DEBKA-Net-Weekly Exclusive Report
October 23, 2009, 4:52 PM (GMT+02:00)
The latest DEBKA-Net-Weekly goes behind the scenes in Washington for a close look at the major dispute on exit policy holding up strategy decisions on Afghanistan. US President Barack Obama and his White House team are ranged on one side, challenged heatedly by defense secretary Robert Gates and military chiefs, on the other.
The two arguments are examined in depth, along with more exclusives, in the latest DEBKA-Net-Weekly issue out Friday.
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Iran plays cat and mouse with world powers over ElBaradei proposalDEBKA-Net-Weekly 418 updated by DEBKAfile October 23, 2009, 5:16 PM (GMT+02:00)  Foreign role in enrichment - rejected After France, Russia and US accepted the IAEA director's compromise plan for Iran to export three-quarters of its low-enriched uranium overseas for reprocessing as fuel Friday Oct. 23, Iranian state TV announced Tehran had opted to purchase enriched uranium overseas and not send it out for further enrichment. Tehran waited for the three powers to approve the arrangement; then, when all eyes had switched to Iran, shot the ball back into their court. DEBKA-Net-Weekly 418 , just out Friday, examined the proposal from Iran's perspective. | ||
At least 22 killed in 3 terror attacks as Taliban nears Pakistan's main nuclear missile storeDEBKAfile Special Report October 23, 2009, 1:33 PM (GMT+02:00)  Pakistani brigadier targeted by Taliban At least 7 people were killed, 13 injured when a suicide bomber on a bicycle blew himself up Friday, Oct. 23, at the big Kamra aeronautical complex 60 km west of Islamabad.DEBKAfile's military sources report this is where Pakistan houses most of its nuclear bombs and air-air and air-ground missiles. In Mohmand, 15 wedding guests were killed when their minibus hit an explosive device and in Peshawar, a car bomb injured 15 people at the Sawan hotel. Terrorist pressure to reach Pakistan's nuclear arsenal was first reported byDEBKA-Net-Weekly on May 15. | ||
ElBaradei's ruse helps Iran keep on enriching uranium for a nuke
DEBKAfile Special Report
October 21, 2009, 9:50 PM (GMT+02:00)
Dr. ElBaradei
Mohammed ElBaradei, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, pulled a rabbit out of his hat Wednesday, Oct. 21 to save the Vienna talks with Iran on the future of its enriched uranium from breaking down on its third day. He put before the US, France and Russia and Iran a draft proposal and gave them until Friday to come back with their answer.
The only officials to come smiling out of the aborted meeting were the Iranian negotiator Saeed Jalilee and his aides. But strangely enough, it was greeted with happy applause in the West.
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US-Israel drill simulates missile attacks from Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Gaza
DEBKAfile Special Report
October 21, 2009, 9:12 AM (GMT+02:00)
AEGIS BMD launch
The US and Israel launched Operation Juniper Cobra 10, the biggest missile defense exercise of their regular biennial drills, on Wednesday Oct. 21. Taking part in the two-week drill are 1,000 military personnel on each side. According to US military sources, the exercise which simulates the advanced capabilities of shared air defense systems, sends a message to Tehran that America will support Israel's defenses in attacks from Iran or its allies in the region.
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