APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map articles from October 2005

APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map archives from October 2005

IRAQ - Resurgence In The Shiite World - Part 8 - The Iranian Challenge.
October 24, 2005... Iran is ruled by a Ja'fari Shi'ite theocracy and the country is overwhelmingly non-Arab. Its influence over Iraq's Ja'fari Shi'ites - who are Arab and account for 60% of Iraq's population - has grown so rapidly in recent months that Iraq's...

IRAQ - The UK Angle.
October 24, 2005... Complicating the issue is an alleged British role in bombings in the oil-rich Iranian province of Khuzistan. Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Oct. 20 told state TV the authorities had proof that Britain was involved in a double...

IRAQ - Arab Mediation.
October 24, 2005... Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa last week seemed to have secured the agreement of various Iraqi factions to attend a Cairo conference for dialogue towards an accord among these groups. On Oct. 23, he was in Kurdistan. In an address to...

IRAQ - Bush: First Iraq, Then Saudi & Others.
October 24, 2005... The Financial Times on Oct. 16 reported a top secret Downing Street memo showing that, two months before the March 2003 invasion of Iraq, President Bush told Premier Blair that Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Iran and North Korea may be dealt with over...

IRAQ - Rice Won't Rule Out Long Iraq Stay & Hitting Syria.
October 24, 2005... Ms Rice on Oct. 19 refused to rule out US troops still being in Iraq in 10 years or the possibility that the US could use force against neighbouring Syria and Iran. She deferred to the decisions of President Bush and military commanders as...