Sunday, 28 March 2010

US researchers postulate Israeli tactical nuclear strike on Iran
DEBKAfile Special Report March 28, 2010, 11:30 PM (GMT+02:00)
Tags: Israel US Iran nuclear

Tactical Nuclear Weapon

Scenarios of a potential Israeli attack on Iran - usually without US assent - abound in Washington in the last 24 hours. They contrast sharply with the impression Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu is conveying that he and President Barack Obama were of one mind on Iranwhen they met last week. Two CSIS researchers cite the belief in some US military circles that Israel, lacking a one-off capability for striking Iran, will resort to tactical nuclear weapons.

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Gaza's hidden boom boosted by 1,000 tunnels, Israeli cash
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
March 27, 2010, 10:40 PM (GMT+02:00)

Tags: Gaza

It glitters and it's gold - in Gaza market

The Gaza Strip's 1.2 million inhabitants are described by foreign visitors with great pathos as starving, homeless and hopeless - and all because of the Israeli embargo. A new Egyptian report cited by DEBKAfilepresents facts and figures exposing the Palestinian territory's hidden economic boom, engendered by the huge "tunnel industry" and Israeli cash, which fill the markets with luxuries and enrich the Hamas rulers.

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