Russia halts TOR-M1, S-300 air, missile defense missiles to IranDEBKAfile Exclusive Report October 11, 2009, 9:07 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. | ||
Pakistan frees 39 army HQ officers seized by Taliban. No word on embattled tunnel link to nuclear arsenalDEBKAfile Special Report October 11, 2009, 3:22 PM (GMT+02:00)  Defending Pakistani army HQ against Taliban A day and a night after an armed Taliban takeover of Pakistan's main military headquarters in Islamabad, a Pakistani military spokesman said early Sunday, Oct. 11, that all the assailants were killed or arrested and 39 of the 42 hostages they took freed. Three were killed. There was no word on a second Pakistani-Taliban battle for control of a road tunnel which connects the towns of Darra Adam Khel and Kohat in the North West Frontier Province. On May 15, DEBKA-Net-Weeklyexclusively named Kohat and Kamra as keys to Pakistan's nuclear and missile arsenals and reported that Kohat's fall to the Taliban would cut Islamabad and the Pakistani high command from Kamra and its nuclear arsenal. | ||
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- •Russia halts TOR-M1, S-300 air, missile defense missiles to Iran
- •Pakistan frees 39 HQ officers seized by Taliban
- •Terror suspect worked at British nuclear lab before CERN - report
- •Obama charts grand new strategy for isolating Iran
- •Tehran moves to impose gasoline rationing ready for showdown with US
- •Tehran accuses US in case of missing Iranian nuclear scientist
- •Al Qaeda recovers fast from "loss of operational capacity" described by Obama
- •Abbas' Palestinians try to cash in on Jerusalem unrest for talks with Mitchell
Terror suspect worked at British nuclear lab before CERN - report
DEBKAfile Special Report
October 11, 2009, 11:49 AM (GMT+02:00)
The Algerian-born nuclear physicist Dr. Adlene Hicheur, 32, arrested in France on suspicion of links with al Qaeda's North African wing, worked at the Rutherton Appleton Laboratory in Didcot four years ago, conducting nuclear physics research, according to the Sunday Telegraph.
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DEBKA-Net-Weekly: Obama charts grand new strategy for isolating Iran
DEBKA-Net-Weekly Exclusive Report
October 9, 2009, 5:55 PM (GMT+02:00)
Under cover of the Geneva encounter with Iran, US president Barack Obama has enlisted Russia, France and Israel for launching an ambitious new initiative designed to isolate Iran, deter Israel from a military strike and turn the big power order in the Middle East on its head.
Our latest issue out this Friday carried an exclusive review of this broad, still unfolding strategy and its chances.
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Iran moves to impose gasoline rationing ready for showdown with US
DEBKAfile Special Report
October 9, 2009, 11:28 AM (GMT+02:00)
2007 gasoline riots in Tehran
Tehran plans to slash the supply of subsided gasoline to the public by 45 percent and ration individual purchases to 55 liters per month, down from the 100 allowed at present. This announcement Wednesday, Oct. 8, by Iranian oil minister Massoud Mirkazemi was Tehran's second step ahead of an expected showdown with the West over its nuclear program.
DEBKAfile's Iranian sources report: Accusing the US of involvement in the disappearance of an important Iranian nuclear scientist was the first.
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Tehran accuses US in case of missing Iranian nuclear scientist
DEBKAfile Special Report
October 8, 2009, 6:23 PM (GMT+02:00)
Iran's foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki charged Wednesday, Oct. 7 that Tehran had "documents that prove US interference" in the disappearance of the nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri during a pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia earlier this year. He spoke after attending an Iranian cabinet meeting. Six days after meeting the six powers on its nuclear program in Geneva, Tehran appears to be preparing a new crisis. (Picture: Iran's foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki)
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