DEBKAfile Special Report April 6, 2010, 9:14 PM (GMT+02:00)
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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. Barak and prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu decided that
Maj. Gen. Yoav Galant, OC Southern Command, is top candidate.
The US Trident test-fire from Saudi supersedes sanctions and an Israeli strike.
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Caucasian rebel Doku Umarov vows to spread terror to all Russian cities.
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Only if US accepts Russia's war on Islamic extremists as war on terror.
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