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One year after the Mumbai attack, the tentacles of terror are spreading DEBKAfile Special Report November 25, 2009, 10:18 PM (GMT+02:00) Beit Chabad where Laskhar-e-Taiba spy David Headley slept and plotted the murder of six Jews Thursday, Nov. 26, marks the first anniversary of the Islamic terrorist siege of the Indian city of Mumbai, in which 170 people were shot and blown up and more than 300 wounded by ten killers of the Pakistan-based al Qaeda offshoot, Lashkar-re-Taibe. Wednesday, Nov. 25, in Washington, prime minister Manmohan Singh paid homage to the Mumbai victims and vowed not to rest until the perpetrators are brought to justice. A newly-completed Torah scroll has been dedicated to the six victims at the Chabad center and will be placed in the new building.  More...

Clinton welcomes Netanyahu's token 10-month settlement construction freeze DEBKAfile Special Report November 25, 2009, 10:15 PM (GMT+02:00) Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu appears to be working to a five-month cycle: It took him five months to line up behind Washington on a two-state solution, and another five months to announce Wednesday, Nov. 25, that the security-political cabinet had approved a 10-month freeze on new apartment construction in the West Bank settlements. US secretary of state Hillary Clinton praised the decision as helping to "move forward" efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.  More... Who is the rising figure in Obama's White House? DEBKA-Net-Weekly Exclusive November 25, 2009, 11:39 AM (GMT+02:00) A dark horse is overtaking chief of staff Rahm Emanuel and NSA James Jones as President Barack Obama's most influential adviser. Revealing this, the coming DEBKA-Net-Weekly issue out next Friday discusses how the new White House dynamic helped Moscow block stiff sanct Jordanian forces pitch in to help Saudis expel Yemeni rebels From DEBKA-Net-Weekly 422 Exclusive November 24, 2009, 8:57 PM (GMT+02:00) Jordanian elite force faces Iran-backed Yemeni rebels In response to an appeal from the Saudi King Abdullah, the Jordanian monarch this week dispatched his army's elite Royal Special Force of 2,000 commandoes to help the Saudis drive out the Yemeni Houthi rebels, who invaded the oil kingdom with Iranian support earlier this month.DEBKAfile's military sources report that the Jordanian troops are now battling the Yemeni invaders holding onto the Jebel Dukhan sector. To subscribe to DEBKA-Net-Weeklyclick HERE .