Saturday, 18 February 2012




DEBKAfile Special Report February 18, 2012, 6:57 AM (GMT+02:00)
They agree to talk

Wednesday, Netanyahu blasted Iran – and indirectly Washington– when he said in Cyprus that sanctions “haven’t worked” and that a regime which attacks diplomats to have nuclear weapons “is something of enormous concern for the United States and for Israel.”In the last 24 hours, the approach of international talks with Iran on its nuclear program has escalated high tensions between the Obama administration and the Israeli government.
US President Barack Obama decided to send his US National Security Adviser Tom Donilon on an urgent visit to Israel Saturday for three days of talks ...

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Obama Wins His Bid for Talks with Iran
He hopes to avert war and end up dismantling Iran’s nuclear bomb program.
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Tehran Flexes Muscle for Talks
Iran shrugs off sanctions as barely affecting its oil exports.
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UK, Israel Face Iranian Terror
A joint Iranian-al Qaeda attack is feared on the London Olympics of 2012.
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US-Israel crisis: Approaching nuclear talks with Iran disable sanctions, spark anti-Israel terror
DEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis
February 18, 2012, 9:42 AM (GMT+02:00)
There were better times

US President Barack Obama is convinced that the resumed international nuclear negotiations he has worked hard to set up will not only avert war but lay to rest once and for all the problem of Iran’s nuclear bomb program. But the imminence of Iranian talks with world powers has already had the negative effects of sparking a wave of Iranian terror against Israeli overseas targets and seriously devaluing sanctions,DEBKAfile reports. Anyway, Tehran has no intention of yielding on its drive for nuclear arms.

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