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Sunday, April 13, 2014
Excerpts: Iran temporarily calls of war ships to Atlantic. Morsi's

Excerpts: Iran temporarily calls of war ships to Atlantic. Morsi's daughter =

say's father not in jail.Subject: Iran needs 30,000 new centrifuges for =

fuel. Hizbullah's new tactics in Syria.Obama nominates Alice Wells =

ambassador to Jordan April 13, 2014

+++SOURCE: Al Arabiya April =9214:=94Iran calls off plan to send warships t=
o =

Atlantic=94, Reuters
SUBJECT: Iran temporarily calls off warships to Atlantic

Iran=92s semi-official Fars news agency is reporting that the country has =

temporarily called off a plan to dispatch warships to the Atlantic Ocean.

The Sunday[13 April] report quoted Iran=92s navy chief Admiral Habibollah =

Sayyari as saying such changes of naval plans are routine, =93considering t=
he =

situation in the region.=94

Sayyari did not say why Iran changed the plan but said that =93when piracy =

increases in the Gulf of Aden some changes will be applied in the =

assignments.=94

He said another fleet would be sent to the Atlantic Ocean in the future, bu=
t =

did not elaborate.

Iran in January said it had launched two warships on a three-month voyage t=
o =

the Atlantic to demonstrate the country=92s ability to project power across =

the Middle East and beyond.

+++SOURCE: Saudi Gazette 13 April =9214:=94 Morsi=92s daughter claims man i=
n =

prison is not her father=94.Reters ,Al Arabiya
Subject: Morsi=92s daughter say=92s father not in jail
QUOTE:=94 (Morsi=92s daughter) said on Friday [11 April] she is =91certain=
=92 . . =

.thr ousted leader in prison is not her father=94

FULL TEXT: Morsi=92s daughter shared two pictures of her father on her =

Facebook page, one while he was president and the other of him during his =

trial. She claimed in a comment that the one in prison does not resemble he=
r =

father.

CAIRO =96 The daughter of former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi said on =

Friday she is =93certain=94 that the televised footage showing the ousted l=
eader =

in prison is not of her father.

Alshymaa shared two pictures of Morsi on her Facebook page, one while he wa=
s =

president and the other of him during his trial. She claimed in a comment =

that the one in prison does not resemble her father. Egypt=92s state =

television regularly airs footage of the former Islamist leader during his =

trails inside a cage in a makeshift courtroom in Cairo.

=93The one who is on the right side of the picture is my father, the one on =

the left is not him I=92m certain. Check out well, it=92s not him,=94 her F=
acebook =

post said.

Alshymaa said the pictures she chose show similar face expressions of Morsi =

but those who have an eye for details will be able to tell the imprisoned =

one is =93not the president.=94

Morsi and other members of his Muslim Brotherhood have been under trial =

since the army overthrew the Islamist leader in July. They are being tried =

over charges that include the murder of protesters, espionage and organizin=
g =

jailbreaks.

Reuters. =96 Al Arabiya/Agencies

+++SOURCE: Naharnet (Lebanon) 13 April =9214:=94(Iran=92s) Nuclear Chief Sa=
ys Iran =

needs 30,000 New Centrifuges for Fuel=94, Agence France Presse
SUBJECT: Iran needs 30,000 new centrifuges for fuel
FULL TEXT: Iran will need 30,000 of its new generation centrifuges to meet =

domestic fuel demands, far more than the current number, its nuclear chief =

said Sunday[13 April].

Ali Akbar Salehi's comments came just days after the latest round of =

international talks in Vienna aimed at securing a long-term deal over Iran'=
s =

disputed nuclear program.

The capability and number of centrifuges at Tehran's disposal has been a ke=
y =

concern among countries which suspect the Islamic republic's eventual goal =

is to build an atomic bomb.

Iran currently has nearly 19,000 centrifuges, including 10,000 of the =

so-called first generation being used to enrich uranium.

The country insists its nuclear activities are solely for civilian purposes.

"If we want to use the Natanz enrichment facility to produce the annual fue=
l =

of Bushehr nuclear power plant, we need to build 30,000 new centrifuges," =

Salehi was quoted by the Fars news agency as saying.

Under an interim agreement reached last year that expires on July 20, Iran =

froze key parts of its nuclear program in return for limited sanctions =

relief and a promise of no new sanctions.

Under the deal, Iran cannot increase its number of centrifuges, but in =

February it announced it was developing new ones that are 15 times more =

powerful than those currently used.

Any final deal with the West may involve Iran slashing its number of =

centrifuges, changing the design of a new reactor at Arak and giving U.N. =

inspectors more oversight.

The Bushehr plant, which produces 1,000 megawatts of electricity, came into =

service in 2011 after several delays blamed on technical problems. Tehran =

took control of the plant from Russia last year.

In October, Salehi said Iran had built a fuel production line for its sole =

nuclear power plant which would go on stream within three months.

However, he did not specify a date after which Iran could use locally =

produced fuel instead of that provided by Russia.

Iran has said it wants to produce 20,000 megawatts of electricity from =

nuclear power, which would require building 20 reactors.

SourceAgence France Presse

+++SOURCE: Jordan Times 13 April =9214:=94Hizbollah develops new tactics in =

Syrian civil war=94 by Associated Press
SUBJECT: Hizbullah=92s new tactics in Syria

QUOTE:Hizbollah . . .new tactics --- including complicated commando =

operations --- to hunt down rebels and opposition commanders=94

EXCERPTS:BEIRUT =97 The commandos infiltrated Syrian rebel-held territory n=
ear =

the Lebanese border, watching rebel fighters come and go from a two-storey =

villa before slipping inside to plant a powerful bomb. The next morning, =

they detonated it as three rebel explosive experts and four assistants met =

inside, turning the villa to rubble in seconds.

The operation late last month in Syria=92s western Qalamoun region was carr=
ied =

out by fighters from Lebanon=92s Hizbollah group, several Lebanese official=
s =

close to the fighters have told The Associated Press. The Shiite group has =

sent hundreds of its fighters into Syria to shore up President Bashar Assad=
=92s =

overstretched troops, helping them gain ground around the capital, Damascus=
, =

and near the Lebanese border.

But with its own casualties mounting in a civil war that activists say has =

killed more than 150,000 people in three years, officials say Hizbollah has =

turned to a variety of new tactics =97 including complicated commando =

operations =97 to hunt down rebels and opposition commanders.

The aim of the new strategy, that includes hit-and-run attacks as well as =

reconnaissance missions, is to help Assad hold onto power, limit Hizbollah =

casualties and attack groups that want to launch attacks inside Lebanon =

itself.

=93Hizbollah is also well aware of its comparatively limited manpower =

capacity,=94 said Charles Lister, an analyst with the Brookings Doha Centre=
. =

=93So exploiting an ability to inflict damage on the enemy without expendin=
g =

significant resources... is a natural strategic development.=94. . .

+++SOURCE: Jordan Times 13 April =9214:=94Obama announces intent to nominat=
e =

Alice Wells as ambassador to Jordan=94
SUBJECT:Obama nominates Alice Wells ambassador to Jordan
EXCERPTS:AMMAN =97 US President Barack Obama has announced his intent to =

nominate Alice G. Wells as ambassador to Jordan, according to a White House =

press statement.. . .

.A career member of the foreign service, class of minister counsellor, Well=
s =

is currently senior adviser in the bureau of Near Eastern affairs at the =

Department of State. She served as an assessor at the foreign service board =

of examiners in 2013 and was special assistant to the president for Russia =

and Central Asia in the White House from 2012 to 2013. The statement said.

Wells also served as executive assistant to Secretary of State Hilary =

Clinton from 2011 to 2012, and to Undersecretary for Political Affairs =

William J. Burns from 2009 to 2011.

Previously, she served as minister counsellor for political affairs at the =

US embassy in Moscow from 2006 to 2009 and was director of Maghreb affairs =

and acting director of Egypt and North African Affairs in the bureau of Nea=
r =

Eastern affairs from 2003 to 2005.

She was senior desk officer for Egyptian affairs, and deputy political =

counsellor at the US embassy in New Delhi (2001-2003) and the US embassy in =

Islamabad (1998-2000).

Prior to that, Wells served as a political officer and a political-military =

officer at the US embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as well as a political =

and economic officer at the US embassy in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Wells =

received a BA from Stanford University and a joint MA from the University o=
f =

California at Los Angeles/Rand Corporation, according to the statement.
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