APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map articles from December 2005

APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map archives from December 2005

IRAQ - Resurgence In The Shi'ite World - Part 8 - The Elections.(Brief article)
December 19, 2005... Judging by the turn of events in Iraq during the Dec. 15 parliamentary elections, it seemed the US project for the political reconstruction of Iraq had a good chance of succeeding. The American effort for the socio-economic reconstruction of...

IRAQ - Towards Stabilisation.
December 19, 2005... The presidential directive, issued earlier this month but announced on Dec. 14, will reinforce the political power of the State Department's Office of Reconstruction and Stabilisation (ORS), with a mission to anticipate state failures, prevent...

IRAQ - Badr Vs Sadr.
December 19, 2005... At the request of local elders, Lt Col Ben Edwards, commander of British troops in the south-eastern Iraqi province of Maysan, decided not to order patrols in the days leading up the elections so that his soldiers would not be seen as trying to...

IRAQ - Southern Shi'ite Split Seen.(Brief article)
December 19, 2005... Brig. Patrick Marriott, the commander of all British ground forces in southern Iraq on Dec. 16 warned that, despite the success of the national elections, provincial polls early next year in the south could be violent if Badr and the Sadrists...

IRAQ - Hopeful Signs.(sectarian politics)
December 19, 2005... Describing the situation on Dec. 15, the FT pointed to Sgt Maan Umran, a PR expert in the Iraqi army, who leaned out the window of his vehicle to tell the people in Muqdadiya, a mixed Sunni-Shi'ite town 80 km north-east of Baghdad: "Noble...

IRAQ - The Sunni Challenge.
December 19, 2005... Many of those Sunni and Shi'ite Arabs who have worked for the Americans or in the government and/or the outgoing National Assembly have become wealthy and now are among those lobbying for the US military presence to remain in Iraq. It is said...

IRAQ - US Propaganda.
December 19, 2005... The Pentagon has planted favourable stories in the Iraqi media about US actions in order to present a more positive image. This has caused US media specialists to attack the Defence Department for having violated American ethics. Among other...