Archive for March, 2009

MIDDLE EAST UPDATES NO 157 »

GPL M/ EAST UPDATES FROM MARCH 11…….NO. 157
LEBANESE ARMY HUNTS ROCKETS SET FOR LAUNCH AT ISRAEL : (Strategy Page)The Lebanese army has moved another infantry brigade to the Israeli border, along with a company of commandos, to search for rockets. In the last few weeks, Lebanese troops have [...]

MIDDLE EAST UPDATES NO 156 »

GPL M/ EAST UPDATES FROM MARCH 5…NO. 156
IRAN CRISIS ARRIVING FASTER THAN WE THINK : - Editorial (Wall Street Journal)Iran now possesses 5,600 centrifuges in which it can enrich uranium - a 34-fold increase from 2006 - and plans to add 45,000 more over five years. [...]

MIDDLE EAST UPDATES NO 155 »

GPL M/ EAST UPDATES FROM FEB 26……NO. 155
IRAN INCREASING CONTROL OVER HIZBULLAH OPERATIONS : - Amos Harel (Ha’aretz)Iran has been increasing its involvement and control over Hizbullah’s operations since terror operations head Imad Mughniyeh was killed a year ago, using a large number of Iranian Revolutionary Guard and intelligence officers [...]

MIDDLE EAST UPDATES NO 154 »

GPL M/ EAST UPDATES FROM FEB 20…NO. 154
YEMENITE IMMIGRANTS ARRIVE IN ISRAEL : - Yael Branovsky (Ynet News)Ten immigrants from Yemen arrived in Israel Thursday February 19, by way of a third country. They include Said Ben-Israel, one of the Yemenite Jewish community’s leaders who was attacked and [...]