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House Panel: al-Shabaab Poses "Direct Threat" to U.S. (IPT News)
Israel Palestinian Conflict: The Truth About the West Bank - Danny Ayalon (Youtube Video)Hamas Leader: Palestinian UN Bid a "Scam"(DPA-Ha'aretz) Hamas leaders have firm views on the attempt by Palestinian President Abbas to get the UN to recognize a Palestinian state based on the pre-1967 lines. Mahmoud al-Zahar, a prominent Hamas member in Gaza, says the approach to the UN is a "political scam." "We are not going to recognize Israel. That is very simple. And we are not going to accept Israel as the owner of one square centimeter because it is a fabricated state."
Preparing for the Next Israel-Hizbullah War - Bilal Y. Saab and Nicholas Blanford (Foreign Policy) Both Israel and Hizbullah have been furiously updating their weaponry and tactics in anticipation of another round. With the support of Iran, Hizbullah has made further advances in its signals intelligence and communications capabilities and is expected to use these upgraded capabilities to attempt to take the offensive in a future conflict, extending the fight into Israel through land and seaborne commando raids.
Iran Revolutionary Guards Commander Becomes New President of OPEC - Saeed Kamali Dehghan (Guardian-UK)
Preparing for the Next Israel-Hizbullah War - Bilal Y. Saab and Nicholas Blanford (Foreign Policy) Both Israel and Hizbullah have been furiously updating their weaponry and tactics in anticipation of another round. With the support of Iran, Hizbullah has made further advances in its signals intelligence and communications capabilities and is expected to use these upgraded capabilities to attempt to take the offensive in a future conflict, extending the fight into Israel through land and seaborne commando raids.
Iran Revolutionary Guards Commander Becomes New President of OPEC - Saeed Kamali Dehghan (Guardian-UK)
Russia: NATO close to military steps in Syria for beachhead to attack Iran - (DEBKAfile)
Post-surgery, Pollard's wife to visit him in prison - GIL HOFFMAN (Jerusalem Post)
Pakistan's madrassas continue to serve as engines of jihad - (Long War Journal)
Jordan Jails Former Al-Qaeda Aide for Terrorism (AFP-Al-Ahram-Egypt) A Jordanian military court on Thursday sentenced Issam Barqawi, known as Abu Mohammed Al-Maqdessi, a former advisor to top Al-Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, to five years in prison for recruiting people in Jordan to join the Taliban in Afghanistan. Following the verdict, Maqdessi shouted: "We are mujahedeen (holy warriors)...and we will continue to fight the Americans."
