DEBKAfile Special Report September 4, 2012, 9:57 AM (GMT+02:00)
Cutting through the US-Israeli debate over where to put “red lines” for Iran, Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah said Monday night, Sept. 3 that Iran would hit US bases in the Middle East in response to any Israeli strike on its nuclear facilities, even if the Americans were not involved in the attack. DEBKAfile: Iran should have enough 20-percent enriched uranium for a bomb by next month. So Tehran expects an Israeli attack before the Nov. 6 US presidential election and has laid down its own red line for war.
Sunni Soldiers of Allah March on Syria
Jihadists mobilize on three continents, stream to Syria to fight Assad
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Jihadists mobilize on three continents, stream to Syria to fight Assad
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Why Obama’s chances of holding Israel back from Iran are fading
DEBKAfile DEBKA-Net-Weekly
DEBKAfile DEBKA-Net-Weekly
September 4, 2012, 5:43 PM (GMT+02:00)
The big guns the Obama administration is firing in its dogged battle to head off an Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear program may be hitting an impenetrable wall. The dynamic of this titanic contest is explored in the comingDEBKA-Net-Weekly out next Friday, with a rundown of the military preparations set in motion by the US, Britain, France, Saudi Arabia, the UAEA, Iran, Hizballah and Israel itself.
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Egypt confronts Israel with 6,000 Sinai Islamists as an approved militia
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
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DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
September 3, 2012, 7:18 PM (GMT+02:00)
Egyptian tanks at Rafah terminal
To keep the truce with the Islamist terrorist groups in Sinai in place, Egypt is releasing dozens of jailed Salafist gunmen every few days in batches, so feeding them a steady supply of reinforcements. Cairo is also in negotiation with Bedouin tribal elders to grant a body of 6,000 Al-Qaeda-linked Salafi gunmen the status of an approved, independent militia. Armed with up-to-date Egyptian weapons, this militia is to be charged with responsibility for maintaining security. Israel is taxed with a new headache in the south.
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