A tardy wake-up call for US anti-terror agenciesDEBKAfile Special Analysis December 29, 2009, 2:06 PM (GMT+02:00)  Al Qaeda operates openly in Yemeni Abyan province The failure of Lagos and Amsterdam airport security to detect the explosives the Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab carried aboard two flights on Christmas Day was only a small side-effect of US intelligence policy-makers' flawed approach to al Qaeda. Security measures for US travel will be revised and enhanced, but until the agencies which fell down on the tasks of thwarting and combating terror are overhauled and change their approach, Americans will continue to be caught napping. More about this in DEBKAfile Special Analysis below. | ||
EXPOSED: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's secret, not so holy lifeDEBKA-Net-Weekly Exclusive Report December 29, 2009, 6:57 PM (GMT+02:00) In its next issue, out Friday, DEBKA-Net-Weekly offers the first glimpse ever of Iran's spiritual ruler Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's most private lifestyle. This secretive holy man, who is empowered with the final say-so on his country's nuclear program, is portrayed with his favorite aides, the nuts and bolts of his unfettered authority and his…unsuspected hedonistic indulgences. Don't miss this unique expose and much more. To subscribe to DEBKA-Net-Weekly clickHERE | ||
Iran reels toward popular-religious uprising amid spiraling bloodshed
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
December 28, 2009, 12:18 PM (GMT+02:00)
Iranian protesters turn on security forces
Opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi's nephew, Ali Habib, was not shot dead during a Tehran demonstration Sunday, Dec. 27, as reported, but waylaid and gunned down as he left his home, DEBKAfilereports exclusively. Fresh riots followed the disappearance of the body Monday. The opposition fears this assassination augurs the physical liquidation of its leaders, more of whom were arrested.
The current upsurge of violence across Iran is the most dangerous yet, DEBKAfile's Iranian sources report in its Exclusive Report and Analysis below.
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Obama vows to "disrupt and defeat violent extremists" anywhere
DEBKAfile Report
December 28, 2009, 12:14 PM (GMT+02:00)
In a special statement from Hawaii, the US president Barack Obama delivered an unusually hard-hitting address in which he vowed to "keep up the pressure on those who would attack and slaughter innocent women and children" - not just defensively, but by using "every element in our power to disrupt and defeat violent extremists."
He also condemned brutal repression in Iran.
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