APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map articles from June 2006

APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map archives from June 2006

IRAQ - Resurgence In The Shi'ite World - Part 8 - Beyond Zarqawi.
June 19, 2006... The price of WTI light/sweet crude oil on NYMEX on June 9 fell below $70/barrel on hopes of a reduction in violence in Iraq, after Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi, the most notorious Neo-Salafi terrorist leader, was tracked down and killed near Ba'quba...

IRAQ - Zarqawi's Global Plan.
June 19, 2006... The NYT on June 11 reported "intelligence experts" in Amman and the West as saying that, at the time of his death, Zarqawi was still trying to transform his Qaeda from one focused on the Iraqi insurgency into a global operation capable of...

IRAQ - Zarqawi's Successor.
June 19, 2006... A website used by Iraq's al-Qaeda on June 12 claimed the group had appointed a successor to Zarqawi: Abu Hamza al-Muhajir. The US military on June 15 said they believed this was an Egyptian whose real name was Abu Ayyub al-Masri, who attended...

IRAQ - Zarqawi Wanted US-Iran War.
June 19, 2006... The text of a document found in Zarqawi's hideout was given in English to the international media on June 15 by National Security Adviser Rubai'e, who said the end of al-Qaeda in Iraq was getting close. The following is the text released (with...