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Israel Is Wary of Calm Days That May End in TurmoilIsrael is worried that deceptive quiet could explode at any moment with a spark from Hezbollah, Hamas or Iran.
New York Times Wednesday, August 12, 2009Shiites in Iraq Show Restraint as Sunnis Keep AttackingThe Shiites, habituated to suffering by centuries as the region's underclass, have convinced their followers they win by not responding with violence.
New York Times Wednesday, August 12, 2009New Fatah leadership deepens West Bank-Gaza splitAfter days of heated wrangling and vicious infighting, the 2,300 delegates to the Palestinian Fatah general convention confirmed Mahmoud Abbas, 74, as leader and awarded his chosen successor, the hardliner Abu Maher Ghneim, 71, the highest number of votes in the new Central Committee. DEBKAfile"s Palestinian sources report that the rise of Mohammad Dahlan, Hamas' sworn enemy, puts the lid on any imminent burying of the hatchet between Fatah and Hamas.
DEBKAfile Wednesday, August 12, 2009Iran's ''special'' prisons for breaking political opponentsExposed here the first time are the seven secret prisons where opponents to the Iranian regime are subjected to murder, rape, broken bones and other savage abuses. The infamous Kahrizak prison on the southern outskirts of Tehran was not shut down as reported. Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wanted the building demolished to the last stone to conceal the atrocities perpetrated there but he was not obeyed. Read the DEBKAfile Exclusive Report below for details about Iran's "special" prisons.
DEBKAfile Wednesday, August 12, 2009Syria's Assad plays hardball with ObamaDEBKA-Net-Weekly tracks the latest back-stage twists in US presidential
barack obama's fortunes as Middle East peace champion. Will assigning the Levant to secretary of state Hillary Clinton crack this deadlock open?Find some answers to this and other conundrums in the next DEBKA-Net-Weekly issue out next Friday. To subscribe to DEBKA-Net-Weekly click HERE .
DEBKAfile Wednesday, August 12, 2009Militant Noordin not killed in raid: Indonesian policeDNA tests show the body of a man killed in a weekend shootout at an Indonesian farmhouse last week is not that of Islamic militant leader Noordin Mohammad Top, police disclosed Wednesday.
Topix.net Wednesday, August 12, 2009Editorial: PM's caveats on soldiers unrealisticJohn Key has acted correctly in sending Special Air Services troops back to Afghanistan so New Zealand can play its part in tackling "the breeding ground of international terrorism". If Afghanistan is lost to the Taleban, there is...
New Zealand Herald Wednesday, August 12, 2009Fifty top drug traffickers on US 'kill or capture' listKABUL - A
united states military "kill or capture" list of 367 wanted insurgents in Afghanistan includes 50 major drug traffickers who give money to Taleban militants, US military commanders have told the Senate foreign relations...
New Zealand Herald Wednesday, August 12, 2009Turkey, Iraq FMs discuss trade, terrorismIraqi navy boats patrol at the Shatt Al Arab waterway where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers merge in Basra, 550 kilometres southeast of Baghdad, on Tuesday BAGHDAD - Iraq and Turkey are considering economic and
security agreements that would improve the often strained ties between the two neighbours, the foreign ministers of both countries said ...
Topix.net Wednesday, August 12, 2009Indonesia: Cops killed florist, not top militantIndonesia's most wanted Islamist militant, accused in many attacks including a bombing in Bali, was not killed in a shootout as initial media reports suggested and remains at large, police say.
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