APS Diplomat News Service articles from February 2006

APS Diplomat News Service archives from February 2006

GCC Rulers Have Learned A Lesson From Kuwait's Parliamentary Move; Lebanon Is Next.
February 6, 2006... *** Japan, The Only Nation To Have Suffered A Nuke Attack, Now Is In A Singular Position Over Iran, Which Is Supplying 16% Of Its Oil & Inpex Has 75% Right To Develop Azadegan Which Is Said To Have 26 Bn Bls; Koizumi: 'It Is Important That Iran...

Oman - The Stabiliser For Global Energy Trade.
February 6, 2006... A new pole of Arab power, wealth and modernity is emerging in Oman. If Dubai is the dazzling trail-blazer in this part of the GME energy reservoir, Oman is the anchor of stability, security at one source of global petroleum trade, and good...

Afghan, Iran & Pakistani Fronts Are All Active Till USA Gets A.Q. Khan.
February 13, 2006... *** The Int'l Furore Over Cartoons Depicting The Prophet Muhammad Has Spilled Over Into Creation Of A New UN Human Rights Council - A Flagship Reform Demanded By World Leaders Last Sept; OIC Has Called For Insertion Of Text Requiring The New...

Was Ahmadi-Nejad Target Of The Ahvaz Bombings?
February 13, 2006... Lebanon's al-Manar TV, run by the Iran-sponsored Hizbollah group, has reported the Jan. 24 bombs which blew up in Ahvaz had been intended to kill President Ahmadi-Nejad. Its Tehran correspondent said the president had called off his Jan. 24...

Ahmadi-Nejad's Link To Al-Mahdi.
February 13, 2006... Large green banners and wooden stages adorned Tehran's streets for the Feb. 9 Ashoura festival, at which Shi'tes marked the martyrdom of Imam Hussein at the battle of Karbala in 680 AD. This time the celebrations followed attacks on Nordic...

Damascus & Tehran Accused Over Cartoons Strife.
February 13, 2006... The US on Feb. 8 accused Syria and Iran of inciting violence among Muslims over caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad which were first published in a Danish newspaper last September and which have sparked protests across the world. The implicitly...

Hamas Is Changing Its Skin; Accepting Russian Invite Means OK To Moscow Terms.
February 20, 2006... *** Washington And Opponents Hit Mubarak For Postponing By 2 Years Voting For Thousands Of Local Govt. Positions Which Were Initially Set For April, Turning Away From A Promise Made During His '05 Presidential Race To Promote Democratic...

The Hamas Govt.
February 20, 2006... Hamas leaders prefer a unity government - with or without Fatah - which would be certain to include sympathetic independents. They have floated the name of Jamal al-Khoudry, head of the board of trustees of Gaza's Islamic University and scion...

Iran Rides The Wave Of Islamic Militancy; The Kurds Lead An Uprising Of Minorities.
February 27, 2006... *** Just As The Neo-Cons' GME Scheme Has Produced The Muslim Brothers In Egypt & Hamas In Palestine, Arab Firms Are Focusing On Those Who Want Products To Conform To Islamic Ideals; Mecca-Cola Now Is The 3rd World Brand Next To Coca-Cola And...

The Kurdish Unrest.
February 27, 2006... The governor of Maku, a town close to the Turkish border, told the Associated Press two demonstrators were killed on Feb. 17 during protests marking the 7th anniversary of the imprisonment in Turkey of Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the Kurdistan...