Wednesday, 29 December 2010

The dark side of the US-Israeli covert war with Iran
DEBKAfile DEBKA-Net-Weekly
December 28, 2010, 12:03 PM (GMT+02:00)
Alleged Mossad spy executed at Evin Prison, Tehran

The hanging of Ali Akbar Siadati as a Mossad spy in Tehran Tuesday, Dec, 28 offered a glimpse of the brutal war waged between the CIA and Mossad, on the one hand, and Iran's clandestine agencies, on the other. It comes to the public attention only rarely, when exploits like the Stuxnet malworm invasion and violent deaths of top Iranian nuclear scientists indicate Western agencies have the upper hand.

But this murky contest has its ups and downs, as DEBKA-Net-Weekly's exclusive intelligence sources reveal in its coming issue out Friday.

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Palestinians: Obama no longer backs Palestinian state within 1967 borders
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
December 27, 2010, 8:42 AM (GMT+02:00)
Obama smiles, Palestinians gloom

Palestinian leaders in Ramallah are sunk in gloom over what they perceive as US President Barak Obama repudiation of his promises to them and greater sympathy for the Netanyahu government's side of the Middle East dispute. They also see a spreading push in Europe, the Arab countries and Moscow for them to bite the bullet and reconcile themselves to partial or interim accords, since no feasible solutions are visible on the core issues of borders, refugees and Jerusalem.

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