Monday 22 November 2010




DEBKAfile Special Report November 22, 2010, 8:43 AM (GMT+02:00)


M-600 surface missile - now guided

Israeli Military Intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin warned the Israel cabinet Sunday, Nov. 21: "Tel Aviv will be a front line in the next conflict." DEBKAfile's military sources report he was referring to the thousands of missiles with enhanced ranges of 300 kilometers Syria and Hizballah have received from Iran and which Iranian engineers are outfitting with guidance systems to challenge Israel's aerial capabilities and missile defenses. Syria's chemical warheads are now fully guided.

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The Deal that Never Was
Netanyahu did not obtain the wished-for US benefits for a building freeze.
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Ailing Saudi Rulers Are Moving Over
They are making way for a squabbling younger generation.
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Lebanon's PM Hariri Caves in
Abandoned by the US, he bows to Hizballah-Syrian dictates, drops UN tribunal.
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DEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis

November 21, 2010, 1:11 PM (GMT+02:00)
US troops in combat in Afghanistan


The NATO summit's agreement of Saturday Nov. 20 on staged handovers to Afghanistan security forces by 2014 meets Taliban's longstanding demand for foreign troops to quit Afghanistan as the precondition for talks on an end to the war that restores them to power in Kabul,DEBKAfile's military sources report. Detecting the disunity in Lisbon, Taliban will continue fighting to drive bigger wedges between Western allies and will harden its bargaining position. Tehran is watching.

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