Tuesday, 15 June 2010



Iranian Speaker Larijani plans to reach Gaza-Israel border Saturday 
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report June 14, 2010, 11:12 PM (GMT+02:00) 
Tags:  Iranian Speaker Larijani   Gaza   Egypt  
Aims to challenge Israel from Gaza border













Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani 

and foreign affairs and 

security committee 


chairman Alaeddin 

Boroujerdi are preparing

 an epic descent on the 

Gaza Strip next Saturday, 

June 19 and a tour of the 

Israeli border

DEBKAfile's Iranian 

sources reveal. Tehran

 has applied to Cairo for 

visas for 200 

Iranian lawmakers, 

leaning hard on Cairo 

for its assent - up 

to and including President 

Hosni Mubarak.

The first Iranian aid 

ship for Gaza set sail Monday, J

une 14.

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Apparent major terrorist attack thwarted at big US base in Florida
DEBKAfile Special Report
June 15, 2010, 8:26 AM (GMT+02:00) 

Tags:  Terror   US CENTCOM base 

The suspect sports vehicle searched at MacDill Air Force Base gate

Two heavily-armed individuals, a man and a woman, were stopped at the Bayshore Gate of MacDill Air Force Base outside Tampa, Florida early Tuesday, June 15. When searched by a robot, their sports utility vehicle was found packed with military-style uniforms, rifle-type weapons and ammo - but no explosives. Air Force spokeswoman, Elizabeth Gosselin said the pair was in custody and being questioned in what was described as an "on-base incident."

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Netanyahu yields on Gaza blockade as well as flotilla probe
DEBKAfile Special Report
June 14, 2010, 12:35 PM (GMT+02:00) 

Tags:  Gaza blockade   Netanyahu  Turkish flotilla 

Gaza Port prepares for end of Israeli blockade

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, after responding to US pressure for establishing an independent public probe of the May 31 flotilla incident, is also quietly falling back under the international clamor to ease the sea and land siege of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip by installing international supervisory mechanisms in place of the Israeli military and navy.

DEBKAfile's political sources note for the first time, Israel has exposed its military activities to a public probe in which international figures take part.

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