Debka 19-Nov-13
A highly sensitive Saudi warning advised Western intelligence agencies, including Israel on Nov. 14 of an Iranian-Hizballah plot to set off a big terrorist operation in Beirut as a diversionary stunt, debkafile reports exclusively. Three days later Tuesday, Nov. 19, twin suicide bombings struck the Iranian embassy and the Hizballah stronghold in Beirut, killing 25 people and injuring nearly 150. The attack, warning of which reached debkafile’s desk on Nov. 17, was devised, according to Saudi intelligence, to convince 3,000 Hizballah fighters, consigned against their will to the Syrian battlefield, that they were fighting to defend their own homes, and not just risking their lives for the sake of a major Assad victory in the strategic Qalamoun Mountains in northwestern Syria. Our sources add that the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, which took responsibility for the twin attacks, are in fact Hizballah stooges.
Four Iranian noes block nuclear accord at Geneva
19 Nov. Early Tuesday, Nov. 19, the US and Russian presidents went into action for a last-ditch bid to rescue a nuclear deal between the six powers and Iran in the face of four noes coming from Tehran, to halting enrichment and the Arak reactor, exporting uranium stocks and signing the NPT clause expanding intern
November 20, 2013 Briefs
A multinational fleet needed to destroy Syria’s chemical arms
Destroying Syria’s chemical weapons at sea is the only remaining option after no country would agree to host the operation of demolishing Syria’s stockpile of 1,300 tonnes of toxic materials.
Khamenei: Iran will not step back one iota, says Zionists are like animals Calling Israel “the roguish, filthy, rabid dog of the region,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the (Israeli) Zionist regime is a regime whose pillars are extremely shaky and is doomed to collapse. Zionist officials cannot be called humans, they are like animals, some of them,” said the ayatollah to commanders of the hard- line Basij militia force in Tehran in remarks broadcast live Wednesday on state TV.
Referring to the nuclear talks in Geneva between Iran and the Six Powers, Khamenei said Iran will not step back “one iota” from its “nuclear rights. Pressure from economic sanctions will never force the country into unwelcome concessions. A senior US official said it was “uncomfortable” but did not condemn Khamenei’s remarks as unacceptable like the French President Francois Hollande. The British Foreign Secretary William Hague declined any comment at all, fearing to rock the boat in Geneva.
David’s Sling interceptor passes live test
The new Israeli interceptor, dubbed David’s Sling developed with the United States passed its second live trial Wednesday. Its deployment date has been rushed through to next year. The interceptor is designed to counter missiles of ranges between 100 km and 200 km held by Syria and Hizballah, providing the interim anti-missile defensive tier between Iron Dome and Arrow.
Sinai car bomb attack kills at least 10 Egyptian soldiers
A convoy including a bus full of Egyptian soldiers heading for Cairo was struck by a roadside bomb near El Arish killing at least 10 soldiers and injuring 35.
Netanyahu to Putin: Resolve Iran nuclear like Syrian chemical issue
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told a press conference with President Vladimir Putin in Moscow Wednesday after their talks that he had suggested resolving the Iran’s nuclear issue by the same method used for eliminating Syria’s chemical arms.
Western nations rush back into business with Iran
20 Nov. As the six powers’ negotiators sat down in Geneva for resumed nuclear talks with Iran Wednesday, Nov. 20, some Western powers and companies were scrambling to restore business ties with Tehran, banking on Washington’s eagerness for a deal. The sanctions architecture is therefore likely to crumble fast, even in the absence of an accord, so Tehran has every incentive for delaying one.
November 21, 2013 Briefs
Iranian Dep. FM in Beirut to meet Nasrallah
Iranian deputy foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian arrived in Beirut Thursday and was immediately closeted with Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah. They discussed the twin bombing attacks two days earlier which blasted the Iranian embassy, killing 23 people including the cultural attaché and injuring 150.
Saudi citizens advised to quit Lebanon at once
Saudi ambassador to Beirut Ali Awadh Asiri Thursday advised all the oil kingdom’s nationals to quit Lebanon without delay for their personal security.
Unusual Israeli air force activity reported over Lebanon
Lebanese sources report unusually intense Israeli air force over-flights Thursday over South Lebanon, Beirut and the Beqaa Valley.
Iran demands oil and banking sanctions ended for Geneva deal
Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian deputy foreign minister, made it clear in three hours of talks Thursday with the EU’s Catherine Ashton that any accord reached at the Geneva nuclear negotiations must include the lifting of the toughest sanctions restricting Iran’s ability to sell oil and conduct financial transactions. The US State Department’s Jen Psaki replied that these “core sanctions” would remain in place.
US drone kills Taliban-linked Ha22-NOV-13 Dani leader in NW Pakistan
A local police officer said the drone fired three rockets at a madrassa in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region just before sunrise Thursday. The dead included Maulvi Ahmad Jan, an adviser to Sirajuddin Ha22-NOV-13 Dani, leader of the network allied with Taliban which carries his name.
Six mortar shells fall in Saudi Arabia near Iraqi-Kuwaiti borders
The six mortar shells, which landed in an uninhabited desert area near the al-Auja border guard center of Hafr al-Batin in the Eastern Province, caused no damage.
Brandeis suspends partnership with Palestinian University
Brandeis University has suspended its partnership with the Palestinian Al Quds university over its leadership’s failure to condemn an on-campus demonstration by masked marchers wearing black military gear, armed with fake automatic weapons, and raising the traditional Nazi salute.” They also lofted banners with images of dead suicide bombers.
A highly sensitive Saudi warning advised Western intelligence agencies, including Israel on Nov. 14 of an Iranian-Hizballah plot to set off a big terrorist operation in Beirut as a diversionary stunt, debkafile reports exclusively. Three days later Tuesday, Nov. 19, twin suicide bombings struck the Iranian embassy and the Hizballah stronghold in Beirut, killing 25 people and injuring nearly 150. The attack, warning of which reached debkafile’s desk on Nov. 17, was devised, according to Saudi intelligence, to convince 3,000 Hizballah fighters, consigned against their will to the Syrian battlefield, that they were fighting to defend their own homes, and not just risking their lives for the sake of a major Assad victory in the strategic Qalamoun Mountains in northwestern Syria. Our sources add that the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, which took responsibility for the twin attacks, are in fact Hizballah stooges.
Four Iranian noes block nuclear accord at Geneva
19 Nov. Early Tuesday, Nov. 19, the US and Russian presidents went into action for a last-ditch bid to rescue a nuclear deal between the six powers and Iran in the face of four noes coming from Tehran, to halting enrichment and the Arak reactor, exporting uranium stocks and signing the NPT clause expanding intern
November 20, 2013 Briefs
A multinational fleet needed to destroy Syria’s chemical arms
Destroying Syria’s chemical weapons at sea is the only remaining option after no country would agree to host the operation of demolishing Syria’s stockpile of 1,300 tonnes of toxic materials.
Khamenei: Iran will not step back one iota, says Zionists are like animals Calling Israel “the roguish, filthy, rabid dog of the region,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the (Israeli) Zionist regime is a regime whose pillars are extremely shaky and is doomed to collapse. Zionist officials cannot be called humans, they are like animals, some of them,” said the ayatollah to commanders of the hard- line Basij militia force in Tehran in remarks broadcast live Wednesday on state TV.
Referring to the nuclear talks in Geneva between Iran and the Six Powers, Khamenei said Iran will not step back “one iota” from its “nuclear rights. Pressure from economic sanctions will never force the country into unwelcome concessions. A senior US official said it was “uncomfortable” but did not condemn Khamenei’s remarks as unacceptable like the French President Francois Hollande. The British Foreign Secretary William Hague declined any comment at all, fearing to rock the boat in Geneva.
David’s Sling interceptor passes live test
The new Israeli interceptor, dubbed David’s Sling developed with the United States passed its second live trial Wednesday. Its deployment date has been rushed through to next year. The interceptor is designed to counter missiles of ranges between 100 km and 200 km held by Syria and Hizballah, providing the interim anti-missile defensive tier between Iron Dome and Arrow.
Sinai car bomb attack kills at least 10 Egyptian soldiers
A convoy including a bus full of Egyptian soldiers heading for Cairo was struck by a roadside bomb near El Arish killing at least 10 soldiers and injuring 35.
Netanyahu to Putin: Resolve Iran nuclear like Syrian chemical issue
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told a press conference with President Vladimir Putin in Moscow Wednesday after their talks that he had suggested resolving the Iran’s nuclear issue by the same method used for eliminating Syria’s chemical arms.
Western nations rush back into business with Iran
20 Nov. As the six powers’ negotiators sat down in Geneva for resumed nuclear talks with Iran Wednesday, Nov. 20, some Western powers and companies were scrambling to restore business ties with Tehran, banking on Washington’s eagerness for a deal. The sanctions architecture is therefore likely to crumble fast, even in the absence of an accord, so Tehran has every incentive for delaying one.
November 21, 2013 Briefs
Iranian Dep. FM in Beirut to meet Nasrallah
Iranian deputy foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian arrived in Beirut Thursday and was immediately closeted with Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah. They discussed the twin bombing attacks two days earlier which blasted the Iranian embassy, killing 23 people including the cultural attaché and injuring 150.
Saudi citizens advised to quit Lebanon at once
Saudi ambassador to Beirut Ali Awadh Asiri Thursday advised all the oil kingdom’s nationals to quit Lebanon without delay for their personal security.
Unusual Israeli air force activity reported over Lebanon
Lebanese sources report unusually intense Israeli air force over-flights Thursday over South Lebanon, Beirut and the Beqaa Valley.
Iran demands oil and banking sanctions ended for Geneva deal
Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian deputy foreign minister, made it clear in three hours of talks Thursday with the EU’s Catherine Ashton that any accord reached at the Geneva nuclear negotiations must include the lifting of the toughest sanctions restricting Iran’s ability to sell oil and conduct financial transactions. The US State Department’s Jen Psaki replied that these “core sanctions” would remain in place.
US drone kills Taliban-linked Ha22-NOV-13 Dani leader in NW Pakistan
A local police officer said the drone fired three rockets at a madrassa in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region just before sunrise Thursday. The dead included Maulvi Ahmad Jan, an adviser to Sirajuddin Ha22-NOV-13 Dani, leader of the network allied with Taliban which carries his name.
Six mortar shells fall in Saudi Arabia near Iraqi-Kuwaiti borders
The six mortar shells, which landed in an uninhabited desert area near the al-Auja border guard center of Hafr al-Batin in the Eastern Province, caused no damage.
Brandeis suspends partnership with Palestinian University
Brandeis University has suspended its partnership with the Palestinian Al Quds university over its leadership’s failure to condemn an on-campus demonstration by masked marchers wearing black military gear, armed with fake automatic weapons, and raising the traditional Nazi salute.” They also lofted banners with images of dead suicide bombers.
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