APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map articles from February 2006

APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map archives from February 2006

IRAQ - Resurgence In The Shi'ite World - Part 8 - A Kurdish-Arab Democracy.(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... Kurdistan is one of Iraq's most prosperous and Westernised regions. And, thanks to an American military shield, it got a 12-year head start on the post-Saddam era. Kurdistan's leaders ought to be setting a good example for the rest of Iraq in...

IRAQ - A Kurdish Scandal Hiding A Bigger Shi'ite Problem.
February 6, 2006... The most powerful man in Kurdistan is its President, Mas'oud Barzani, whose clan controls the co-ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). The co-leader of Kurdistan, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, is less corrupt and has seen his Patriotic...

IRAQ - Towards A Build-Up Of A Shi'ite Problem & Baghdad Govt.
February 6, 2006... All the parties which have won in the Dec. 15 elections - Ahmad Chalabi has failed to win even one seat for himself - are scrambling to decide on who the new prime minister will be for the next four years. Talks went into full gear when...

IRAQ - Adel Abdel-Mahdi.(Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq)
February 6, 2006... A SCIRI a heavyweight challenging Ja'fari, Abdel-Mahdi was born in Baghdad in 1948. He was persecuted for his Maoist views as a young man, then arrested and tortured after the Ba'thists came to power in 1968. He escaped to France, where he...