DEBKAfile Special Report April 13, 2013, 1:42 PM (GMT+02:00)
Israeli tanks on Golan border with Syria
After the Damascus units, the Syrian army has distributed protective suits to units in southernSyria and the Golan, amid evidence that chemical weapons have already been used in the Damascus Israel
Top Stories
- Tokyo said warned it would be first NKorean nuclear target
- US, S. Korea go on top alert for North missile launch
- North Korea, Iran ramp up nuclear defiance
- Palestinian “civil intifada” set to start April 15
- Iran lines up behind North Korea, cautions the US
- Al Qaeda closes in on 2 Syrian chemical depots
- Palestinians grant Jordan’s king custodianship of Jerusalem’s shrines
- West embargoes arms to Syrian rebels
- Turkey badly needed to end row with Israel
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North Korea reportedly warns Tokyo would be first target of nuclear attack
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April 12, 2013, 9:00 PM (GMT+02:00)
Tokyo, Japan faces North Korean threat
North Korea has reportedly warned Japan that Tokyo would be the first target of a nuclear attack, in response to Japan’s orders to its armed forces to shoot down any North Korean missile that heads toward its territory. Japanese defense officials did not confirm their naval alert so as not to “show their cards” to North Korea. In Seoul Friday, April 12, US Secretary of State John Kerry said: “We will stand with South Korea and Japan against these threats. And we will defend ourselves," he said.
US, S. Korea on top alert as North missile spotted in launch position
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April 11, 2013, 10:34 AM (GMT+02:00)
North Korean Musudan missile
US and South Korean armed forces went on the highest level of alert - Watchcon 2 - Thursday, April 11, ready for multiple launches after at least one North Korean ballistic Musudan missile was sighted fueled and ready to launch at any moment. Some Western intelligence sources attribute Pyongyang’s saber-rattling to a power struggle ongoing between Kim Jong-Un’s military backers and the generals who judge him unfit for the top command. He may order a missile launch to assert his authority against his detractors.
North Korea to fire ballistic missile to Pacific. Iran unveils new uranium-processing facilities
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April 9, 2013, 1:40 PM (GMT+02:00)
North Korean soldiers out with trained dogs
Korean tensions again shot up Tuesday, April 9, with Pyongyang’s warning of a ballistic missile launch Wednesday at the Pacific and advice to foreigners to leave the South in case of war. In Tehran, the president unveiled two additional uranium-processing facilities at the central town of Ardakan, 120 km from large uranium mines in Saghand. Iran now threatens to quit the Non-Proliferation Treaty and so,DEBKAfile reports, carry on developing nuclear weapons away from international oversight like its North Korean partner.
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