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Iran has new anti-cruise missile weapon, Cobra-type helicopter 
DEBKAfile Special Report May 5, 2010, 1:46 PM (GMT+02:00) 
Tags:  Iranian missiles  

Iran claims new anti-cruise missile weapon

Iran's claim that its new air defense system "Mesbah-1" can counter cruise missiles and other low-flying vehicles would, if confirmed, represent its answer to US or Israeli cruise missile attacks in a potential military strike. The Iranian Air Force has taken delivery of 10 new Cobra-type helicopter "Toofah" which Iran's arms industry claims that compared with the original Toofah has been heavily upgraded, improved and rearmed.

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Israeli Military Intel downbeat about Palestinian flexibility in talks
DEBKAfile Special Report
May 4, 2010, 7:44 PM (GMT+02:00) 

Tags:  Hizballah   Middle East talks  Syria 

MI Research Chief Brig. Gen. Yossi Baidatz

Israeli Military Intelligence Research Director Brig. Gen. Yossi Baidatz warned Tuesday, the day before proximity peace talks are launched by US envoy George Mitchell, "We do not recognize in Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas a true attempt to be flexible on the core issues." He will stall and then blame Israel.

The MI officer also told a Knesset panel the long-range solid-fuel rocketsSyria has transferred to Hizballah can be launched from deep insideLebanon.

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The failed Time Square bombing exposed misconceptions
DEBKAfile DEBKA-Net-Weekly
May 4, 2010, 12:32 PM (GMT+02:00) 

Tags:  car bomb   Times Square 

New York remains on high security

Its tardy identification as a terror conspiracy laid bare the fundamental flaws in the Obama administration's Afghan War policy and the misconceptions at the heart of US methods for combating international terror.

These are analyzed by our most seasoned experts in DEBKA-Net-Weekly's coming issue out next Friday.

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