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Obama recalls bunker-buster bomb kits to bar Israeli strike on Iran 

DEBKAfile Special Report March 20, 2010, 6:54 PM (GMT+02:00)

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Advanced BLU-100 recalled by President Obama

Shortly after the flare-up of a US-Israel row over new homes in East Jerusalem, US president Barack Obama ordered a consignment of Joint Direct Attack Munitions- JDAM already on its way toIsrael to be diverted to the US Air Force base on the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia. This step in mid-March, the pointer to a US arms embargo for preventing Israel attacking Iran's nuclear sites, is first revealed here by DEBKAfile's military sources.

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Palestinian terrorists ape Taliban-style motorbike attacks

DEBKAfile Special Report

March 20, 2010, 8:22 PM (GMT+02:00) 

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Taliban RPG shooters on motorbikes

Al Qaeda fighters fromIraq and Pakistan have infiltrated Gaza through the tunnels and introduced motor-cycle-mounted attacks by RPG-wielding terrorists to Palestinian extremist groups, DEBKAfile reports. Friday night, March 19, three pairs of motorbike riders crashed throughGaza's border fence and opened RPG and automatic fire on Israelis soldiers. This time, they missed and swerved back.

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Washington sharpens crisis with Israel, may give Palestinians military shield

DEBKAfile Special Report

March 18, 2010, 11:36 AM (GMT+02:00)

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US Centcom chief Gen. David Petraeus

The Obama administration demands Israelextend its West Bank construction freeze toEast Jerusalem for the duration of peace talks and offer more concessions to the Palestinians. This - plus a pledge not to attack Iran - is the price for ending the crisis. Gen. Petraeus's suggested transfer of the "Palestinian territories" to his Central Command is tantamount to providing the Palestinians with a USmilitary shield against Israel, sayDEBKAfile's military sources.

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Clinton in Moscow is confronted with Russia's Bushehr commitment
DEBKAfile Special Report
March 19, 2010, 2:26 PM (GMT+02:00)

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Control room of Bushehr nuclear reactor

Russia's decision to finish and activate Iran's atomic reactor in Bushehr - despite prime minister Vladimir Putin's promises to President Barak Obama and prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu - hit secretary of state Hillary Clinton when she arrived in Moscow, Thursday, March 18. This was the second contretemps of her trip after she failed to bring Russia aboard on tough sanctions for Iran.

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