Sunday, 3 July 2011



DEBKAfile Exclusive Report July 2, 2011, 10:45 PM (GMT+02:00)
Qaddafi's game of chess - or end game?

Libyan Ruler Muammar Qaddafi's threat to "throw ourselves on Europe like swarms of locusts or bees" to attack "your homes, your offices, your families" may be meant to scare NATO off its coming all-out offensive to kill or oust him – or may be for real. If forced to quit, DEBKAfile reports he could seek asylum with friendly African Sahel tribes like the al Qaeda-linked Tuareg, which also provide him with mercenaries. From there, he could orchestrate a campaign of terror.

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Israel, Greece, Turkey join hands to stall Gaza flotilla. Palestinian UN move next
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
July 2, 2011, 11:50 AM (GMT+02:00)
Greek coastguard intercepts American activists' boat

The organizers of Freedom Flotilla II against Israel's naval blockade on Gaza – among them Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal's son-in-law Hamoud Tareq - never dreamed the stalling of their expedition would be served up as the founding step of the nascent pro-US Israel-Greek-Turkish alliance. If Mahmoud wants to jump aboard this grouping, he must drop his UN move for Palestinian recognition, so pre-empting the storm Binyamin Netanyahu's ill-wishers are counting on for ending his rule.

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