Category Archives: War

DEBKAfile: Rocket fired in Aleppo contained Agent 15

Posted on March 20, 2013 by DRenegade

Western military sources have told DEBKA file that three chemicals were believed present in the Scud B rocket which exploded in the Aleppo neighborhood of Khan al-Assal Tuesday March 19: phosphorus, chlorine and Agent 15 or BZ. Although the Assad … Continue reading →

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Witnesses report onset of chemical warfare in Syria

Posted on March 20, 2013 by DRenegade

Extensive preparations by Syrian army units for launching chemical weapons against rebel forces have been sighted in the northern town of Homs, Western intelligence agencies told DEBKAfile’s military sources Tuesday, March 19. Damascus paved the way for resorting to unconventional … Continue reading →

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Testing The Threshold

Posted on March 19, 2013 by LT

They are testing the threshold of society’s tolerance for banking outages, here, in the UK, and EU.  There have been more major bank “outages” in the last 2 years than in the previous decade, folks.  Please be prepared – have actual cash money … Continue reading →

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Assad to Beirut: Sack Lebanese army chief or more air raids.

Posted on March 18, 2013 by DRenegade

The Syrian conflict spread in earnest to Lebanon Monday, March 18, when the Syria Air Force carried out bombing runs over Syrian rebel jumping-off bases inside Lebanon that are used for their attacks on government forces. DEBKAfile’s military sources report … Continue reading →

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Tehran: Our commanders now authorized to open fire. Go home, Obama!

Posted on March 17, 2013 by DRenegade

The words and deeds coming out of Washington in the last three days bring little comfort to the Israeli government as it prepares for Barack Obama’s first visit as president Wednesday, March 20. According to an authoritative leak, Washington has … Continue reading →

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Pentagon speeds up missile defenses in face of growing North Korean, Iranian missile threats

Posted on March 15, 2013 by DRenegade

by Bill Gertz North Korea’s deployment of a new road-mobile missile that can hit the United States prompted the Pentagon on Friday to add more ground-based anti-missile interceptors to bases in Alaska and California, senior defense and military officials said … Continue reading →

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RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT SAYS N. KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST USED PLUTONIUM AND WAS LARGER THAN EARLIER BLASTS

Posted on March 14, 2013 by DRenegade

by Bill Gertz North Korea’s third underground nuclear test last month was fueled by plutonium and was not a device that used enriched uranium, according to the Russian government. Retired Col. Gen. Viktor Yesin, a consultant to the Russian Defense … Continue reading →

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Al Qaeda’s Nusra fights to seize Syrian Golan in time for Obama visit

Posted on March 13, 2013 by DRenegade

Al Qaeda’s Syrian wing, Jabhat al-Nusra, led a Syrian rebel operation Wednesday, March 13, to occupy Golan and cleanse it of every last Syrian troop loyal to Bashar Assad. The Islamists had two more objectives: 1. To be in position … Continue reading →

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Al Qaeda forms volatile 1,000-km chain from Baghdad to Damascus

Posted on March 12, 2013 by DRenegade

Israel’s Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz rated war as a “low risk” for the foreseeable future, but credited the risk of escalation as “very high,” in a lecture he delivered Monday, March 11 at the Herzliya Interdisciplinary Institute … Continue reading →

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D.C. to Beijing: Stand Down on Cyber – Bill Gertz

Posted on March 11, 2013 by DRenegade

Under pressure from American industry to curb Chinese cyber attacks, White House national security adviser Thomas Donilon warned China on Monday that the United States will defend its computer networks from the attacks. Donilon said U.S. businesses share serious concerns “about sophisticated, … Continue reading →

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Hundreds of UN Syrian Golan UN observers scramble to safety in Israel

Posted on March 11, 2013 by DRenegade

The flight of hundreds of UN Disengagement and Observers Force (UNDOF) soldiers – Indian, Austrian and Filipino – in trucks and APCs from the Syrian side of Golan into Israel was in full swing early Monday, March 11. DEBKAfile quotes … Continue reading →

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North Korea cuts off hotline with South Korea

Posted on March 10, 2013 by DRenegade

North Korea has cut off a Red Cross hotline with South Korea as it escalates its war of words against Seoul and Washington in response to a military drill in the South and U.N. sanctions imposed for its recent nuclear test. The North … Continue reading →

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Join the Revolution

Posted on March 10, 2013 by DRenegade

It’s also called evil. David DeGerolamo Source

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Joint US-Israel-Turkish-Jordanian HQ to operate in Syria in chemical war

Posted on March 8, 2013 by DRenegade

A new US-led contingency headquarters for joint US, Israeli, Jordanian and Turkish operations will go into action inside Syria if any or all these allies should come under chemical or biological attack. Agreement to establish this headquarters was finalized at … Continue reading →

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Washington to Israel: Hizballah has Chemical Weapons

Posted on March 6, 2013 by DRenegade

For the first time in many years, voices in the US administration were criticizing the Israeli defense forces for under-reacting and, in this case, also underestimating the chemical weapons threat emanating from Syria and neglecting to pursue counter-measures. This is … Continue reading →

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