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Israel may attack Iran after December - Le Canard Enchaine DEBKAfile Special Report October 15, 2009, 9:45 AM (GMT+02:00) Hillary Clinton's bid for Russia to back sanctions is snubbed According to an unconfirmed report in the French Le Canard Enchaine of Wednesday, Oct. 14, Israel is preparing to bomb Iranian nuclear sites and pro-Iranian targets across the Middle East after December 2009. The prestigious satirical weekly reports that the IDF has notified special forces reservists abroad to get ready to return home in November for immediate drafting. A former Israeli deputy defense minister, Efraim Sneh, commented to US and British media several times in the past week that if the US fails to rally fellow powers' support for tougher sanctions against Iran by Christmas, Israel will attack.  More...

Taliban launches fresh attacks in Lahore, advances on road to Pakistan's nuclear stores DEBKAfile Special Report October 15, 2009, 2:14 PM (GMT+02:00) Taliban hit three security sites in Lahore Taliban suicide gunmen attacked three law enforcement facilities in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore early Thursday, Oct. 15, their fifth major strike in 10 days. At least 38 were killed. A red alert was declared across the nation. Interior minister Rehman Malik said: "The enemy has started a guerilla war." Taliban also struck northeast toward the Kamra nuclear center, aiming to cut it off from Islamabad.  More... Turkey holds war game with Syria after removing Israel from air exercise DEBKAfile Special Analysis October 14, 2009, 11:15 AM (GMT+02:00) Israel's Heron surveillance drone Turkey's Today's Zaman Wednesday, Oct. 14, provided a new motive for Ankara's last-minute decision to cancel Israeli participation in the annual multiple air maneuver with NATO under the caption: Delay in delivery of Herons behind drill crisis, not politics. A senior Turkish military source was quoted as saying: "Israel has failed yet again to deliver the Israeli-made surveillance drones known as Herons to Turkey." DEBKAfile's Special Analysis below points to the real reason for the Erdogan government's anti-Israel policy, and the destructive fallout from the Netanyahu government's tame response.  Full article Russia halts TOR-M1, S-300 air, missile defense missiles to Iran DEBKAfile Exclusive Report October 12, 2009, 2:55 PM (GMT+02:00) Russian TOR-M1 anti-air missile DEBKAfile's military sources report that Russia's abrupt suspension of consignments of advanced Tor-M1 air defense missiles and S-300 anti-missile systems has left Tehran high and dry for effective weapons to defend itself and its nuclear facilities against attacks. Our Iranian sources disclose that extreme frustration prompted the boasts of Revolutionary Guards Deputy Commander Brig. Gen. Hossein Salami Sunday, Oct. 11, that Tehran's hi-tech missiles can repel any attack.  More... Munitions store blown up at Hizballah's South Lebanon command center DEBKAfile Exclusive Report October 12, 2009, 8:33 AM (GMT+02:00) Israeli drone films weapons delivery ato forbidden storehouse A big explosion hit Hizballah's main command HQ in South Lebanon, near Tayr Felsay east of the port town of Tyre, at 0800 Monday night, Oct 12,DEBKAfile's military sources report. Senior Lebanese sources said there were at least 8 people killed or injured in the blast. The command center was located in the residential compound of senior Hizballah operative Saeed Nasser.  More... Egypt jails family members of Hamas high-ups living in Cairo DEBKAfile Exclusive Report October 13, 2009, 8:09 AM (GMT+02:00) Gen. Omar Suleiman - fed up with Hamas High-ranking Hamas officials in Gaza keep their sons, brothers, wives, cousins living in comfort in Cairo. Monday night, Oct. 12, Egypt's Mukhabarat (security service) began quietly rounding up hundreds of these Gazans and throwing them into jail for "questioning," DEBKAfile's Middle East sources report. Intelligence minister Gen. Omar Suleiman finally got fed up with Hamas and its stubborn refusal to sign a reconciliation accord with rival Fatah blaming Iran and Syria.  More... First official probe launched against top Iranian opposition leader DEBKAfile Exclusive Report October 13, 2009, 7:26 PM (GMT+02:00) Leading Iranian reformer Mohammed Karroubi with supporters The probe announced Tuesday, Oct. 13, of one of the three presidential candidates defeated in Iran's June election looks like the first step toward using the tightly-controlled process of law to persecute the top dissenters who alleged that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was elected in a fraudulent poll. Former president Mohammed Karroubi is the first to pay the price for alleging that political detainees are subject to rape and torture.  More...