APS Diplomat News Service articles from November 2006

APS Diplomat News Service archives from November 2006

Iran, Mix It With The Mahdi & Nuclear Bombs - In What Danger Is The World?
November 6, 2006... *** Days After US-Led Naval Exercises In The Persian Gulf Near Iran, The Pasdaran On Nov. 2 Began A Massive Round Of War Games To Include The Gulf Of Oman, The Strait Of Hormouz And Waters Off The GCC States, With Ballistic Missile Tests...

Ahmadi-Nejad's Divine Inspiration.(Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad )
November 6, 2006... Amid a struggle between two big factions for control of Iran's Assembly of Experts, President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad is trying to shore up his conservative base by portraying himself as a man with a direct link to God. The president, who enjoys...

Iran's Foreign Policy Under Scrutiny.
November 6, 2006... Iran's foreign-policy establishment has experienced dramatic changes since the rise of Ahmadi-Nejad. The aim is to make the country's decision-making more efficient, especially as the international row over Tehran's nuclear programme...

Nuclear Islam & Iran.
November 6, 2006... The following are extracts from a long article by Noah Feldman, a law professor at New York University and adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, published on Oct. 27 by The New York Times (with underlining by APS): "...If...

Afghan Problems Weaken Karza's Leadership; NATO Now Focuses On Nation-Building.(Hamid Karzai)
November 13, 2006... *** Jordan's King Abdullah II Warns There Will Be A Major Middle East War In This 9-12 Month Crisis Cycle And It's Getting Shorter; Hostilities May Include Syria & Iran In A Sweep That Might Cover The Nuclear Installations Of A Theocracy On The...

Afghan Intelligence in Pakistan, Where Taliban Is Active.
November 13, 2006... For the first time since the fall of the communist regime in Afghanistan 13 years ago, Afghan intelligence, reportedly with foreign assistance, is active in Pakistan. At the same time, several attacks on Pakistani military bases - the most...

Pakistani Taliban Take Credit For Blast.
November 13, 2006... The previously unknown group, "Pakistani Taliban", on Nov. 9 said they were responsible for the Nov. 8 bombing which killed 42 soldiers. A man with explosives strapped to his body ran up to soldiers doing calisthenics and blew himself up at an...

Syria Is Stuck Between A UN Trap And A Deal With USA Over Iran, Hizbullah & Iraq.
November 20, 2006... *** Assad Strategy Is To Control Lebanon And Then Negotiate With Baker's Group; But If He Fails To Assume This Control By Peaceful Means, Will He Stage A Civil War Among The Lebanese Parties? *** Hizbullah Says It Is Not Only To Control...

US-Iran Talks.
November 20, 2006... Rarely has the Bush administration seemed so confused and defensive about its policy of seeking to isolate Iran as it responds to mounting public and international pressure to find a way out of Iraq, even if that involves making a U-turn and...

Lebanon OK's Int'l Court To Try The Hariri Murder; The Syrian Regime Is In Trouble:.
November 27, 2006... *** Before James Baker's & Lee Hamilton's ISG Recommends That Bush Negotiate With Iran And Syria For A US Exit Strategy From Iraq, VP Dick Cheney Flew To Saudi Last Week & The US President Is Meeting With PM Maliki In Amman On Nov. 29-30 ...

The Central Beirut Rally.(Rafiq Hariri's murder)
November 27, 2006... With an anti-Syria fury that recalled the aftermath of the assassination of former PM Hariri, about one million of people on Nov. 23 poured into the centre of Beirut for the funeral of Gemayel. Mourning gave way to calls for unity, defiance and...