Archive for February, 2008

MIDDLE EAST UPDATES No 96 »

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EGYPTIAN GENERAL SLAMS HAMAS FOR DESTROYING BORDER:(MEMRI-TV)
Retired Egyptian general Hussam Sweilem, told Al-Mihwar TV on Feb. 6, 2008: “The most important issue today is the organized crime that came from across the border. This is a violation of Egypt’s sanctity, a transgression of its borders, which [Hamas] [...]

MIDDLE EAST UPDATES No 95 »

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NASRALLAH VOWS TO ATTACK JEWS ABROAD:
IDF Chief-of-Staff puts northern forces on high alert . Hizb’Allah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah vowed to retaliate against Jewish targets abroad after accusing Israel of taking the fight beyond Lebanese borders with its assassination of one of the group’s top commanders, Imad [...]

MIDDLE EAST UPDATES No 94 »

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SYRIA REBUILDS NEAR SUSPECTED NUCLEAR SITE:
Syria has built 3 new buildings on the site of suspected nuclear facility destroyed in a covert Israeli bombing raid last year, Israel’s Channel 2 news reported on Sunday February 10. According to the report, commercially available satellite images show three more [...]

MIDDLE EAST UPDATES No 93 »

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ISRAEL TO START BUILDING A SECURITY FENCE ALONG BORDER WITH EGYPT:
2,000 Egyptians have entered Gaza to join jihad against Israel
Israel’s top leaders agreed on Wednesday February 6. to authorize construction of a security fence along the most vulnerable stretches of the Israeli-Egyptian [...]

MIDDLE EAST UPDATES NO 92 »

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WINOGRAD REPORT LETS OLMERT OFF THE HOOK:
Sharpest criticism aimed at IDF top brass
In its final report on the Second Lebanon War released late Wednesday January 29, the special Winograd Committee was less sharp in its criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud [...]

Middle Easst Update No 91 »

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EGYPT FIRES WATER CANNONS AT PALESTINIAN BORDER:
Egyptian forces fired water cannons at Palestinians trying to force their way across the Gaza-Egypt border on Friday January 25 . Egyptian forces began placing barbed wire near the collapsed steel border wall early on Friday, and [...]

Gaza Conquest Advocated »

Graham Bacon
At least one Israeli parliamentary member is advocating that the only logical solution to solve the problem of rockets from Gaza on southern Israel is Israel’s complete capture of Gaza. In addition to that, it is the eventual outcome envisaged in Obadiah’s prophecy.
Likud MK Yuval Shteinitz, who chaired the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defence [...]

Middle East Update No 90 »

IRAN GETS FOURTH BATCH OF NUCLEAR FUEL FROM RUSSIA: (Reuters)
Iran received a fourth delivery of nuclear fuel from Russia on Sunday January 20 to power Tehran’s first atomic power plant and it expects four more before the consignment is complete, the official Iranian news agency IRNA reported.
ISRAELI SPY SATELLITE [...]

Middle East Update No 89 »

FRANCE ANNOUNCES BASE IN PERSIAN GULF: - Molly Moore (Washington Post)
President Nicolas Sarkozy announced Tuesday January 15, that France would establish a military base in the United Arab Emirates, making it the only Western power other than the U.S. to have a permanent defense installation in the Persian Gulf.
BEIRUT BLAST NEAR U.S. EMBASSY VEHICLE [...]