September 1, 2010                            
Dossier: Mustafa Kemal Ataturk,
1881-1938


U.S. on full alert as Turkey shifts its regional alignments


BACKGROUNDER
Compiled by Bill Gertz

China, Russia already hard at work digitizing Wikileaks documents

According to U.S. and foreign intelligence sources, Russia and China are known to be reviewing the tens of thousands of U.S. military documents disclosed to the online anti-secrecy site Wikileaks.

China’s Second Department of the PLA, or 2PLA, is the intelligence arm of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army and is responsible for gathering intelligence on U.S. military forces.

The 2PLA in the past scored impressive intelligence coups against the U.S. including in 1991 the prediction of the start of the Persian Gulf War and several other conflicts in the 1990s, and obtaining unexploded Tomahawk cruise missiles that provided valuable intelligence used in China’s growing land-attack cruise missile force.



CFR envisions pre-emptive war by Israel against Hizbullah threat

WASHINGTON — A leading U.S. think tank has determined that Hizbullah could ignite another war in the Middle East. The Council on Foreign Relations has asserted that the Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah could provoke Israel into a war that could spread throughout the region. In a report by a former U.S. ambassador to Israel, the council said a major war could erupt by 2012 with participation by Iran and Syria.    
FOCUS ON IRAN
European intelligence: Turkey enabling Iran shipments to Hizbullah   


"It just means Turkey has to look away, nothing more," the source said.



An upgraded version of the short-range surface-to-surface Fateh-110 missile [ZOOM] was test-fired on Aug. 25, the Iranian Defense Ministry said. UPI

Focus on Terrorism
U.S. going to school on Arab, Israeli counter-insurgency knowhow    
Israeli Security Technology
Video software analyzes hours of recordings for objects, movements   
Middle East Report
U.S. to continue military aid to Lebanon despite congressional action   
Northeast Asia Report
N. Korean handbook outlines 'stealth warfare', camouflage tactics   
East-Asia-Intel.com
China goes public with defense of strategic nuclear weapons buildup   
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