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DEBKAfile
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September 12, 2008, 6:22 PM (GMT+02:00)
debkafile's military sources report Washington is testing the Turkish government's response to the permanent anchoring of US warships at either of the two Georgian ports of Poti or Batumi. This would be quid pro quo for Moscow's interest in bases in Iranian Azerbaijan and the Persian Gulf.
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September 10, 2008, 10:33 PM (GMT+02:00)
The denial came from the US embassy official in Tel Aviv in response to a report from French sources appearing in the London-based Asharq Al Awsat Saturday, Sept. 6, that the next round of indirect Israel-Syrian talks in Turkey would be supervised by a senior US official.
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September 6, 2008, 7:58 PM (GMT+02:00)
At his first stop in Azerbaijan, Wednesday, Sept. 3, vice president Richard Cheney was briefed on the impact of the Georgia conflict on the prospects of diversifying energy supplies and pipelines from the Caspian to lessen Europe's dependence on Russia.
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September 2, 2008, 11:24 AM (GMT+02:00)
The Georgian conflict over South Ossetia is spiraling into a contest between the US and Russia over control of the Black Sea region and the eastern Mediterranean.
The US Vice President Dick Cheney will stop over in Georgia, the Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Italy during a trip starting Sept. 2. These ... 
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August 27, 2008, 7:12 PM (GMT+02:00)
This was a last-minute change of direction, after the US embassy in Tbilisi said Tuesday, Aug. 26, that the two warships delivering aid to Georgia Wednesday would put in at the Black Sea port of Poti, irrespective of the Russian decision to search all incoming cargoes. One ship have docked ...
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August 27, 2008, 1:08 PM (GMT+02:00)
The US ambassador to Moscow, endorsing Russia's initial moves in Georgia, described the Kremlin's first military response as legitimate after Russian troops came under attack. This was the first positive statement by an American official about Moscow's first response to the Georgian invasion of South Ossetia.
DEBKA-Net-Weekly disclosed Friday in ...
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August 27, 2008, 9:44 AM (GMT+02:00)
A police spokesman reported Tuesday, Aug. 26, the day after the opening of the Democratic convention to crown Barak Obama its presidential candidate, that three people are under arrest in a possible plot to assassinate the candidate.
In a routine stop of cars, the Colorado police found in one vehicle two ... 
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August 25, 2008, 11:58 AM (GMT+02:00)
debkafile reports that both powers have begun acting to cool the rhetoric and review relations, after spokesmen in Washington - and especially Moscow - raised the threat level of their oratory to its highest pitch since the Cold War's end.
The latest DEBKA-Net-Weekly, out Friday, elaborates on this ... 
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August 24, 2008, 10:10 AM (GMT+02:00)
In granting Israel the powerful FBX-T radar system to enhance its early warning resources against incoming missiles, Washington laid down a strict hands-off proviso. The system will be installed at a US base in the southern Israeli Negev. It will be off-limits to Israelis and managed exclusively by American personnel. ...
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August 18, 2008, 8:51 AM (GMT+02:00)
Wednesday, Aug. 13, US president George W. Bush ordered an American Air Force-Navy humanitarian airlift to Georgia, demanding that Russia open all routes to these deliveries and to civilian transit.
debkafile's military sources report that the order, after seven days of Russian-Georgian warfare, amounted to a bid to ...
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August 16, 2008, 11:26 AM (GMT+02:00)
US president George W. Bush accused Russia of "bullying and intimidation" conduct unacceptable in the 21st century. He said Russia's invasion of Georgia had damaged its credibility, the US stands with the people of Georgia and and he called for the withdrawal of "invading forces from all Georgian territory."
In ... 
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August 15, 2008, 5:55 PM (GMT+02:00)
Sources in Washington commented Wednesday night, Aug. 6, that, while it is unlikely that Israel would attack Iran without US approval, this might change if tough sanctions were taken off the table.
debkafile reports that this information was leaked by Washington sources, apparently to warn Moscow that by ...
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August 13, 2008, 6:58 PM (GMT+02:00)
He demanded that Russia open all routes to these deliveries and civilian transit.
debkafile's military sources report that the strong military actions a furious US president George W. Bush ordered Wednesday, Aug. 13, amount to a bid to break the sea, land and air blockade of Georgia Russia is ... 
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August 13, 2008, 6:29 PM (GMT+02:00)
In a special statement from the White House Monday night, Aug. 11, the US president said the Russians may soon be bombing targets in the Georgian capital. This was a dramatic escalation. It was inconsistent with Russian assurances that their purpose was to restore the status quo ante of Aug. ...
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August 11, 2008, 6:31 PM (GMT+02:00)
The US Iraq commander Gen. David Petraeus, soon to be promoted to Central Command chief, arrived unannounced in Lebanon on Wed. Aug 6. debkafile's military sources report he came to check out the strategic ramifications of Hizballah's seizure on behalf of Syria and Iran of two strategic Lebanese ...
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August 11, 2008, 1:16 PM (GMT+02:00)
debkafile's military sources note that the arrival of the three new American flotillas will raise to five the number of US strike forces in Middle East waters - an unprecedented build-up since the crisis erupted over Iran's nuclear program.
This vast naval and air strength consists of more than ...
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August 4, 2008, 2:29 PM (GMT+02:00)
Transport minister Mofaz, who leads Israel in the regular strategic dialogue with the United States, raised strong concerns over Washington's direct talks with Iran at a meeting of the forum and encounters with Vice President Dick Cheney and secretary of state Condoleezza Rice on July 31.
Mofaz, one of the leading ... 
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August 4, 2008, 2:29 PM (GMT+02:00)
The United States agreed to link Israel up to two advanced missile detection systems against potential missile attack by a nuclear-armed Iran, Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak said Tuesday night, July 30, at the end of his Washington talks. But US officials made it clear that, while prepared to help ...
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August 2, 2008, 10:17 AM (GMT+02:00)
Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert this week shot off a strong secret note to US President George W. Bush, debkafile's sources reveal, protesting the administration's strategic steps toward rapprochement with Iran.
Israel was not forewarned, Olmert wrote bitterly, although these steps directly violated US-Israel understandings on Iran of ... 
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July 30, 2008, 6:36 PM (GMT+02:00)
After debkafile reported Monday, July 28, that no meeting had been arranged for the visiting Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak with defense secretary Robert Gates in Washington, the Pentagon spokesman announced they would meet after all - albeit for "standard defense consultative discussions." The visit would not be ...
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