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US warns Assad of Israeli counter-strike for terror campaign
The Obama administration has sent Syrian president Bashar Assad a stern warning that he will be held personally accountable and face consequences if Israel and the Palestinian Authority are subjected to a terror campaign - whether by Hizballah or the Palestinian extremist groups based in Damascus, debkafile reports from Washington. The warning went out Thursday, Sept. 2, as Israelis and Palestinians sat down to talk in Washington after two attacks.
Iran threatens Israel's Dimona reactor, will destroy Israel in nuclear war
A top Iranian general said Friday, Sept. 3: "Iran hopes there won't be a need to target the nuclear facility of the Zionist regime, but if there is, Israel would receive dreadful retribution."
Saturday, Sept. 4, Israeli ambassador in Washington Michael Oren reported that Iran's proxy Hizballah had positioned 16,000 rockets in South Lebanon, altogether quadrupling the number ranged on the Israeli border four years ago. They can now reach every part of Israel as far south as Eilat with enhanced precision.
Iran's revenge: Syria and Hizballah join to sink Israeli warships
Tehran and its extremist and terrorist allies, having failed to abort Barack Obama's initiative for direct Israel-Palestinian diplomacy, hit back with two belligerent steps. debkafile's sources disclose Syria and the Lebanese Hizballah have set up a joint military command for sinking Israeli warships, and Hamas has brought all 13 Palestinian rejectionist groups under one roof for abid to intensify terror operations against Israel. They took advantage of Binyamin Netanyahu's single-minded focus on diplomacy.
They Set up Joint Command for Coordinated War against Israel
Bashar Assad and Hassan Nasrallah conclude a military cooperation pact for war against Israel on the premise that it will erupt in the near future. Damascus sets red lines for going to war against Israel.
Radical Drive Gathers Momentum from the Mediterranean to Baghdad
Syria and Hizballah collude to install a radical Shiite government in Baghdad, by forging an alliance between the two Iraqi Shiite foes - outgoing PM Nouri al-Maliki and radical cleric Moqtada Sadr.
Some Trucked to US Emergency Stores in Israel, Some Goes to IDF
While most of the equipment goes through the US emergency depot in Kuwait and transferred to Afghanistan as needed, some key items have been absorbed by the Israeli Defense Forces.
But Hamas Creates Facts with Innovative Terror Methods
Using new tactics imparted by Iranian Guards and Hizballah, Hamas terrorizes West Bank highways to sabotage US Middle East diplomatic initiative and topple Mahmoud Abbas.
A Hideaway for Secret Labs, Banned Nuclear Materials and Weapons
It didn’t' take Iran too long to start using its new nuclear reactor at Bushehr as a safe hideaway for nuclear and secret weapons facilities.
A Digest of DEBKAfile Round-the-Clock Exclusives in the Week Ending September 2, 2010
A Digest of debkafile Round-the-Clock Exclusives in the Week Ending September 2, 2010
Syria & Hizballah Conclude Secret Pact for War on Israel
They have set up a joint military command as a powerful tool of war with red lines for generating Syrian participation in a Hizballah-Israel conflict and advance intelligence-sharing mechanisms.
In its coming issue out Friday, DEBKA-Net-Weekly's exclusive sources detail the Syrian-Hizballah pact's twelve clauses.
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