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Rocket fired from Lebanon toward Israeli Metula. Hizballah calls up reserves

Missile from Lebanon aimed at Metula

DEBKAfile Special Report May 27, 2013, 8:14 AM (IDT)

An exploding Hizballah rocket from Lebanese Marjayoun roused Israel’s northernmost town of Metula before dawn Monday, May 27. It landed on open ground, causing no casualties or damage.DEBKAfile: Two days after Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s war speech, his terrorist group had moved to join Syria’s war of attrition against Israel. The IDF refrained from referring to the widely reported rocket attack although overnight Hizballah poured thousands more troops into Syria and called up reserves for three fronts: Syria, Israel and domestic opponents.

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Khamenei heads for dynastic rule – his repression and Syrian role unopposed by the West

Favorite presidential runner Golam Ali Haddad-Adel

DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
May 26, 2013, 7:41 PM (IDT)

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reaches for the whole pot in the June 14 presidential election. He is running a dark horse who is both tame – unlike outgoing president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - and also family. DEBKAfilenames him as former Majlis Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel, 68, whose daughter is married to the ayatollah’s son, Mojtaba Khamenei. This candidate would fit into his boss’s plan to keep the presidential seat warm for Khamenei Junior to take over in the next election in 2017.

 

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