Saturday 27 February 2010

Barak: If Hizballah attacks, Israel will go after its sponsors
DEBKAfile Special Report (GMT+02:00)
Tags: Ehud Barak Hizballah Iran Lebanon

Pessimistic defense minister Ehud Barak

Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak warned that Hizballah and its 45,000 rockets - including "some which many sovereign countries do not have" - are directed by Iranian and Syrian civilian and military officials already present in Lebanon. He termed the differentiation between Hizballah terrorists, the state of Lebanon and their sponsors artificial. Iran's nuclear program aims atjumping straight into the second- or second-and-a-half generation of nuclear warheads."

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Syria, Lebanon host Iranian troops, Qatar also willing
DEBKAfile Special Report
February 27, 2010, 8:57 PM (GMT+02:00)

Tags: Ahmadinejad Bashar Assad Hillary Clinton Hizballah Israel

Damascus celebration

Iran last week further consolidated its anti-US coalition and honed its hard edge against Israel by important defense treaties with Syria(covering Lebanon) and Qatar, home to the biggest US air base outsideAmerica. These treaties open doors for Iranian troops to be stationed in all three countries. DEBKAfile's military sources say they have already arrived in Syria and Lebanon.

The Iranian president remarked "the ...

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DEBKAfile: Dubai police claim of DNA and fingerprints is not credible
DEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis
February 27, 2010, 12:15 AM (GMT+02:00)
Mabhouh with mysterious shadows

Dubai's police chief Dhahi Khalfan said Friday, Feb. 26, that DNA and fingerprint evidence of at least one of the 26 team of assassins had been found in the hotel room where Hamas commander Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh died on Jan. 19. Our intelligence experts report the suspects' appearance was disguised from head to toe and fingerprints probably faked. They also had complete control of the security cameras.


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