Saturday, 30 January 2010


CIA chief Panetta in Cairo and Israel for secret talks on Yemen
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report January 29, 2010, 12:25 PM (GMT+02:00)
Tags: Al Qaeda Egypt Israel Leon Panetta Yemen
CIA chief Leon Panetta

The director of the CIA, Leon Panetta, paid secret visits to Cairo and Jerusalem Thursday, Jan. 28, to prepare the ground for expanding US military intervention in Yemen against al Qaeda strongholds, thereby opening a fresh front in the war on Islamist terror organization.
He asked for an Egyptian expeditionary force to back up US special forces and the use of Egyptian airfields as jumping off bases for US air ...

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Hamas hedges on Israel's blame for death of kidnapper of two soldiers in 1989
DEBKAfile Special Report
January 29, 2010, 12:31 PM (GMT+02:00)

Tags: Egypt Hamas Iran Israel Khaled Meshaal

Hamas kidnapper Mahmoud al-Mabhouh

Senior Hamas commander, Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, 50, died in Abu Dhabi on Jan. 20 and his body reached Damascus on Jan. 28, according to Izzat Rishq speaking at Hamas headquarters in the Syrian capital early Friday, Jan. 29. He accused Israel of his assassination without specifying its circumstances. Israeli spokesmen have not commented in the charge, whichDEBKAfile estimates may have been raised to distract from Hamas' many troubles.
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