Tehran offers to share its "nuclear experience" with Syria

June 18, 2008, 7:03 PM (GMT+02:00)
Iranian Ambassador Ahmed Moussavi

The offer came from Iran's ambassador to Syria, Sayyed Ahmed Moussavi. He cited July 7 as the date for their officials to meet.

DEBKAfile's military sources say Iran's willingness to defy its obligations under the non-proliferation treaty by offering a nuclear capability to Syria across the border from Israel brings Tehran's threat to wipe Israel off the map much closer to home. It is a mark of contempt for Washington and the US-led Western sanctions

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US designates two Hezbollah operatives in Venezuela as terrorists

June 19, 2008 1:30 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

A Venezuelan diplomat and a businessman use their positions to fund Hezbollah's operations, as well and help operatives travel across the Middle East and to South America.

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Saudi minister: Al-Qaeda changing style, we are expecting the worst

Jun 18, 2008, 8:22 GMT

Riyadh - Saudi Arabia is expecting the worst from the al- Qaeda terror network because the group is changing its style and techniques but the kingdom is uncovering more details about its sources of funding, the Saudi Minister of Interior said in remarks published Wednesday.

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1411885.php/Saudi_minister_Al-Qaeda_changing_style_we_are_expecting_the_worst

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Hassan Shakoura, former head of the Al-Quds Brigades' cyberwar unit before his death in March 2007. © Ola Al-Madhoun

GAZA CITY, June 17, 2008 (MENASSAT) – The Palestinian Islamist movement, Islamic Jihad, has added a cyber-war division to its armed Al-Quds Brigades.

It was a response to years of attacks by Israeli hackers, and according to the Brigades spokesman, Abu Hamza, it equals the playing field in cyber-space.

"The Israeli's have worked very hard the past few years on monitoring all the Palestinian websites, especially those of Islamic Jihad and Al-Quds Brigades," Hamza told MENASSAT.

http://www.menassat.com/?q=en/news-articles/3966-islamic-jihad-s-cyber-war-brigades

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