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ElBaradei whitewashes Iran's negative response to overseas enrichment DEBKAfile Special Report October 29, 2009, 7:37 PM (GMT+02:00) IAEA head Mohammed ElBaradei Iran's ambassador to the IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Thursday, Oct. 29, submitted Iran's reply to the IAEA proposal endorsed by world powers providing for Iran to send three-quarters of its low-enriched uranium to Russia and France for conversion into nuclear fuel. Its contents were not released by Tehran or the IAEA director Mohamed ElBaradei. Five hours after he received it, ElBaradei produced a formula for airbrushing its negative content.  More... US Congress initiates sanctions legislation ahead of Iran's reply DEBKAfile Special Report October 28, 2009, 5:25 PM (GMT+02:00) First sanctions in the Washington pipeline By a voice vote, the House foreign affairs committee approved legislation Wednesday, Oct. 28 imposing sanctions on Iran's main gasoline suppliers, including British, French, Swiss and Indian firms. DEBKAfile adds: Tehran was thereby put on notice of unilateral US sanctions should it reject, quibble or procrastinate over the IAEA compromise proposal to send three-quarters of its low-enriched uranium to Russia and France for further processing.  More...

Obama's NSA on Iran: "Nothing is off the table"

DEBKAfile Special Report

October 28, 2009, 8:27 AM (GMT+02:00)

NSA James Jones

The US president's national security adviser James Jones said early Wednesday, Oct. 28: The United States will be ready to respond if Iran fails to take tangible steps soon to meet its commitments over its nuclear program. "Nothing is off the table," he warned. Jones delivered the keynote address as the founding conference of the new J Street Jewish lobby. 
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Israeli urgently orders two stealth corvettes from Germany

DEBKAfile Special Report

October 27, 2009, 5:55 PM (GMT+02:00)

German MEKO A-100 Corvette

DEBKAfile's military sources report that the two corvettes are needed to meet the build-up of Iranian submarines and Syria warships in the Mediterranean Sea and defend coastal infrastructure facilities such as power stations and naval bases which Israel intelligence fears will be at risk in a regional war.

The order was placed during Israeli chief of staff Lt. Gen. Gaby Ashkenazi's three-day visit to Berlin this week as guest of the German high command. 
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LA's Jewish institutions on alert after shooting at a North Hollywood synagogue DEBKAfile Special Report October 30, 2009, 8:00 AM (GMT+02:00) North Hollywood synagogue attacked Los Angeles police placed the city's Jewish schools and synagogues on high alert Oct. 29. A 17-year old African-American man was released after being detained on suspicion of shooting two people in the North Hollywood Adat Yeshurun Valley Sephardic synagogue during the morning prayer Thursday. Police are hunting the gunman. The victims were taken to hospital. The shooting is being treated as a hate crime. Iran buys North Korean WMD for Syria, midget submarines for both DEBKAfile Special report October 25, 2009, 2:14 PM (GMT+02:00) Mini-sub for Iran, Syria The US Congressional Research Service reveals that Iran has helped Syria obtain "various forms of weapons of mass destruction" and missiles, as well as buying midget submarines - all from North Korea. DEBKAfile's military sources report that the North Korean miniature subs are capable of dropping small teams of commando forces on enemy shores, damaging large warships and mining the approaches of naval bases and harbors.  More... The Qom enrichment facility is not Iran's only hidden nuclear plant DEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis October 24, 2009, 9:39 PM (GMT+02:00) Site of Qom tunnel enrichment plant Four International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors were due in Tehran Sunday, Oct. 25 for their prearranged visit to the newly-discovered uranium enrichment facility near Qom. Aside from that inspection, not much else is left of the Obama administration's pursuit of engagement on Iran's nuclear program. Saturday, Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani threw out IAEA Director Mohamad ElBaradei's overseas enrichment plan the day after it was hailed by the big powers.  More...