Sunday, 20 June 2010



DEBKAfile Exclusive Report June 19, 2010, 7:54 PM (GMT+02:00)

Tags: Israeli warship Suez Canal USS Truman
USS Truman heads for Suez Canal

An armada of 11 US warships and one Israeli vessel passed through the Suez Canal Friday June 18 on their way to the Persian Gulf, DEBKAfile's military sources report. The fleet was led by the USS Harry Truman carrier and its Strike Group.
This massive military movement is a strong new factor in the continually rising Middle East tensions of the last two weeks to which Iran has not so far responded.

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DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
June 19, 2010, 9:56 PM (GMT+02:00)

Tags: Hizballah Israel-Egypt Lebanese flotilla

Hizballah commandos trained by Iran's Revolutionary Guards

Hizballah officers were in and out of Lebanese Navy bases Saturday, June 19, preparing together for action should Israelhalt Lebanese ships bound for Gaza. Their marines are deployed in Beirut port against a possible Israeli raid. Amid close coordination with the forthcoming Iranian and Turkish flotillas, the Lebanese convoy preparing for departure poses the most immediate trigger for a regional confrontation, DEBKAfile's military sources report.

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Gates: Iran could attack Europe with scores or hundreds of missiles
DEBKAfile Special Report
June 18, 2010, 1:39 PM (GMT+02:00)

Tags: Iranian missiles Israel Robert Gates

Iran's Shahab-3

US defense secretary Robert Gates reported Thursday, June 17 that the US had overhauled its missile defense plans following intelligence that Iran could fire "scores or hundreds" of short- and medium-range missiles against Europe -in salvoes rather than one or two at a time. The new US program, designed to protect NATO allies, uses sea and land-based interceptors. He did not mention Israel, but these figures mean it has fallen back sharply in the regional balance of strength, even before adding on the thousands of Hizballah rockets.

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Turkey closes airspace to Israel Air Force, Jerusalem declares IHH terrorists
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
June 17, 2010, 11:32 AM (GMT+02:00)

Tags: Israel-Turkey Turkish boycott campaign US

Turkish airspace closed to Israeli Air Force

Turkey will lead a campaign for a worldwide boycott ofIsrael. Wednesday,Ankara cancelled 16 contracts covering military and intelligence cooperation.

Israel has countered by declaring the IHH a terrorist entity, exposing this bulwark of the Ankara government to Israeli covert operations. InWashington, Democratic and Republican members of Congress announced there would be a price to pay for Ankara's continuing hate campaign against Israel and tight ties with Tehran.

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