Defense minister Ehud Barak informed Lt. Gen. Gaby Ashkenazi Tuesday, April 6, that his four-year tenure as IDF chief of staff would not be extended when it runs out next February. This decision was approved by prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu. debkafile's military sources report that neither was satisfied that Ashkenazi's performance and strategic approach were appropriate in the light of current security threats. Both hold his military ability in high esteem, but since he was hurriedly appointed chief of staff in early 2007, Ashkenazi has shown little appetite for turning his talents into proactive field combat. In the early 2009 Cast Lead operation against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, our sources report Barak and Ashkenazi did not work well together. At the time, the defense minister was highly impressed by the decisiveness and tactics employed in the operation by the far more hawkish OC Southern Command Maj. Gen. Yoav Galant. Ashkenazi virtually blocked Galant's path as his successor by vetoing his promotion to deputy chief of staff, the usual jumping-off slot to the top post. The prime minister and defense minister decided nonetheless that the commander of the Gaza sector was the tough, practical leader the armed forces need at a time of looming peril from a nuclearized Iran and its allies and the unsettled situation on two of Israel's borders. The transition is expected to begin shortly.
In a statement Tuesday night, Lt. Gen. Ashkenazi explained he had not applied for a fifth-year extension because he fully approved of the government's unanimous decision when he took the job not to extend the tenure of any chief of staff beyond four years - except in extraordinary emergency circumstances. "We face complicated security problems and exceptional challenges from near and far which oblige is all to focus on essentials - and that is what we shall do," said the chief of staff.
Sandra Bullock may not have officially filed for divorce yet but wait 'til she hears about hubby Jesse James' home made sex tapes - complete with Nazi regalia!
"Most of the tapes feature a massive amount of Nazi paraphernalia," an insider tells RadarOnline.com about the videos made with other women.
"It's ALL really quite disturbing."
A source who saw one of the tapes spoke on the condition of anonymity.
"What I saw was a naked woman on her knees and Jesse in a Nazi hat waving his arm in a salute," the insider revealed. "It looked like the woman's hands were bound."
IRS chief: Buy health insurance or lose your tax refund
By Gautham Nagesh - The Daily Caller | Published: 04/05/10 at 5:16 PM | Updated: 04/06/10 at 9:49 AM
Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Douglas Shulman discusses his role in overseeing the collection of $2.4 trillion in tax revenue during a luncheon gathering at the National Press Club in Washington, Monday, April 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Individuals who don’t purchase health insurance may lose their tax refunds according to IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman. After acknowledging the recently passed health-care bill limits the agency’s options for enforcing the individual mandate, Shulman told reporters that the most likely way to penalize individuals that don’t comply is by reducing or confiscating their tax refunds.
I am a long time happy Winchester Silvertip user in my R9S. Unfortunately I am afflicted with the need to try new ammo when it comes to market. I got my hands on two boxes (25 rounds each) of Hornady's new Critical Critical Defense 115gr ammo and went to the range with them and a box of 50 Winchester Silvertips.
The Silvertips will remain my carry ammo. They are more accurate for me and have always performed flawlessly. I had a Failure To Feed and a Failure to Fire (light primer strike that fired with the second squeeze of the trigger) with the Hornady . The Silvertips as usual performed perfectly and also had less felt recoil making double taps quicker.
On light primer strikes: I have had this now with the Hornady and the newly developed Cor-Bon 80gr. The primers seem harder than the Winchester Silvertips. The firing pin strike is noticably deeper in the Winchester primers.
Has anyone read or experianced problems with Hornady CD Ammo??
I went to the range today to test some ammo in my pocket 9mm(no it's not a S&W)
Anyway it was flawless with Gold Dots and Rem Gold Sabers, and my handloads with Wolf primers which are a bit on the hard side.
I then tried some Hornady Critical Defense 9mm 115 gr FTX.
Out of a box of 25, I had at least 5 misfires(failed to go bang) I had no problem with their .380 ammo when I tried it when it first came out before the great 380 shortage of 2009.
I looked at the primers and they seem to have a fine primer strike and look the same as the ones that did fire.
I saved 5 rounds with primer indents and plan on writing Hornady to see whats up.
Just wondered if anyone else has heard or experienced this??
Sure hope it's an isolated incedent. I've shot a ton of the 380 stuff + some of the 38 spc and 9mm CD but haven't had a lick of problems. Very interested in what ya find out
The 38 special works fine, I have not used or found the 380 yet but always found the regular 380 to work fine. Will see if Hornady responds to my e mail.
It has been several years, but I had trouble with some of their defense ammo. Didn't get much satisfaction from Hornady when I called them, so I just turned the rest into range ammo and have never bought any of their stuff since.
My impression was it was a QC problem and they didn't manufacture the ammo themselves, it was contracted out.
Whatever the reason, SD ammo that isn't 100% reliable isn't worth buying.
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New al Qaeda Levant chief plans fresh assaults from Gaza, Lebanon DEBKAfileSpecial ReportApril 6, 2010, 11:38 AM (GMT+02:00)
In introductory interviews to Islamist websites, Saleh Al-Qaraawi, the newly-appointed al Qaeda chief in the Levant (Israel, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and the Palestinian territories) threatens to loose a fresh wave of attacks on US and Israeli targets as well as UN peacekeepers in South Lebanon. debkafile's counter-terror sources report that Al-Qaraawi (aka Star of Piety), a Saudi aged 40, is on the oil kingdom's list of 85 most wanted terrorists. He is married to the daughter of another terrorist high on the wanted list, Sheikh Hazeima. Al Qaeda's sites present Al Qaraawi as Commander of the "Abdullah Azzam Brigades," named for Osama bin Laden's precursor as the jihadi organization's founding ideologue in the late 1980s. He is thought to be a personal appointee of al Qaeda's No. 2, Ayman Zuwahri, who is chief of operations for the Middle East region. In one of the interviews, the new man says the time has come to intensify attacks on IsraelLebanon. Our military sources report that the cluster of groups affiliated to al Qaeda, which have sprung up in the Gaza Strip under the Jalalat umbrella, keep their hand in with the occasional Qassam or mortar attack across the border into Israel. But most of their energies go into building up their power base in the southern areas of Khan Younes and Deir al-Balakh and pushing Hamas out. Building on Al Qaraawi's rich operational experience in Saudi Arabia - high command of the Saudi arena is said to be on his resume - his new job is to inject fresh impetus into cross-border offensives from the Gaza Strip and Lebanon. As for assaults on US targets in the Levant area, al Qaeda plans to use the Kingdom of Jordan as its main arena, as it has in the past. Al Qaeda's most ambitious operation from Gaza was mounted eleven months ago, on June 8, 2009, when a large contingent of raiders, some on horseback, swept across the border at several points from north to south. from two bases: the Gaza Strip, where al Qaeda has established a stronghold, and
An estimated 10 gunmen attacked a Golani infantry patrol and tried to kidnap Israeli soldiers. In the ensuing battle, a back-up al Qaeda force fired mortars from inside the Gaza Strip. That operation failed in its purpose but demonstrated the scale of attacks the Islamist organization is planning to mount from the Gaza Strip against southern Israel. Three months later, on Sept 11 2009, al Qaeda marked the date of its New York atrocity by firing two 122mm Grad missiles from the Qlaileh area in South Lebanon into Western Galilee, where they exploded on open ground near Kibbutz Gesher Haziv.
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