DEBKAfile Special Report March 18, 2010, 11:36 AM (GMT+02:00)
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The Obama administration demands
The Obama administration demands
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Iran nuclear
Israel
Obama
The fire was first set in the Persian Gulf in December 2009 - long before Vice President Joe Biden took offense over Israel's announcement of 1,600 new homes for East Jerusalem.
In its next issue out Friday, DEBKA-Net-Weekly discloses the trouble simmered under the surface after President Barack Obama abruptly shut down a secret US-Israel cooperative project against Iran going strong for two years.
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debkafile's military sources: The first major Palestinian defection to the Shiite Hizballah of 2,000 armed men has given
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Barack Obama
Bashar Assad
Hillary Clinton
Barack Obama is still going easy on
his administration and secretary of state Hillary Clinton's appeal for
The White House is going through with a decision to post the first
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intifada
Jerusalem
Palestinians
The Palestinian and Israeli Arab masses failed to show up in Jerusalem for the Day of Rage, called for Tuesday, March 15 in a bid to stir up a third uprising (intifada) against Israel. No more than 500 teenagers were out on the streets. Around 14 policemen and three dozen Palestinians were injured in clashes - none seriously, and 60 arrested. In case of more trouble, a high police alert will be maintained until the weekend.
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Iraqi politics
Nouri Maliki
Prime minister Nouri al-Maliki was injured in an attempt on his life last Thursday, March 11, debkafile discloses. His armored convoy came under an RPG-automatic fire attack after a bomb hit his car. US and Iraqi authorities have blacked out the incident, but our sources learn he is being treated at the American military hospital for moderate-to-serious injuries, lifting the chances of his main rival Iyad Allawi to become
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Hillary Clinton
Jewish housing in E. Jerusalem
Netanyahu
debkafile's exclusive sources report that already Friday, March 12, Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu gave in to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's peremptory demand for a moratorium
on construction in
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Israel
Saudi Arabia
US-Iran
While exploiting Israel's ill-timed announcement of 1,600 new homes in East Jerusalem for concessions to the Palestinians, debkafile's Washington sources report Washington will keep twisting the Netanyahu government's arm until it toes the line on Iran. Obama's acceptance of
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Israel
Obama
US arms for Israel
Prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu convened his inner cabinet Saturday night, March 12, to discuss the spiraling crisis with Washington and his first response.
debkafile's military and
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Ahmadinejad
US-Iran
Ahmadinejad scripted a step-by-step performance and show of allied unity to convince Washington that Iran, Syria, Hizballah and eleven radical Palestinian groups were poised to ignite a Middle East religious war. The gambit worked - at least for now.
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US
Weapon market
The malfunction of
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Dubai
Intelligence
While eliminating the Hamas' dangerous Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, the perpetrators demonstrated their ability to access any point on the Middle East map, perform their mission and escape unharmed.
Read more The crisis in US-Israeli relations took a sharp turn for the worse Friday night, March 12, with a phone call from
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North Korea
nuclear bomb
Syria
A North Korean shipment of 45 tons of yellowcake, enough for several nuclear bombs, was on its way to the nuclear plant under construction in northern
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Ehud Barak
Hizballah
Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak warned that Hizballah and its 45,000 rockets - including "some which many sovereign countries do not have" - are directed by Iranian and Syrian civilian and military officials already present in
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Ahmadinejad
Qatar
Syria
The Iranian president remarked "the ...
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