Syria partially mobilizes reserves as tensions rise on Israel's northern borderDEBKAfile Special Report January 22, 2010, 6:30 PM (GMT+02:00)  Iranian and Syrian defense ministers shake on a military pact Friday, Jan. 22, Damascus ordered a Level 4 mobilization of Syria's army reserves for deployment to the Golan Heights on the Israeli border to meet what it calls "IDF plans of attack." In Lebanon, too, Hizballah placed "all its forces" in a state of military preparedness. DEBKAfile: Israel gave both advance reassurance that its military movements were a war game and nothing more. Tehran's hand is detected in their moves to raise tension. | ||
Indian flights over SE Asia on hijack alertDEBKAfile Special Report January 22, 2010, 9:01 AM (GMT+02:00)  The Indian Home Ministry has put all Air India/Indian Airlines flights operating in South Asia on high security alert after intelligence warnings that Islamic fundamentalist groups aligned to the Al-Qaeda or Lashkar-e-Taiba plan to hijack an airliner, according to New Delhi TV reports. | ||
Jordanian king orders security crackdown against al Qaeda
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
January 22, 2010, 6:59 PM (GMT+02:00)
Jordan's King Abdullah II
Jordan's King Abdullah II called together his security chiefs this week and ordered them to put all their resources behind an urgent crackdown against a rising terrorist threat, after two serious breaches caught them napping.
Western intelligence sources in the Gulf told DEBKAfile that Abdullah hauled his security chiefs over the coals for allowing a deep Al Qaeda penetration of Jordan's General Intelligence Department (GID)and lax security in Amman and on Jordanian roads.
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