Hillary Clinton announced in Istanbul Saturday, Aug. 11, that US and Turkish intelligence services and military were to set up a joint working team to plan for “many contingencies including the very horrible scenario of the use of chemical weapons.”DEBKAfile: Turkey has sent a first batch of anti-air, shoulder-carried Stinger missiles to Syrian rebels in Aleppo. It is feared Bashar Assad may regard this as a game-changer in the war and hit back with chemical attacks on the rebels, Turkey, Israel and Jordan. Israel willingly acceded to Cairo’s request for permission to deploy fighter planes and armored troop carriers in Sinai - a demilitarized buffer zone under their 1979 peace treaty – in support of President Mohamed Morsi’s counter-terror offensive against lawless Islamist bands. DEBKAfile reports: It was soon realized in Washington and Jerusalem that the “offensive” was largely bogus and being used less for eliminating Salafi terrorists and more for purging the Egyptian military of pro-Western influence and promoting its takeover by the Muslim Brotherhood.
Against an impending Israeli strike on Iran and threat to Assad regime
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Assad’s complete recovery of Aleppo would stabilize his Alawite warship.
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Another stage for Iranian-al Qaeda-Salafi cooperation against the West.
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Sunday, 12 August 2012
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report August 11, 2012, 5:36 PM (GMT+02:00)
Aarb rebel with Stinger anti-air missile
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New Brand of Sinai Bedouin Terrorists
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President Morsi with army chief Field Marshal Tantawi in Sinai
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