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Iraqi PM Maliki injured in assassination bid amid election lead 
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report March 15, 2010, 11:49 AM (GMT+02:00) 
Tags:  Iraqi politics   Nouri Maliki  

Nouri al-Maliki

Prime minister Nouri al-Maliki was injured in an attempt on his life last Thursday, March 11, DEBKAfile discloses. His armored convoy came under an RPG-automatic fire attack after a bomb hit his car. US and Iraqi authorities have blacked out the incident, but our sources learn he is being treated at the American military hospital for moderate-to-serious injuries, lifting the chances of his main rival Iyad Allawi to become Iraq's next prime minister.

Netanyahu bows to US demand for Jerusalem building freeze
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
March 14, 2010, 10:29 PM (GMT+02:00) 

Tags:  Hillary Clinton   Jewish housing in E. Jerusalem   Netanyahu 

Binyamin Netanyahu

DEBKAfile's exclusive sources report that already Friday, March 12, Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu gave in to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's peremptory demand for a moratorium 
on construction in East Jerusalem for the duration of talks with the Palestinians in the indirect and direct stages.  He issued the relevant instructions Sunday.

 

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US will raise the heat until Israel toes the line on Iran
DEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis
March 14, 2010, 10:39 PM (GMT+02:00) 

Tags:  Israel   Saudi Arabia   US-Iran 

Barack Obama twists Israeli arms

While exploiting Israel's ill-timed announcement of 1,600 new homes in East Jerusalem for concessions to the Palestinians,DEBKAfile's Washington sources report Washington will keep twisting the Netanyahu government's arm until it toes the line on Iran. Obama's acceptance of Iran's nuclear program is spurned not only by Israel but also by Saudi Arabia and the moderate Arab regimes. But the president is pushing for endorsement before campaigning for US midterm elections to Congress.

 

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