driven out of Tehran's main cemetery

Mourning protesters forcibly driven out of Tehran's main cemetery

Friday, July 31, the day after riot police beat up mourners visiting Tehran's Behesht-e Zanra cemetery to honor the protesters killed by Revolutionary Guards and Basijj thugs, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a speech in the northern city of Mashhad: …the relationship between us and the supreme leader goes beyond politics… It is based on kindness… It is like that of a father and son." 
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US-Israeli talks focus on Ahmadinejad's possible ouster

DEBKAfile Exclusive Report

July 29, 2009, 3:36 PM (GMT+02:00)

Is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on his way out?

Is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on his way out?

How to exploit the deep cracks forming in Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's administration for removing the Iranian president was a top item on the agenda of the high-level talks between Barack Obama's advisers and Israeli officials at Mossad headquarters in Herzliya, north of Tel Aviv, Wednesday, July 29.

DEBKAfile's Iranian sources report that Ahmadinejad's cabinet is falling apart; of his original lineup of 21 ministers, only nine remain at their posts. 
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