Wednesday, 14 November 2012


DEBKAfile Exclusive Report November 13, 2012, 7:18 PM (GMT+02:00)
Iranian missile speedboat
Iranian missile speedboat

Iran’s air defense chief Gen. Farzad Esmaili boasted Tuesday, Nov. 12, that the ongoing military exercise was “a strong slap to those countries that threaten [us].” DEBKAfile: Tehran's six-day air defense drill is its answer to the joint US-Israeli maneuver for practicing defenses against an Iranian or Syrian ballistic missile attack on Israel. Patriot anti-missile launches from Palmachim Monday tested US-Israel ability to lock onto Iranian cruise missiles coming from the Mediterranean aboard Iranian military or civilian vessels or Hizballah speedboats.
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Obama Will Give Syrian Rebels Arms
They will go to a leader fighting in Syria who wins his nod. 
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The US to Undertake Suez Security
A hi-tech security fence to be built to guard the waterway against terror. 
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Obama Is Ready for Talks with Iran
Negotiations come late, after Iran has crossed the nuclear threshold. 
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Headlines
Salafists keep up missile fire after most Palestinian Gaza groups buy a truce
DEBKAfile Special Report
November 12, 2012, 10:41 PM (GMT+02:00)
A rocket smashes through the ceiling of a Sderot home
A rocket smashes through the ceiling of a Sderot home

Most Palestinians groups met in Gaza City Monday night, Nov. 12, to approve a ceasefire after a three-day, 300-rocket assault on Israel. But the Salafists stayed away, instead firing 5 heavy Grad rockets against Netivot, Beersheba and Ofakim and taking delivery of a fresh load of Grads through the Sinai tunnels, assisted by Tehran’s proxy, Jihad Islam. Yet Israel, Egypt and even Hamas continued to delude themselves that a ceasefire can work - although Israel’s top command reckons it will collapse within days.
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Israel tanks knock out Syrian mortars shelling Golan. Assad tests Israel’s resolve in Gaza too
DEBKAfile Special Report
November 12, 2012, 3:28 PM (GMT+02:00)
Bashar Assad provokes Israel to support Hamas
Bashar Assad provokes Israel to support Hamas

Another shell landed near an Israeli position on the Golan Monday, Nov. 12, less than 24 hours after Damascus promised to silence the mortar battery responsible for “stray shells.” The promise came after Israel fired a Tamuz guided missile into Syria as a warning shot.  Monday, Israeli tank fire knocked out the Syrian mortar battery.DEBKAfile: Bashar Assad is provoking the Netanyahu government in the light of its restraint against heavy Palestinian missile fire from Gaza.
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