 Iran set to launch 200-kg spy satelite into orbit
Dateline: 2009-11-07 04:50:59 PT
Iran is ready to launch its second homemade spy satellite, with the Safir 2 rocket (Messenger of Ambassador) already in position on its pad, DEBKAfile's military and intelligence sources report.If the second launch succeeds, it would mean that Iran has attained solid fuel-powered rockets with a range of 2,450-2,450 kilometers, which covers not only all of Israel but reaches as deep into Europe as the Polish capital of Warsaw. Tehran has also raised output at its uranium mine..
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 Israel Rejects UN Vote Approving Gaza Report
Dateline: 2009-11-06 03:15:04 PT
Israel claims the UN decision lacked support of the world's "moral majority".
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Gaza war probes get U.N. approval
Dateline: 2009-11-05 21:30:02 PT
The U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution endorsing a report calling for both Israel and Palestine to carry out independent investigations of possible war crimes committed in the Gaza Strip during last winter's conflict.
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A large Saudi armored force crosses into Yemen to fight Iran-backed rebels
Dateline: 2009-11-05 20:51:16 PT
Thursday, Nov. 5, a substantial Saudi armored infantry force and tank column crossed the border into Yemen to do battle with Iran-backed Houthi rebels the day after they killed a Saudi border guard. Saudi air force F-15 and Tornado jets have been bombing Yemeni rebel positions near the border with the southern Saudi Jizan province since Wednesday."This is not a hit-and-run, this is a sustained action," said a Saudi official Thursday night..
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Hamas successfully tests new Iran-made Silkworm that can reach Tel Aviv
Dateline: 2009-11-05 15:51:37 PT
Israel's military intelligence chief Brig. Amos Yadlin revealed Tuesday, Nov. 3, that the Palestinian Hamas had successfully tested a new 60-km range Iranian shore-to-sea missile launching it west from the Gaza coast. When fired north overland, the missile could reach Tel Aviv. He revealed that Iranian arms were reaching Hizballah and Hamas through Syria and, for the first, time via Turkey. DEBKAfile's military sources identify the new missile in Hamas' arsenal as a C-802 of the Silkworm series, smuggled in with the help of Hizballah. .
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Twelve shot dead, 31 injured at US Army Fort Hood base, Texas
Dateline: 2009-11-05 15:51:37 PT
At least three gunmen, all soldiers, were involved in the shooting Thursday, Nov. 5, at US Army Fort Hood base in Texas. The first, identified as Army Major Malilk Nadal Hasan, was shot dead after killing 11 soldiers and one police officer with two handguns. The US-born major, in his late 30s, a military psychiatrist who recently converted to Islam, had just been informed he was to be deployed in Iraq..
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Hezbollah Denies Links to Seized Arms Ship
Dateline: 2009-11-05 06:00:03 PT
Lebanon's Hezbollah denies links to arms ship seized by Israeli commandos.
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Hezbollah denies link to weapons ship
Dateline: 2009-11-05 05:45:02 PT
Militant group Hezbollah Thursday denied links to a huge haul of weapons Israel says was seized when a naval anti-smuggling patrol intercepted a ship it claims was supplying arms for fighters in Lebanon.
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U.N. debates Gaza war investigations
Dateline: 2009-11-04 21:00:02 PT
A resolution calling for independent investigations into alleged war crimes committed by Israel and Hamas during last winter's Gaza war was the focus of debate in the U.N. General Assembly.
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 Wide support for UN Gaza report
Dateline: 2009-11-04 17:45:23 PT
Dozens of nations support a UN resolution calling for independent probes by Israel and the Palestinians on alleged war crimes in Gaza..
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U.N. Set to Endorse Inquiry Into Possible War Crimes in Gaza
Dateline: 2009-11-04 17:45:03 PT
The U.N. is expected to endorse a report that found evidence that Israel and Palestinian militants had each committed war crimes during last winter’s Gaza conflict..
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Iran and Syria deny arms claims
Dateline: 2009-11-04 16:30:03 PT
Iran and Syria deny Israeli claims that a ship seized in the Mediterranean was carrying weapons for Hezbollah militants..
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Tunnel scam targets dirt-poor Palestinians
Dateline: 2009-11-04 16:00:01 PT
Poverty-stricken Gaza where even the most basic goods are in short supply has spawned its very own financial scandal --- centered around the tunnels that run under the border with Egypt to circumvent the Israeli blockade.
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Captured Iranian arms ship tip of the iceberg of vast weapons sealift to Hizballah
Dateline: 2009-11-04 13:36:31 PT
DEBKAfile's military and intelligence sources report that a mammoth arms train has been running to Hizballah for months via Egypt. They identify the ship which offloaded the arms shipment at the Egyptian port of Damietta, where it was picked up by the Francop as the Iranian Visea, which is now on its way from the British port of Felixtowe to Hamburg, Germany. An international operation is afoot to apprehend the Iranian ship as of Wednesday, Nov. 4, when Israeli naval forces commandeered the Francop near Cyprus with hundreds of tons of Iranian arms bound for the Lebanese Hizballah..
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Israel detains ship loaded with weapons
Dateline: 2009-11-04 06:00:02 PT
The Israeli Navy detained a ship loaded with weapons that was traveling about 100 miles west of the country's coast and headed to Syria, Israeli officials said Wednesday.
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Clinton Backs Peace Talks Before Israeli Settlement Freeze
Dateline: 2009-11-04 05:15:03 PT
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s call for peace talks to precede a freeze of Israeli settlements conflicts with Arab and Palestinian demands..
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U.S.: Israeli Settlement Growth Must Stop
Dateline: 2009-11-04 05:15:03 PT
Hillary Clinton Defends U.S. Stance on Jewish Building in Palestinian Territories, Says it Must Halt "Forever"
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Clinton: U.S .wants Israel settlement halted 'forever'
Dateline: 2009-11-04 04:45:03 PT
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton defended the U.S stance toward Israeli settlement building to worried Arab allies on ...
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Clinton: U.S .wants Israel settlement halted 'forever'
Dateline: 2009-11-04 04:30:03 PT
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton defended the U.S stance toward Israeli settlement building to worried Arab allies on ...
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Israel navy seizes arms ship
Dateline: 2009-11-04 02:45:03 PT
The Israeli navy seized an arms ship about 100 miles west of Israel's coast early Wednesday and were towing it to an Israeli port for further inspection, the military said.
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