APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map articles from July 2007

APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map archives from July 2007

IRAQ - Resurgence In The Shi'ite World - Part 19 - Iraq & Tackling Neo-Salafis.
July 23, 2007... In tackling the threat of the Neo-Salafi groups, the most extreme and violent strain in Sunni Islam, the US forces in Iraq are engaged in three types of confrontation: (1) US troops directly fighting these groups in Baghdad, the provinces of...

IRAQ - Neo-Salafi State Is A 'Sham'.
July 23, 2007... Spokesman Brig. Gen. Kevin Bergner on July 18 told a press conference US troops had caught the top Iraqi man in al-Qaeda's Iraq network, Khaled al-Mashhadani, also known as "Abu Shahid", on July 4 and that the man previously believed to have...

IRAQ - US Offensive On 'Death Triangle'.
July 23, 2007... Around 9,000 US forces on July 16 launched a fresh operation targeting al-Qaeda militants in farmland south of Baghdad known as the "triangle of death". The operation, Marne Avalanche, is to stem the flow of weapons and militants into the...

IRAQ - Bin Laden Praises Martyrdom.(Website overview)
July 23, 2007... A Qaeda videotape posted on a Neo-Salafi Website on July 15 featured a short, undated clip of a weary-looking bin Laden praising martyrdom. The clip, which lasted less than a minute, was part of a 40-minute video featuring purported Qaeda...

IRAQ - US & Iran Set For Talks.
July 23, 2007... US and Iranian officials on July 17 said they were considering a second round of talks in Baghdad on security problems in Iraq. Officials in Washington said the purpose would be to instruct the Iranians to "change their behaviour", suggesting...

IRAQ - Sadrists & Sunnis Return To Parliament.
July 23, 2007... In Baghdad, meanwhile, 30 Sadrist MPs on July 17 said they were ready to end their five-week boycott of parliament. IRGC-backed Sadr now is in hiding again as US forces are moving against his rogue Jaysh al-Mahdi (JaM) militia. A spokesmen for...

IRAQ - Tehran Airs Expose Of 'US Plans' To Subvert Iran.
July 23, 2007... Iranian state TV on July 18 aired a documentary billed as an expose of US efforts to undermine the Shi'ite theocracy. It featured interviews with Haleh Esfandiari and Kian Tajbakhsh, two Iranian-Americans jailed on espionage charges since May....

IRAQ - The Sadrist Challenge.(shia islamist religious political party )
July 23, 2007... The Sadrist movement has re-emerged with a shrewd two-tiered strategy which reaches out to Iraqis on the street and distances it from the increasingly unpopular government. Sadr and his political allies have largely disengaged from government,...

IRAQ - US Commanders & Envoy Seek More Time.
July 23, 2007... The top US commanders in Iraq and the American Ambassador to Baghdad Ryan C. Crocker on July 19 used video links with Washington to appeal for more time for Iraq, both to allow for success on the ground and to more fully assess if the new...