Saturday 8 August 2009

Lebanese Army's shock: National Internet routed through… Haifa

DEBKAfile Exclusive Report

August 8, 2009, 9:53 PM (GMT+02:00)

A large Lebanese army force which raided the Lebanese Internet network center on Mt. Barukh east of the Lebanese town of Jezzine Saturday, Aug. 8 was dismayed to discover the exchange center which carries all of Lebanon's Internet links using equipment made in Israel. An intelligence sweep found the servers were routed to an exchange center in Haifa. 
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Top Hamas delegation from Gaza on surprise visit to Cairo Saturday

DEBKAfile Special report
August 8, 2009, 8:29 PM (GMT+02:00)
DEBKAfile reports the Hamas delegation headed by Dr. Mahmoud a-Zahar exited Gaza through the Rafah crossing Saturday Aug. 8. Egyptian intelligence officers escorted them on their journey to Cairo for urgent consultations on an undisclosed subject. The Hamas leaders may proceed next to Damascus to confer with politburo chief Khaled Meshaal.
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Wanted Islamist terrorist Noordin M. Top killed
DEBKAfile Special Report
August 8, 2009, 6:50 PM (GMT+02:00)
A six-year manhunt and a 17-hour firefight in Indonesia's Java town of Temanggung ended early Saturday, Aug. 8 in the death of Noordin M. Top, one of the most wanted terrorists in Asia. As linchpin of the al Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah, Top was believed by the FBI to be behind hundreds of deaths in attacks which included the twin hotel bombings in Jakarta last month, the 2004 attack on the Australian embassy and the Bali nightclub massacre in 2002.
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