APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map articles from August 2006

APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map archives from August 2006

IRAQ - Resurgence In The Shi'ite World - Part 8 - Civil War May Spread.
August 7, 2006... Gen. John Abizaid, head of US Central Command (CentCom) which oversees the Iraq war and other parts of the Middle East, on Aug. 3 told the US Senate Armed Services Committee that Iraq could descend into civil war if the recent surge in violence...

IRAQ - Iran/Syrian Role In Hizbullah-Israel War In Lebanon.
August 7, 2006... No sooner had US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice cancelled a trip to Beirut on July 30, than Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki arrived in the Lebanese capital. Reiterating Iran's support for an immediate end to the fighting...

IRAQ - The Sunni-Shi'ite Rivalry.
August 7, 2006... The New York Times on Aug. 3 quoted a "Damascus University professor" as saying he worried that any Hizbullah success will represent not an Arab victory over Israel, but a further triumph for Shi'ite Islam. The US paper said the Syrian...

IRAQ - Iraqi Shi'ite Unrest.
August 7, 2006... Radical Shi'ite militants led by Muqtada al-Sadr on Aug. 4 headed a massive pro-Hizbullah and anti-Israel/anti-US rally in Baghdad, with demonstrations also held in parts of the predominantly Shi'ite south of Iraq. Sadr is close to Nasrallah....

IRAQ - The Iraqi Civil War.
August 7, 2006... At the hearing of the US Senate Armed Services Committee on Aug. 3, Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan, the ranking Democrat on the panel, asked whether Iraq risked falling into civil war, Gen. Abizaid replied: "I believe that the sectarian violence...

IRAQ - Damascus Sees Opportunity To Break Out.
August 7, 2006... The conflict in Lebanon is offering Syria's Ba'thist dictatorship a rare opportunity to break out of its international isolation, as some European governments start looking to Damascus to help resolve the crisis. Ostracised by the world...