APS Diplomat News Service articles from September 2003

APS Diplomat News Service archives from September 2003

Terror Groups Being Squeezed Show Links Between S.E. Asia & Greater Middle East.
September 1, 2003... *** The Suicide Attack Against The UN In Iraq Is Aimed At Sending A Message To Those Countries Which Were Considering Whether To Send Peacekeeping Forces To Iraq To Help Out The Americans; Some States That Had Committed To Deployment Have...

Iran's Economy Targeted Over Nuclear Issue & Libya Will Remain On The US Hook.
September 8, 2003... *** Egypt Is Falling On The Wrong Side Of The US - Opposing The American Presence In Iraq And Supporting The Sudanese Regime In Rejecting A Peace Proposal Backed By Washington *** Has Iraq Become A Mecca For Anti-American Terrorists? -...

The US-Israel-India Axis Will Have Ramifications In The Greater Middle East:.
September 15, 2003... *** The Israeli Government Decides 'In Principle' To Expel Yasser Arafat From The Palestinian Territories; When This Happens It Will Spark Off An Explosion Of Violence Across The Arab World And Anti-US Operations Will Escalate ***...

Saudis Spearhead An Alliance To Include Russia, Iran & Pakistan; But Face Trouble.
September 22, 2003... *** Saudi Arabia Is On Track For Oil Revenues Of $85 Bn In 2003, The Highest In 20 Years, Which Would Turn A Projected $10.40 Bn Budget Deficit Into A $6.3 Bn Surplus To Fund New Project & Pay Local Debts *** While US Law Enforcement...

Sunni-Shiite Rift Would Underpin Emerging Middle East Order If The US Fails In Iraq.
September 29, 2003... *** Saudi Shiites Openly Protest Lack Of Process Towards Long- Promised Reform *** As The US Survey Group Prepares To Declare No WMD Found In The Country, The Iraqi Governing Council Bans Al Jazeera & Al Arabia And Bush Finds It Hard To...