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DEBKAfile
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June 25, 2001, 11:29 AM (GMT+02:00)
The Saudis are taking up the cudgel for their affronted sovereignty against a 46-count indictment issued by the US federal grand jury on June 21, five years after the truck bombing at the Khobar Towers apartment building in Dahran, Saudi Arabia, that killed 10 American airmen and wounded nearly 400 ...
DEBKAfile
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June 21, 2001, 11:44 AM (GMT+02:00)
a new element entered the Middle East equation this week: Saddam Hussein dealt a new card. Seasoned Middle East observers warn that there is often a tie-in between Saddam's words and Arafat's deeds. This fresh turn of events will top the US-Israeli agenda in the coming days.
DEBKAfile
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May 19, 2001, 12:05 PM (GMT+02:00)
Until now, George W. Bush has said clearly he does not propose to involve his administration directly in the Palestinian-Israel showdown as did his predecessor, Bill Clinton. Various world statesmen, including Israeli politicians campaigning to revive the old diplomatic process, tried hard to tie up the Mitchell recommendations and the ...
DEBKAfile
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May 13, 2001, 12:08 PM (GMT+02:00)
debkafile 's Washington sources, while confirming that Yasser Arafat's deputy, Abu Mazen, will indeed meet US secretary of state Colin Powell in the US capital this week, stress that their meeting has no diplomatic agenda. They dismiss widespread reports that the Mitchell Commission's findings or a White House ...
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May 6, 2001, 12:13 PM (GMT+02:00)
Israel foreign minister Shimon Peres's Washington visit last week advanced the Palestinian leader's chances of receiving an invitation. When he raised the possibility to President Bush and Secretary Powell, he heard no sounds of dissent. Therefore, after meeting the president, Peres felt free to repeat the view that he regards ...
DEBKAfile
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May 3, 2001, 12:16 PM (GMT+02:00)
debkafile 's Washington sources confirm our previous assessment of US administration reluctance to involve itself directly in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict at this stage, beyond the understandings reached between the White House and Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon last February. The Israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres's solo initiatives therefore ...
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February 5, 2001, 1:49 PM (GMT+02:00)
Exclusive debkafile Palestinian and Arab sources reveal the existence of an amazing secret deal. The Palestinians propose stepping up their confrontation with Israel and at its climax, Yasser Arafat and his fellow Palestinian Authority members, including security service chiefs and the Gazan and Ramallah ruling elites will remove ...
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