APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map articles from April 2006

APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map archives from April 2006

IRAQ - Resurgence In The Shi'ite World - Part 8 - US & UK Mediation.
April 10, 2006... In a surprise trip to Baghdad with UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on April 2 told Iraqi leaders that time was running out to form a new government. After meeting Sunni, Shi'ite and Kurdish leaders, she...

IRAQ - A Bloodier War.
April 10, 2006... Now the war in Iraq has entered a bloodier phase. The killings of civilians are rising significantly in daily sectarian violence, while American casualties have declined steadily. The increased violence is spurring tens of thousands of Iraqis...

IRAQ - US Pessimism.
April 10, 2006... In an editorial on April 3, The NYT said: "Iraq is becoming a country that America should be ashamed to support, let alone occupy... In its capital, thugs kidnap and torture innocent civilians with impunity, then murder them for their religious...

IRAQ - Saddam Trial.
April 10, 2006... Bombarded with questions during the first cross-examination in his trial, Saddam Hussein on April 5 admitted he had signed an order of execution for 148 men and boys with only a cursory glance at the evidence. The testimony appeared to bolster...

IRAQ - Has Al Qaeda Demoted Zarqawi?
April 10, 2006... The Saudi-owned Arab TV channel al-Arabiya last week quoted Huthayfah Azzam, son of Abdullah Azzam, the Palestinian Neo-Salafi mentor of both Osama bin Laden and Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi, as saying Zarqawi had been stripped of his political duties...