Tuesday, 1 September 2009

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US trebles MOP "bunker buster" bombs order, wants them fast
DEBKAfile Special Report
September 1, 2009, 9:44 AM (GMT+02:00)

MOP: Twenty-one foot long "bunker buster" bomb
In view of new information about Iran and North Korea's underground nuclear facilities, the US Air Force has asked to speed up the delivery of 10 to 12 giant Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) bunker buster bombs, according to Air Force Lt. Gen. Mark Shackelford.
Unusually, DEBKAfile's military sources report, the order has been trebled in less than a year.
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Six nations may reveal data concealed by ELBaradei on Iran's nuclear progress
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report

August 31, 2009, 5:06 PM (GMT+02:00)

Iran is up to "weapon design" stage
US, Israel and four other governments are urgently discussing the release of intelligence that Iran is running covert military nuclear projects parallel to its civilian program after Mohammed ElBaradei, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, withheld this data from his last report, DEBKAfile's military and intelligence sources disclose.
The four governments are Britain, France, Netherlands and Japan.
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Israeli Arab used membership of same gym to spy on Chief of Staff

DEBKAfile Special Report

August 31, 2009, 4:33 PM (GMT+02:00)

Rauy Sultani, 23, from the Israeli Triangle town of Tirah was brought to trial before the Petach Tikva district court Monday, Aug. 31, accused of being recruited by the Lebanese Hizballah to spy on the Israeli chief of staff Lt. Gen. Gaby Ashkenazi. Sultani is accused of grave offenses against state security, passing information to the enemy and contact with a foreign agent. 
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