http://www.debka.com/ DEBKAfile, Political Analysis, Espionage, Terrorism, Security en Copyright 2000-2007 DEBKAfile Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:14:25 +0200 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:14:25 +0200 webmaster@debka.com (Debka.com Webmaster) http://www.debka.com/images/logo.gif http://www.debka.com/ <p>Tuesday, Nov. 18, Egypt's special forces and engineering units suddenly shut down operations against the smuggling tunnels to Gaza without warning to Washington or Jerusalem, <b>DEBKA<i>file</i></b>'s military sources report. US and Israeli requests for clarifications from Cairo were not answered. So the Obama administration signaled Egypt that if it continues to violate international accords, there will be consequences.</p><p></p> http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=6382 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:12:59 +0200 <p>As America struggled with the legal niceties of terror, the FBI discovered a fully-functioning al Qaeda-linked terror cell in Chicago. Its ex-Pakistani Islamists were caught hatching plots against other countries like the one they masterminded in Mumbai exactly a year ago.</p><p>More about this tale of terror and suspense in the latest issue of <b><b>DEBKA-Net-Weekly</b></b> out next Friday.</p><p> <b>To subscribe to <b>DEBKA-Net-Weekly</b> click <i><a href="http://www.debka-net-weekly.com?ref=001" target="_blank">HERE</a></i> </b> .</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p> http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=6379 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:00:04 +0200 <p><b>DEBKA<i>file</i></b>'s military sources report that the UN inspectors' October visit to Iran turned up dual-track progress in support of its nuclear weapons program: Feverish activity was registered in the production of plutonium at Isfahan as an alternative to the Fordo enriched uranium plant near Qom which starts up in 2011.</p><p>The IAEA experts discovered 30 metric tons-IS of heavy water hidden in 600 tanks, each holding 13 gallons.</p> http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=6381 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:10:03 +0200 <p>Chinese president Hu Jintao said clearly after meeting US president Barack Obama in Beijing Tuesday, Nov. 17, that their governments disagree on tougher sanctions for Iran - or any other issue relating to the Islamic republic. In Moscow, foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said it was too soon to talk about stepping up sanctions on Iran, if at all.</p> http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=6380 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:10:03 +0200 <p>The broad strategic understandings sealed by US president Barack Obama and prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu at their recent White House talks are not to the liking of some their opponents at home, <b>DEBKA<i>file</i></b>'s Washington sources report. While disagreeing on construction in Jerusalem, they decided to cooperate on the looming nuclear threat from Tehran and to a high degree on the Palestinian question.</p><p>The US will continue to invest in the Arrow 3 missile interceptor.</p> http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=6378 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:10:03 +0200 <p>The Obama administration and Netanyahu government are bending over backward to dissuade Mahmoud Abbas from going through with his decision to retire from public life both as chairman of the Palestinian Authority and head of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, which he now says is final, <b>DEBKA<i>file</i></b>'s Washington and Jerusalem sources report. His most likely successor is his deputy Abu Maher Ghneim, a died-in-the-wool rejectionist of negotiations with Israel</p><p></p> http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=6377 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:10:03 +0200 <p>The new IAEA report on Iran's formerly secret uranium enrichment site at Fordo near Qom also includes a section on Syria and a demand to inspect suspicious sites there too. The inspectors clearly suspect both Tehran and Damascus of concealing from the UN nuclear watchdog secret facilities related to nuclear weapons production. </p><p>Tuesday, Nov. 17, an IAEA delegation will challenge Damascus' refusal to open three suspect sites to inspection.</p> http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=6376 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:10:03 +0200 <p>Two high-ranking teams of American CIA and DIA intelligence officials are conferring with their opposite numbers in Israel, in line with President Barack Obama's strategy for applying military heat to Iran as well as diplomatic pressure for an accommodation on its nuclear program, <b>DEBKA<i>file</i></b>'s military and intelligence sources report. </p><p>The US-Israeli intelligence-military exchange channel is now in place in readiness for any eventuality. </p><p></p> http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=6373 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:14:01 +0200 <p>Saturday, Nov. 14, Iran's state Press TV ran verbatim <b>DEBKA<i>file</i></b>'s exclusive disclosure on Nov. 12 of an extraordinary secret summit of the intelligence chiefs of four nations in Amman earlier this month to discuss the crisis over Iran's nuclear program and the possible outbreak of a regional war.</p><p>The Iranian medium gave this publication full credit for the exclusive, which ran as follows:</p><p></p> http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=6369 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:14:25 +0200