Hamas successfully tests new Iran-made Silkworm that can reach Tel AvivDEBKAfile Special report November 3, 2009, 12:41 PM (GMT+02:00)  Silkworm C-802 shore-to-ship missile fired from Lebanon Israel's military intelligence chief Brig. Amos Yadlin revealed Tuesday, Nov. 3, that the Palestinian Hamas had successfully tested a new 60-km range Iranian shore-to-sea missile launching it west from the Gaza coast. When fired north overland, the missile could reach Tel Aviv. He revealed that Iranian arms were reaching Hizballah and Hamas through Syria and, for the first, time viaTurkey. DEBKAfile's military sources identify the new missile in Hamas' arsenal as a C-802 of the Silkworm series, smuggled in with the help of Hizballah. | ||
Israel's Heron drones integrated in NATO's Afghanistan warDEBKA Exclusive Report November 3, 2009, 1:00 PM (GMT+02:00)  Israel's Heron TP sold in 40 countries Germany is the fifth foreign nation to acquire the Heron TP drone or other Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle technology for support missions against the Taliban and al Qaeda in Afghanistan, DEBKAfile's military sources report. Today, these drones complement the US Air Force's dominant role in Afghanistan air space. World armies have purchased a total of 40 Israeli drones of different types. The most recent client was Russia. | ||
Huge Saudi-Russian S-400 missile deal stalled over Israeli objections
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
November 1, 2009, 12:43 PM (GMT+02:00)
Russian S-400 missile interceptor
A multibillion transaction for the sale of highly sophisticated Russian S-400 Triumf (NATO codenamed SA-21 Growler) missile interceptors to Saudi Arabia is hanging fire over Israel's objections to their deployment within easy range of the Negev and Eilat port, DEBKAfile's military sources report.
The $7 billion deal was brokered by Washington with a view to tempting Moscow to withhold S-300 air and missile defense batteries from Iran.
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Yaacov Taitel, father of 4, arrested for suspected terrorist attacks on Arabs and Jews
DEBKAfile Special Report
November 1, 2009, 7:04 PM (GMT+02:00)
DEBKAfilereports that at the end of a 12-year search, the police and Shin Bet finally caught up with the Yaacov Taitel, 37, from Shevut Rachel, whom they suspect of a long series of terrorist crimes. They arrested him in the Har Nof district of Jerusalem Oct. 9. Two of those crimes are the murders of an Arab taxi driver in June 1997 and an Arab shepherd in August of that year.
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Declaring Karzai president without runoff - US setback, Taliban gain
DEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis
November 2, 2009, 4:13 PM (GMT+02:00)
Hamid Karzi wins second term by default
The Independent Election Commission in Kabul declared Hamid Karzai president and cancelled the second round of elections Monday, Nov. 2, the day after his only challenger Abdullah Abdullah bowed out. It acted as UN secretary Ban Ki-moon landed in Kabul for a surprise visit and met both candidates.
US objectives in Afghanistan have come out of these chain of events badly battered, while the Taliban has been offered a political victory on a silver platter.
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