The Alpha-Omega Report's

Middle East News Spotlight

For

December 9, 2010

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Breaking News:

Israel Launches Air Strikes on Gaza

After Gaza Mortar Barrage on Israel

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N. Korea Sells Iran Advanced Nuke Missiles

According to a Wikileaks release of U.S. State Department cables, the U.S. discovered that North Korea has apparently sold as many as two dozen medium range ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads. The new missiles have a range of more than 2,000 kilometers and threaten not only Israel but much of southern Europe and Russia. For more details on this story, LINK HERE.

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Syria NOT An Ally With Iran
In Event of Israel-Iran War

According to US State Department cables exposed by Wikileaks, the U.S. Embassy in Damascus reported back to Washington that in December of 2009, Iranian officials had visited Damascus to solifiy plans for war in 2010 against Israel. Iran initially asked and then demanded Syria honor its alliance commitments to join in a war against Israel The Syrian government refused to make such a commitment.

The Wikileaks leaked file went on to add that not only would Syria not join Iran but that Hezbollah or Hamas to join in any such war effort even if Israel pre-emptively struck Iran's nuclear facilities. More details, LINK HERE.

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Wikileaks Document Dump Reveals

U.S. Narrowly Averted Israeli-Syria War
Back in February of 2010

As we had reported in our A-O Intelligence Digest, back in February, the U.S. narrowly averted a Middle East war when Israel discovered that Syria had shipped Scud missiles into Lebanon and Hezbollah control.

On February 17, 2010 - the Under Secretary of State, William Burns met with Syrian President Assad in Damascus. The U.S. diplomat warned Assad that the transfer of Scud missiles to Hezbollah could spark a conflict with Israel. Assad denied any such transfer. The next day more U.S. diplomats met with Syrian military officials and re-stated the warning and Syrian officials again denied Israel's allegations. Even so, the Syrians agreed to halt the transfer of weapons - IF the U.S. improved relations with Syrian.

After the second Syrian meeting, U.S. officials met with Israeli leaders who warned the U.S. contingent that Syria did intend to move Scud D missiles into Hezbollah hands in Lebanon and asked the U.S. to again warn the Syrians and ask them to stop such a move.

Later in February, Assistant Secretary of State Jeffrey Feltman asked the U.S. Embassy in Damascus to tell the Syrians that the transfer of the missiles could "jeopardize regional prospects for peace and stability. Specifically, Syrian transfers of increasingly sophisticated weaponry risk renewed conflict between Israel and Hizballah that may expand, unlike in 2006, into Syria." A few hours later in meetings with the Syrians, Damascus again denied such movements.

By May, Israel's Prime Minister met with French President Sarkozy and Italy's Prime Minister Berlesconi and told them Israel had documented evidence that Scud missiles had been transfered to Hezbollah control in storage facilities in Syria. Israel reported that it knew that Hezbollah had amassed 50,000 rockets and missiles for use against Israel.

The U.S. diplomatic efforts had averted an outbreak of war in February. As we had reported at the time, U.S. Vice President Biden visited Israel with a specific demand that Israel halt last minute preparations for air strikes against Iran's nuclear facitilities and attacks against Hezbollah and Syria. We also noted similar incidents took place in Mid-March with the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Mullen visiting Israel at the last moment to demand Israel halt a strike attack against Iran.

For more on this story, LINK HERE to Haaretz News in Israel.

Our new edition of A-O Intelligence Digest has a full analsysis of these and other Wikileaks revelations and how this fits into Bible Prophecy.

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Iran Jealous of Turkey-Syria Relations
According to Wikileaks Dump

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Iran Defies World
Begins Mining Its Own Uranium
Can Make Its Own Yellowcake

Iran said on Sunday it has found enough uranium in its own mines to get around a United Nations ban on uranium ore imports that was meant to prevent the Islamic nation from going forward with its nuclear program. More details, LINK HERE.

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Iran & Major Powers Talk Again

Permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany held another round of talks with Iran. Diplomats described the talks as "constructive" which is code-speak for nothing has really changed. Iran continues to use negotiations to delay, delay, delay until Iran finally achieves its goal of developing its own nuclear weapons arsenal. For more details on the talks, LINK HERE

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Iran Admits Stuxnet Hits Nuke Program
Natanz Plant Affected

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Experts Say: Stuxnet Worm Still
Out of Control in Iran Nuke Plants

The pesky computer worm virus known as Stuxnet is still running amuck within Iran's nuclear industry despite Iran's claims that it has the problem under control.

American and European computer experts say their computer security websites continue to have massive traffic from Iranian sources, particularly from Tehran and its two nuclear sites. This strongly suggests Iran has far from solved the Stuxnet problems. More details, LINK HERE.

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Iran Speeds Up Enrichment

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Iran Accuses US of Terror Attack
on Iranian Nuke Scientists
Part of Covert War on Iranian Regime

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U.S. Drops Israeli Settlement's Freeze

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Persian Gulf Leaders Meet Amid

Fears of Iran Nuclear Threat

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Possible Syrian Nuke Site Exposed

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Israeli Teen Starts Massive Wildfire
Israel Has Difficulty Stopping Fire

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Real Life "Jaws" Shark Attacks
Plague Egyptiran Resort Beaches
At Sharm El-Sheikh

In less than a week 5 shark attacks have plagued the Eygptian resort community at Sharm El-Sheikh with one victim killed. The incidents have crushed tourism at not only Sharm El-Sheikh but at resorts all along the Red Sea.

Two sharks were caught and autopsies revealed one shark was behind the attacks. The next day, beaches reopened only to have another shark attack took place killing a 71 year old German woman who was scuba diving along a reef close to shore.

The head of a Red Sea diving school remarked that the situation in the resort community is a replay of the 1975 Hollywood thriller, "Jaws" except that the Red Sea is not known for harboring Great White Sharks. Until these latest instances, only 6 shark attacks had been reported in the previous 10 years.

The situation has prompted the Egyptians to seek help from American and Australian shark experts. Teams are now on their way to the Red Sea to study the situation.

It appears that for some unknown reason, shark migrations in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean have changed recently prompting an influx of different shark specides to congregate in the Red Sea resort region.

For more on this story, LINK HERE.

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