APS Diplomat News Service articles from October 2004

APS Diplomat News Service archives from October 2004

Turkey Faces More Obstacles To EU Membership, Including Its Military Establishment.
October 4, 2004... *** Mahdi Obeidi, Who Headed Saddam's Nuclear Centrifuge Programme, Now Living In USA, In A Sept. 28 NYT Article, Explained Why The Invasion Of Iraq Was Amply Justified - He Said: Our N-Programme Could Have Been Reinstituted At The Snap Of...

Iraqi Election Chances Debatable; NATO Gets Closer To Forming Military Training Force:.
October 11, 2004... *** R. Nicholas Burns: If NATO Is To Remain The World's Most Effective Military And Political Alliance It Must Adapt Its Fundamental Strategy To The Realities Of The Post-9/11 World. This Means It Must Be Present On The Front Lines Of The War...

NATO's Training Role.(Brief Article)
October 11, 2004... General James Jones, NATO's commander and the head of U.S. forces in Europe, said in an interview conducted on Oct. 1 and published on Oct. 4 by the International Herald Tribune that up to 3,000 of NATO's troops could be involved in training...

The War On Terror Is NATO's New Focus.
October 11, 2004... This is the headline of an article written by the US Ambassador to NATO, R. Nicholas Burns, published on Oct. 6 by the International Herald Tribune (the layout and underlining are by APS): "Last month, NATO took a major step forward in...

Iraq Can Become Source Of WMD If US-Led Forces Fail To End Insurgency.
October 18, 2004... *** A US-Sponsored Survey Of Oct. 9 Voters In Afghanistan Says H. Karzai Won As President; The Figures Were Released After Yunus Qanooni & Other Prominent Candidates Dropped Out Of A Boycott; The Seeds Of Democracy Have Been Sown In That...

Iran Could Face US-Led Blockade On Its Oil Exports Or An OECD-Backed Bonanza:.
October 25, 2004... *** US Aide David Satterfield Has Warned Syria It Must Quit Lebanon Completely Under UN Resolution 1559; Failure To Do So Will Put Damascus In 'Serious' Trouble *** If Assad Fails To Comply With 1559 & With A List Of Several US Demands,...