Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, in conjunction with military chief Field Marshall Hussein Tantawi, fired a row of top military, intelligence and police officials Wednesday, Aug. 8, after more armed Islamist attacks on Egyptian troops. Morsi replaced Intelligence chief Gen. Mourad Mowafi with Maj. Gen. Mohamed Shehata, and fired the governor of North Sinai, Abdel Wahab Mabrouk, as well as other officials. The president acted expeditiously to quell street protest over declining Sinai security but is not yet grappling with its root cause, Islamist terror. Tehran gave Bashar Assad its strongest avowal of support yet Tuesday, Aug. 7, while heaping threats on the heads of his enemies, especially the US, Turkey and Israel. Saeed Jalili, head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, sat alongside the Syrian ruler in Damascus at the end of their talks and vowed not to let Iran’s “close partnership with the Syrian leadership to be shaken by the uprising or external foes” or the “axis of resistance (Iran, Syria, Hizballah) be broken.” Assad pledged to purge Syria of terror. Monday, Aug. 6, the head of Iran’s National Security Council Saeed Jalili touched down in Beirut shortly after Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani declared: "The fire that has been ignited in Syria will take the fearful (Israelis) with it. Jalili (not Larijani as misreported earlier) came for urgent on-the-spot coordination with Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah before continuing Tuesday to Damascus. They discussed ways of stamping Iran’s mark on Syria after Bashar Assad’s exit. Military plans against Israel are part of their schemes.; "New Egyptian intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Mohamed Shehata")
DEBKAfile Special Report; "Saeed Saeed Jalili and Bashar Assad - closer than ever")
; "Khamenei's emissary breaks fast with Nasrallah")
Wednesday, 8 August 2012
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report August 8, 2012, 8:56 PM (GMT+02:00)
New Egyptian intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Mohamed Shehata
Jalili in Damascus underscores Iran’s commitment to Assad
August 7, 2012, 9:20 PM (GMT+02:00)
Saeed Saeed Jalili and Bashar Assad - closer than ever
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
August 7, 2012, 1:40 PM (GMT+02:00)
Khamenei's emissary breaks fast with Nasrallah
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