TOP STORIES 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. 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. To subscribe to DEBKA-Net-Weeklyclick HE DEBKAfile Special Report October 11, 2009, 8:39 AM (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 the 42 hostages they took freed. 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-Weekly exclusively 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. 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. 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) DEBKA-Net-Weekly 415 Updated byDEBKAfile October 7, 2009, 1:26 PM (GMT+02:00) Al Qaeda is far from done US president Barack Obama praised the efforts of the organizations represented by the National Counterterrorism Center which he visited Tuesday, Oct. 6, crediting them with al Qaeda's "lost operational capacity" and disappearing "legitimacy and credibility." In its issue of Sept 25, DEBKA-Net-Weekly 415 offered a fuller and more accurate picture of al Qaeda's situation. The top command did indeed suffer serious damage but has reduced it by speedily filling key gaps. Two new commanders are the Chechen Abu Zaar and Egyptian Abu Hafez. To subscribe to DEBKA-Net-Weeklyclick HERE . DEBKAfile Special Report October 6, 2009, 6:06 PM (GMT+02:00) Israeli Muslim leader Raed Salah Raed Salah, head of the Islamic movement of Israeli Arabs, was placed under arrest Tuesday, Oct. 6, on charges of incitement and sedition for launching a joint violent campaign with Hamas to exclude Jews from Temple Mount. Western Wall Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch appealed to the heads of all three faiths to work together and restore sanity to Jerusalem. 
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