APS Diplomat News Service articles from November 2005

APS Diplomat News Service archives from November 2005

Neo-Salafi Incubators Spread Terrorism In Kurdistan's Iraqi & Syrian Branches.
November 7, 2005... *** In Syria, Where The Ba'thist Regime Of Assad Has Been Put In A Dangerous Corner By UN Resolution 1636 Emanating From The Hariri Assassination, The Concept Of West Kurdistan Is Spreading To The Aleppo Area *** Ahmadi-Nejad Is Getting...

Iran Softens Up After Rafsanjani's Intervention; Offer Baghdad Stabilisation Carrots.
November 14, 2005... *** Ahmadi-Nejad's Nominee For Iran Oil Minister, Gen. Mahsouli Who Is From The Revolutionary Guards And Is A Brother-In-Law Of Ali Akbar Velayati, The Chief Foreign Policy Adviser To The Supreme Guide - Ayat. Ali Khamenei -, Bowed Out Just As...

Tehran Warn UN Referral Will Mean $150/B Oil.
November 14, 2005... Mohammad Saeedi, deputy head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation, was on Oct. 31 quoted by the ISNA news agency as saying: "We handed over [to IAEA inspectors] some additional documents on P1 and P2 centrifuges eight days ago". (Despite saying...

Confusing Tehran Signals.
November 14, 2005... Tehran has often sent conflicting messages, mixing hot and angry rhetoric with calm and calculated diplomacy. But in reading the theocracy, world diplomats now siphon out the rhetoric and posturing, particularly that of Ahmadi-Nejad who lacks...

Iraq Could Become Less Of A Burden On The US & Western Allies In 2006.
November 21, 2005... *** Tehran Is Facing More Heat In The Run-Up To IAEA Board Meeting On Nov. 24, Which - If The Deadlock Is To Continue - May Debate Sending Iran To The UN Security Council For Sanctions That May Ultimately Lead To Major Policy Change ***...

US Senate Raises Pressure.
November 21, 2005... With President Bush facing growing public displeasure over the war, the US Senate on Nov. 15 approved by 79 to 19 an amendment to a defence bill which clearly expresses concern over the failure of Iraqis to step up and strengthen their own...

US Offensives Near Syrian Border.
November 21, 2005... US and Iraqi forces have launched a series of offensives on Neo-Salafi fighters in towns along the Euphrates River near the Syrian border. Two US Marines were killed and at least nine were wounded in ambushes and fierce street battles on Nov....

The Douri Mystery.
November 21, 2005... The mystery surrounding the fate of Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri - a senior aide to Saddam and one of the most wanted men in Iraq - deepened on Nov. 14 as a Website which had posted a message on Nov. 12 announcing his death took it down. The US...

Arabs Will Play Key Role In Oil Shock Fund; Energy Diplomacy Will Focus On Security.
November 28, 2005... *** The US Will Begin Troop Withdrawals In 2006, Saying It's Time For The Iraqis To Stand On Their Own Feet And Defend Their Free Country; Americans Will Stay To Train And Help - With Their Baghdad Embassy To Be The Biggest In The World - But...

Subtle Differences.
November 28, 2005... The interests of the US - the world's largest oil consumer - and Saudi Arabia, the world's largest exporter - form inextricable links. But it was their differences which emerged from talks in Riyadh on Nov. 19. Despite a US call for clarity in...

'06 Demand Could Test Saudis On Price Defence Bid.
November 28, 2005... Saudi Arabia will be under pressure to cut output next year as modest oil demand growth, rising OPEC capacity and non-OPEC supply will push oil prices lower. In its monthly oil market report, the London-based Centre for Global Energy Studies...