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Obama administration recalls list of the items Israel requested to stand up to a four-front assault by Iran

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On March 13, debkafile disclosed that the Obama administration was pondering withholding from Israel  military hardware that could be used for an Israeli attack on Iran.  In late February, we reported that defense minister Ehud Barak had submitted to defense secretary Robert Gates a list of the items Israel required urgently to stand up to a four-front assault by Iran and its allies - mainly air force ordnance, certain types of missile and advanced electronic devices.

Sarah Palin Keynote Speech at National Tea Party Convention

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Fmr. Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) delivered the closing keynote address of the first-ever National Tea Party Convention, held in Nashville, TN.

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Mousavi concedes to regime: Scientist was killed by Iran’s enemies

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In a gesture of reconciliation toward the regime, Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi conceded Sunday, Jan. 17, that the Iranian scientist Mehsoud Ali-Mohammadi murdered outside his home last Monday was the victim of Iran's "enemies," namely the US and Israel.

The opposition had previously blamed his death on the "tyrannical regime's" campaign to wipe out the intellectual elite backing the reform movement.

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Qassam al Remi killed in Yemen airstrike

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It took three attempts, but Yemen's air force finally appears to have killed the military leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).

The officials claim that among the dead is Qassam al Remi, thought to be the group's highest ranking commander. He had survived two previous airstrikes, the most recent last month. blog it

Iran’s nuclear infrastructure can be bombed

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The deployment in the Middle East of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower carrier strike group in the first week of January adds muscle to the words of Gen. David Petraeus, CENTCOM commander, on Jan 10 that Iranian nuclear infrastructure, albeit strengthened against attack with enhanced underground tunnels, wasn't fully protected.

"Well, they certainly can be bombed," he said to CNN. "The level of effect would vary with who it is that carries it out, what ordnance they have and what capability they can bring to bear."

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