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Israeli urgently orders two stealth corvettes from Germany DEBKAfile Special Report October 27, 2009, 2:23 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. Full article

UN team unwelcome in Tehran, Mottaki whittles down overseas enrichment plan DEBKAfile Special Report October 26, 2009, 5:48 PM (GMT+02:00) Just arrived, ordered to leave? Senior Iranian MP Alaeddin Boroujerd said Monday afternoon, Oct. 26 that the UN inspectors had carried out their mission to visit a newly-disclosed uranium enrichment plant and may leave Iran later in the day. DEBKAfile's Iranian sources report that the nuclear watchdog team were supposed to have paid a second visit to the Fordu plant near Qom in the next two days after their first trip Sunday. So either the Iranians cut the inspectors' mission short or they were denied access to the suspected facility and aborted. More... Baghdad bloodbath portends deadly anti-Maliki campaign DEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis October 26, 2009, 2:12 PM (GMT+02:00) Terror strikes heart of Iraqi government Because the Obama administration wants to put the six-year old Iraq conflict on a back burner, relying on the safe hands of Nouri al-Maliki, the deadliest terrorist atrocity to hit Baghdad in two years was treated in Washington and Baghdad as an unforeseen disaster, possibly triggered by Iraq's election in two months' time. In fact, the Iraq war is by no means over - or even won. At least five international and regional elements are keeping it seething,DEBKAfile reports. More... 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...