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   From current DEBKA-Net-Weekly
    Issue 355, July 04, 2008


Have the War Threats Registered?
“Freeze-for-Freeze” Is Iran’s Current Buzz Phrase
This week, Tehran is all for negotiations, compromise and even willing to consider a freeze on uranium enrichment. Was the war scare more effective than sanctions?

The Yemen Insurgency
Iran within a Hand’s-Breadth of Its First Base on Saudi Border
With plentiful arms from Iran, Yemen’s Houthi rebels’ guns resonate in the capital, Sanaa, threatening the Abdullah Salah regime and promising Iran a foothold on the Saudi doorstep.

An Electronic Battle of Wits
The Mossad Spy Was a Double Agent for Iran
: Ali Ashtari worked from two lists when he planted secret bugs, software and devices in clandestine Iranian systems, one from Iranian intelligence and one from Mossad. His trial was staged to allay popular war fears.

DEBKA in the World Media:

US CNBC TV
June 2, 2008
A report on a military intelligence website that the US is close to an attack on Iran may have contributed a good deal to the turnaround in oil prices this morning.
According to .the Jerusalem-based English-language website DEBKA, the Bush administration is closer than ever before to ordering a limited missile air bombardment on some Iranian Revolutionary Guard installations.

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UPI
Top News

June 2, 2008
There is deep concern about Iran at the IAEA, the Israeli Web site DEBKAfile reported Monday, saying that U.S. authorities have presented 18 documents to the IAEA supporting these [nuclear weapons work] contentions.
However, DEBKAfile said its political sources say the Israeli government, paralyzed by the financial scandal surrounding Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, is unable to respond with a clear plan.

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United Press International
May 4, 2008
Saudi prince's health reported failing
GENEVA, Switzerland (UPI): Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz, who has cancer, is reported to be in failing health at his home in Geneva, Switzerland. DEBKA-Net reported.
REUTERS
May 4, 2008
RIYADH: Saudi Prince health signals possible tussle for power.


United Press International
Top News

Feb. 18, 2008
Syria vows revenge for Mughniyah's death
DAMASCUS, Syria, Feb. 15 (UPI) - ...Intelligence sources told Debkafile that Iran's foreign minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, stood between Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Nam Assam and the slain terrorist's father and accepted condolences during Thursday's funeral in Beirut.


Turkish Weekly
Feb. 18, 2008
Israeli "Debka File" accuses Armenian Government of giving Armenian citizenship to the PKK militants.


HOT AIR
Feb. 18, 2008
...Meanwhile, Debka thinks the unthinkable as only Debka can: Could Mughniyeh have faked his death? Exit recommendation: If you want something more plausible from Debka, read this.


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If Barack Obama Were Elected US President…
A Projected Scenario for Engagement with Ahmadinejad
May 23, 2008
The Iranians would be overjoyed at a chance of direct diplomacy with a US president, but cross-purposes would soon develop. They would meet the American wish to get down to business by playing for time and bazaar-style haggling…


Iran Tightens Its Grip
Syria Is Undergoing Rapid Shiification
April 25, 2008
Rather than bending to US-Israel demands to cool his ties with Tehran, Assad opens the door to the Iranian Shiite conquest of Syrian Muslim hearts and shrines.


A New Player on the World Scene
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev – No Rubber Stamp
May 23, 2008
Far from being Putin’s puppet, the new Russian president will be taking over Moscow’s strategic ties with Central Asia and China – for starters.


Iran’s Military Doctrine of Expansion
The Fine Art of Pursuing Remote-Controlled War - Jang-e Na-Motegharen, or Asymmetrical Warfare
May 16, 2008
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary leader Khomeini decided to conquer the world for Shiite rule without an army – using only surrogates. Dialogue will not deter this form of jihad.


Al Qaeda’s Forward Planning
“Naval Terror” Is Next on Its Middle East Terror Agenda
May 16, 2008
An al Qaeda website’s call for control of the sea draws eager acclaim on many Islamist forums. The faithful want to start with Yemeni waters so as to take the holy war to Somalia.