APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map articles from May 2006

APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map archives from May 2006

IRAQ - Resurgence In The Shi'ite World - Part 8 - Sectarian War Again.
May 1, 2006... With the April 21 selection of Islamist leader Jawad al-Maliki as PM-designate, Iraqi politicians face the task of putting together a national unity government in a country where both state and society are frayed by months of sectarian...

IRAQ - Maliki's Profile.
May 1, 2006... The real first name of Jawad al-Maliki, 55, is Nuri Kamal. He is decisive and direct and known for speaking his mind, but has little experience in governing. He appeared stiff and nervous before TV cameras as he spoke for the first time after...

IRAQ - Echoes Of Bosnia.
May 1, 2006... The New York Times on April 17 quoted Lt Col. Patrick Donahoe as saying from his Humvee that he could almost see Bosnia through Jurf as-Sakhr. It is not there yet, he said, but the communal hatred he had witnessed in his area of Iraq, the...

IRAQ - Sunni Area Closed Off.
May 1, 2006... US and Iraqi troops on April 17 sealed off A'thamiya, one of Baghdad's most prominent Sunni Arab districts after overnight gun battles raged through the streets there, leaving homes and storefronts riddled with bullet holes and at least one...

IRAQ - The Role Of Cartoonists.
May 1, 2006... There is a new corps of fighters in Iraq who show no mercy. Their targets are venal politicians, heavy-handed US soldiers and the dreaded Neo-Salafi suicide bombers. Armed with pen and sketchpad, they are the vanguard of Iraqi political...

IRAQ - No US-Iran Nuke Talks - War Hints.
May 1, 2006... The FT on April 24 quoted Philip Zelikow, counsellor at the US State Department, as rebuffing European calls for Washington to negotiate directly with Tehran over Iran's nuclear programme. He said the US commitment to democratisation of the...

IRAQ - Zarqawi Shows Up.(Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi)
May 1, 2006... Al-Qaeda's leader in Iraq, Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi, derided a year ago by the US as lurking like Adolf Hitler in his last days in his bunker, showed himself on April 25 in action in a video posted on the internet, taunting American troops and...

Iran's 2nd Nuclear Plan.
May 1, 2006... The New York Times on April 25 quoted European and US diplomats as saying Iran had told the IAEA that it would refuse to answer questions about a second, secret uranium enrichment programme whose existence was disclosed in April by President...

New Israeli Satellite To Spying On Iran.
May 1, 2006... Israel on April 25 launched a satellite which, among other things, can spy on Iran's nuclear programme - as Ahmadi-Nejad persisted with his calls for the Jewish state's destruction. And Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz said Iran had...