APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map articles from August 2008

APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map archives from August 2008

Resurgence In The Shi'ite World - Part 31 - Iraq & The Arab Dimension.
August 4, 2008... The big issue of Iraq's Arab nature, the subject of a latent war of wits between the Sunni and Shi'ite communities in the Arab world and the rest of the Greater Middle East (GME), is coming to the forefront of political bargaining in Baghdad....

Arab Support & The GCC Angle.(Gulf Cooperation Council)
August 4, 2008... A great deal of support for Iraq's Arab nature is coming from within the country itself and the US has played a major role in this in the background. The Iraqi Accordance Front (IAF), the largest Sunni Arab bloc in the House of Representatives...

Hariri Sees Parallels With Lebanon's Sectarian Challenges.(Sa'd Hariri )
August 4, 2008... Parliamentary majority and Sunni leader MP Sa'd Hariri on July 29 said Lebanon and Iraq suffered "from almost the same problems" and faced similar challenges. In an interview to assess his recent visit to Iraq, Hariri told Future News TV:...

Kathemiya & Kirkuk Heat Up As Sectarian & Ethnic Flash-Points.
August 4, 2008... July 29 was the climax of Ja'fari rituals marking the death for the sect's 7th Imam, Musa ibn Ja'far al-Kathem, an 8th century saint buried at the northern Baghdad shrine of Kathemiya. Millions of pilgrims visited the golden-dome shrine on July...

US-Led Offensives On Neo-Salafis.
August 4, 2008... On July 29, US forces in northern Iraq began a series of major offensives on Neo-Salafi insurgents with Iraqi Army troops. The operations, extending well into August, are to drive al-Qaeda and other insurgent groups out of the north-western...

Bush Comments.
August 4, 2008... President Bush on July 31 said increasing stability in Iraq would probably allow the withdrawal of more US forces there, giving the clearest indication yet that he intended to begin reducing the number of American troops before leaving office...