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APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map archives from November 2008
Resurgence In The Shi'ite World - Part 35 - Iraq's Sectarian Tensions Recur.
November 17, 2008... Sunni-Shi'ite tensions in Iraq are recurring as time is running out for the signing of the proposed Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) governing the US military presence in the country. Nervous negotiators are also examining alternatives to...
Maliki Shifts To Nationalism As Betting On The Sectarian Factor Falls.
November 17, 2008... Maliki heads one of four different factions of the Shi'ite al-Da'wa al-Islamiya movement. But at heart he is more of an Arab nationalist than a sectarian politician. His father served as a minister in Iraq's first Shi'ite-led government when...
The AC Factor & Maliki's Isnad Movement.
November 17, 2008... The Maliki government has begun paying the monthly salaries for more than 50,000 members of the awakening councils (ACs), a mainly Sunni Arab tribal movement established with US funding in 2006 to combat the Neo-Salafi militants. The US...
The Iranian Role - With Ambitions Costing Tehran $25.6 Bn.
November 17, 2008... The Shi'ite theocracy has also added the nationalist element in its mainly sectarian role in Iraq. Because the tribal Shi'ites constitute the majority in Iraq's Ja'faris, the main reason for Maliki's shift for sectarianism, the theocracy is...
Kurds Tell Axis Powers To Mind Their Business.
November 17, 2008... Kurdistan President Ma'soud Barzani, just back from a long visit to the US and deep strategic discussions with the Bush administration and the Democratic camp of President-elect Barack Obama, on Nov. 14 told reporters the Kurdistan Regional...
Key Baghdad Bridge Now Open.(Iraq)('A'imma Bridge)
November 17, 2008... The 'A'imma Bridge (bridge of the imams) in northern Baghdad was on Nov. 11 re-opened in a big ceremony linking the Shi'ite district of Kathemiya and the Sunnis district of 'Athamiya. It was closed in August 2005 as rumours of a Neo-Salafi...