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Israeli leaders visit Europe as EU foreign ministers dump Iran sanctions
DEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis January 26, 2010, 12:28 PM (GMT+02:00)
Tags: European Union France Germany Iran Israel Italy sanctions

Joint German-Israeli government session

Israel's president, prime minister and foreign minister are visiting Berlin, Warsaw and Budapest this week, apparently impervious to the European Union foreign ministers' decision in Brussels Monday, Jan. 25, to back away from sanctions for Iran's nuclear program outside the UN Security Council. None have commented on the EU's abandonment of sanctions for Iran to the mercies of Russian and Chinese vetoes.

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Iran crosses red line, can enrich uranium up to 20 pc
DEBKAfile Special Report
January 25, 2010, 2:19 PM (GMT+02:00)

Tags: Iran Israel Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Nicolas Sarkozy uranium enrichment

Another gauntlet thrown down

Attaining the ability to enrich uranium up to 20 percent grade brings Irandangerously close to "break-out" point for a nuclear weapon capability, DEBKAfile's intelligence sources report.

By announcing this, Tehran's hawkish leaders show contempt for the six world powers and their offer to trade Iran's low-grade uranium for 20 pc enriched product overseas and throw down ...

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New Bin Laden threat follows loss of three kingpins in Yemen
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
January 24, 2010, 1:28 PM (GMT+02:00)

Tags: Al Qaeda Iran Saudi Arabia Yemen

Prince Khaled leads Saudi Yemen war

In his latest audio-taped message of Jan. 24, Osama bin Laden said he was responsible for the failed Detroit-bound airliner attack on Dec. 25. He vowed Americawould have no peace as long as there was "no security for the Palestinians." But in al Qaeda's hottest arena, Yemen, Saudi Arabia turns out to have killed three of bin Laden's kingpins in a "mystery explosion" - and also produced evidence of Iranian backing for the Houthi rebels.

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