Congressional probe to say if Ford Hood shooting was worst post-9/11 terror attack in USDEBKAfile Special Report November 9, 2009, 10:44 AM (GMT+02:00)  Sen. Joe Lieberman: Independent probe essential As pressure builds on the Obama administration to break its silence on the Nov. 5 shootings at the Ford Hood base, Senator Joe Lieberman, an independent who heads the Senate's Homeland Security Committee, announced he was launching a congressional investigation to find out whether the attack was preventable. If the news reports were true, "the murder of these 13 people was… the most destructive terrorist act committed on American soil since 9/11," he said. | ||
Ahmadinejad to cancel food, fuel subsidies, for transfer to nuclear projectsDEBKAfile Special Report November 8, 2009, 8:35 PM (GMT+02:00)  Gains unfettered control of national expenditure Iran's parliament (Majlis) Sunday, Nov. 8, granted president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unlimited control of an estimated $30-50 billion of national treasure under legislation empowering him to cancel government subsidies on food and fuel. DEBKAfile's Iranian sources report that the president demanded the transfer of subsidy funding to the nation's nuclear and missile programs, preparations for war and measures to offset international sanctions. | ||
US major of Palestinian origin shouted "Allahu Akbar" in Fort Hood shooting rampage
DEBKAfile Special Report
November 5, 2009, 2:00 PM (GMT+02:00)
US Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan in two guises
Speculation is rife in the US media about whether Army Major Malik Nadal Hasan's massacre of 13 servicemen at America's biggest army base, Fort Hood in Texas Thursday, Nov. 5 was motivated by terrorist ideology.
US officials are tightlipped on the question. Witnesses among the two score injured reported that while firing two handguns, he shouted "Alahu Akbar!" That morning he was filmed in Muslim dress.
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Al Qaeda may be fighting with Yemeni rebels against Saudi Arabia
DEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis
November 8, 2009, 10:35 PM (GMT+02:00)
Saudi Prince Khaled bin Sultan inspects troops on Yemen border
Saudi Arabian and Iran-backed Yemeni rebel spokesmen agree on two aspects of their clashes on the Saudi-Yemen border: Sunday, Nov. 8, was the fifth day of their battle and both sides had taken dead and wounded. Otherwise, DEBKAfile's military sources report, the state of combat is hard to pin down in one of the most desolate parts of the world. It now looks as though some Al Qaeda fighters have crossed the border into Jizan to fight the Saudi army alongside the Houthis.
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