US & Iran build up Sunni-Shiite showdown in Syria
DEBKAfile DEBKA-Net-Weekly
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August 28, 2012, 10:36 AM (GMT+02:00)
Syrian rebels shoot down helicopter over Damascus
Sunni Muslim fighters stream into Syria from across the Middle East, Africa and Central Asia, helped by the US, the UK and Qatar. Iran and Hizballah are pushing Shiite reinforcements into the embattled country. Al Qaeda is deeply plunged in the fray. The coming DEBKA-Net-Weekly out next Friday traces the Syrian war cycle as it widens into a deadly Sunni-Shiite showdown set to outstrip the Afghan and Iraqi wars in scale and violence.
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Top US soldier: “I don’t want to be complicit” if Israel attacks Iran
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DEBKAfile Special Report
August 31, 2012, 9:20 AM (GMT+02:00)
US Gen. Martin Dempsey meets PM Netanyahu in Jerusalem.
In its bluntest message yet, the Obama administration declared that Israel is on its own if it attacks Iran. Thursday, Aug. 30, Gen. Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, reiterated that an Israeli attack would “delay but probably not destroy Iran’s nuclear program,” adding impatiently: “I don't want to be complicit if they [Israel] choose to do it." Sanctions were having an effect, said the general. But as he spoke the IAEA reported a 31 percent jump in Iran’s enriched uranium stock.
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