APS Diplomat News Service articles from September 2004

APS Diplomat News Service archives from September 2004

Iran-US Confrontations Get More Complicated With Inputs From Israel & Iraq:.
September 6, 2004... *** It Was The NeoCons R. Perle And Doug Feith Who Wrote A Paper Urging Netanyahu To Drop The Oslo Accord & The Principle Of Returning Land For Peace; That '96 'Clean Break' Paper Gave Birth To Others Which Led To The US-Planned 2003 Operation...

Russia Joins US & Israel In Defining Terrorism; With Implications For Arabs & Iran.
September 13, 2004... *** Sharon Calls For A More Serious Global Alliance To Fight Terror *** The US: There Is No Legitimate Cause For Any Suicide Bomber Who Does Not Distinguish Between Adults And Children And Has No Borders *** Shalom Says There Is A Certain...

The Beslan Attack & Qaeda Link.
September 13, 2004... Among the wilted flowers brought to celebrate the first day of classes - Sept. 1 - in the now blackened wreckage of Beslan's School No. 1 were abundant signs of a sophisticated terror operation. On Sept. 7, the Christian Science Monitor (CSM)...

Russia-Israel Deal.(Brief Article)
September 13, 2004... Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov on Sept. 6 signed a deal with Israel to increase intelligence co-ordination. Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said: "Israel and Russia share interests to co-operate against terrorism. Today we discussed...

Moscow Puts $10M Bounty On Chechen Warlords; Will Hit Terrorists Anywhere.
September 13, 2004... Russia on Sept. 8 offered a Rbs300m ($10.3m) bounty for two Chechen warlords and warned it might launch pre-emptive strikes on suspected terrorist bases abroad after the Beslan school siege. "We will carry out all measures to liquidate...

Bin Laden Is Recruiting Female/Child Terrorists For Jihad On Both Sides Of Suez.
September 20, 2004... *** Peace In Iraq Is Proving To Be Bloodier Than The War; More US Troops Have Died Since 'Sovereignty' Was Given To The Allawi Group On June 28 Than Were Killed In The Invasion; Taliban-Like States Function Within A Lethal Sunni Triangle ...

Focus On Chechen Black Widows.
September 20, 2004... The following are excerpts from an article on Chechen female suicide bombers published by the New York Times (NYT) on Sept. 10: "Mariyam Taburova and three of her roommates left the cramped, dismal apartment they shared...[in Grozny, capital of...

Iran, Sure Israel & US Won't Hit Its N-Plants Soon, Demands Shiite Theocracy In Iraq.( nuclear plants)
September 27, 2004... *** In A Few Days Following The Nov. 2 Election, If He Wins A Second Term, Bush's Forces Will Launch An All-Out War on The Wahhabi Insurgents In Iraq's Sunni Triangle - It'll Be An Attempt To Re-Conquer What Saddam Had Left For The US To Take...

The North-South Divide.
September 27, 2004... The Sept. 18 debate over the IAEA resolution's wording centred on a split between developing countries that see the nuclear fuel cycle, which includes everything from mining uranium ore to reprocessing nuclear waste, as the right of every...

The Iranian Threats.
September 27, 2004... Khatami on Sept. 21, said: "We have made our choice. Yes to peaceful nuclear technology, no to atomic weapons....We will continue along our path even if it leads to an end to international supervision of our nuclear activities". That the...

US Softening.
September 27, 2004... Earlier in September, under European pressure, the US had agreed to defer its demand that the IAEA immediately refer Iran's non-compliance on nuclear issues to the UN Security Council, where sanctions might be considered. Instead, Iran was...