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A Digest of DEBKAfile Round-the-Clock Exclusives in Week Ending January 12, 2012

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A Digest of debkafile Round-the-Clock Exclusives in Week Ending January 12, 2012

Hard Questions Remain after Their Confidential Marathon in Washington

admin — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 07:41:44 +0000

Saudi Arabia demands a precise, unequivocal US declaration of intent to prevent a nuclear Iran by a military strike if necessary. Riyadh doesn’t trust sanctions to do the job – or Barak Obama to stick to the course of a military strike on Iran’s nuclear sites without wavering.

Only Ali Khamenei's Ouster Would De-Radicalize Iran's Military and Nuclear Policies

admin — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 07:33:14 +0000

A US intelligence report has advised Barack Obama that Iran may be ripe for regime change owing to the bitter infighting at the top and a plunging economy which may herald famine at around election time in March. But Tehran will not budge on its radical military and nuclear policies as long as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is in charge.

US Refuses to Co-Opt Israel to a Military Strike against Iran

admin — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 07:24:25 +0000

The US and Israel, while bound tightly by military bonds, are at loggerheads over Iran. The Obama administration wants to cut Israel out of military action against Iran’s nuclear sites and prevent it hitting back for an Iranian reprisal. Israel is withholding a commitment to abstain from striking Iran unilaterally.

US acts to hold Israel back from striking Iran. Their intel agencies at odds

admin — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 07:11:37 +0000

The unattributed killing of Iranian nuclear scientist Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan last Wednesday, Jan. 11, was the subject of an angry phone call from US President Barack Obama to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the next day, debkafile reports.

Two US aircraft carriers opposite Iran, 15,000 troops in Kuwait

admin — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 06:03:49 +0000

US President Barack Obama is busy aligning Middle East allies with the next US steps on Iran. Contributing to the mounting sense in Washington of an approaching US-Iranian confrontation, the Pentagon is substantially building up its combat power around Iran, stationing nearly 15,000 troops in Kuwait – two Army infantry brigades and a helicopter unit – and keeping two aircraft carriers in the region.

Iran’s Ali Larijani told Turkish leaders in Ankara that his country is prepared to take on any attacks and may go public on a nuclear weapon.

Rush for Mediterranean Gas Pipeline Contracts Draws Big Players. US Holds the Edge

admin — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 06:00:01 +0000

A triangular bond is formed by Israel, Nicosia and Athens for joint gas field exploration and production secured by the shared umbrella of the Israeli Navy. Moscow and Rome are angling for contracts to build and operate the future pipeline to Europe, which is looking forward to a new source of energy. The Unites States holds the edge in the bidding.

Senior Natanz executive slain in Tehran, US Navy, Air Force on Hormuz readiness

admin — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:16:53 +0000

Forty-eight hours after Iran

Turkey halts Iranian arms corridor to Syria, balks at nuclear Iran

admin — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 04:48:11 +0000

When IDF Military Intelligence chief Maj.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi accused Iran and Hizballah Wednesday, Jan. 11of of supplying Bashar Assad with arms for suppressing protest, Turkey had just closed the Iranian corridor carrying those arms through its territory after its contribution to the Syrian army’s success in beating down Hama, Homs and Idlib. debkafile discloses that Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu also warned Tehran that Ankara would not tolerate a nuclear Iran. It would retaliate by posting NATO troops on the Iranian border.

Are US, Israel, Saudis united on military action versus Iran?

admin — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 04:46:44 +0000

The first exclusive rundown on US, Saudi and Israeli war preparations against Iran is offered in the coming DEBKA-Net-Weekly out next Friday. This issue also studies the points of consensus and dispute among the three on goals and priorities: The US and Saudi Arabia are set to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, whereas the US and Israel focus on curtailing Iran’s work on a nuclear bomb. Military coordination is marred by mistrust. So Riyadh and Jerusalem are capable of going it alone.

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