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US, Israel close their eyes to Turkey's radicalization DEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis January 12, 2010, 11:36 PM (GMT+02:00) Turkish prime minister rides his Israel hobby horse Israel's leaders, and some of its military and security chiefs, refuse to recognize that it is no good expecting Turkish prime minister Tayyep Recep Erdogan and president Abdullah Gul to stay friends with Israel while eagerly rushing into the arms of the radical anti-West Ahmadinejad, Assad and Chavez. The latest spat between Ankara and Jerusalem, generated by this week's pointless diplomatic tit-for-tat, originated in this ostrich-in-the-sand attitude. More...

Covert war on Iran's nuclear program reaches into Tehran DEBKAfile Special Report January 12, 2010, 12:44 PM (GMT+02:00) Nuclear physicist Masoud Ali Mohammadi DEBKAfile reports: The covert war against Iran's nuclear program struck deep inside the Islamic Republic with the death Tuesday, Jan. 12 of nuclear physicist professor Masoud Ali Mohammadi, 50, by a remote-controlled exploding motorbike as he left his Tehran home. He was a senior professor at Tehran University which DEBKAfile's Iranian sources describe as an important hub of nuclear weapons research. Those sources stress that his death was unrelated to the political turbulence sweeping Iran since the June elections. More...