APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map articles from January 2005

APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map archives from January 2005

IRAQ - Resurgence In The Shiite World - Part 8 - The Turkish & Kurdish Factors.
January 10, 2005... As the most successful democracy in the Muslim world, Turkey should be a very positive factor to the US-proposed democratisation of Iraq. However, Ankara has warned that the Kurdish factor in Iraq could produce negative effects on Turkey and...

IRAQ - Mutual Turkmen-Kurdish Suspicions.
January 10, 2005... Although they have never trusted each other, the Turkmen and Kurdish communities have one suspicion in common: that they might eventually be abandoned or double-crossed by the US. But this suspicion is dwarfed by what each of the two ethnic...

IRAQ - Ankara's Main Worry.(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... What worries Turkey most now is a civil war in Iraq, not only between the Sunni and Shiite Arabs but also between the Kurds and Turkmen in Kirkuk. And what is most frustrating the Erdogan government, as in the case of all regimes surrounding...

IRAQ - Elections By Jan. 30 Or Months Later.
January 10, 2005... Neither Turkey nor any of the other neighbouring states is certain whether or not parliamentary elections in Iraq on Jan. 30 would make a difference. Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi on Dec. 5 said only the UN Security Council had the power...

IRAQ - Can The US Cope With The Situation?
January 10, 2005... In addition to a new estimate by the chief of Iraq's intelligence that the insurgents outnumbered the US-led coalition forces, came a Reuters report on Jan. 6 quoting the US army reserve's chief, Lt. Gen. James Helmly, as saying the reserve,...