ops and Intel update

IRAN: Hamas office declares cyber-war on Israel
Los Angeles Times, CA - 12 minutes ago
Observers noted that the contest gives a chance for Iran's many under-employed but tech-savvy computer geeks to earn some quick cash with their expertise.

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FIA asks for police protection
By Asad Kharal

LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has asked the Punjab Police to provide security to its offices.

The FIA is vulnerable to terror attacks and it has inadequate security arrangements, FIA Director General (DG) Tariq Pervez wrote in a letter to Provincial...  

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Background chatter / noise on Iran Nukes doubled over night G

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Syria completes troop encirclement of Lebanon, Rice contacts Hamas

DEBKAfile Exclusive Report

October 25, 2008, 8:13 PM (GMT+02:00)

In a follow-up to the incipient thaw in US relations with Damascus, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has relayed a message to Hamas political leader Khalid Meshaal. DEBKAfile’s Middle East sources also reveal that on Oct. 21, Syria completed its encircling deployment of Lebanon after an unacknowledged nod from the Bush administration. Four Syrian divisions are now massed on Lebanon’s northern and eastern borders and opposite Israel’s northern border positions. (See attached exclusive DEBKA map.)

In the exclusive report below, excerpts fromDEBKA-Net-Weekly 367, 368 and 369, reveal how the process started and evolved and are updated by DEBKAfile.

Full article

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Al-Qaida influence apparent in groups in Pakistan 25 Oct 2008 16:30, Examiner 
... burly, black-bearded Pashtun, holding a picture of his young nephew. "They go to the Taliban but they get their training from the Arabs. It all comes from al-Qaida." Al-Qaida's

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