APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map articles from October 2006

APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map archives from October 2006

Resurgence In The Shi'ite World - Part 10 - Iraq's Neo-Salafi Target.
October 9, 2006... Al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia, a leading Neo-Salafi group in Iraq, is being pushed out of its strongholds in Iraq's predominantly Sunni Arab province of Anbar after fighting with Iraq's fiercely independent tribes in this region. A number of al-Qaeda...

Closing In On Qaeda's New Leader.
October 9, 2006... National Security Adviser Muwaffaq al-Rubai'e on Oct. 1 said the authorities were close to capturing al-Qaeda's new leader as the government faced political fallout from a plot to attack the heavily fortified Green Zone. Rubai'e displayed...

Breeding Jihadis - Near Enemy Vs Far Enemy.
October 9, 2006... The US presence in Iraq is a "cause celebre" for Neo-Salafi jihadis (holy warriors), as a recently declassified US intelligence assessment holds. But that does not mean the Iraqi insurgency is a wholly-owned al-Qaeda unit. Foreign fighters make...

Rice In Baghdad & Kurdistan.(Condoleezza Rice)
October 9, 2006... US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Oct. 5 arrived in Baghdad on a surprise visit and met with PM Maliki and the leaders of most of the ethnic and religious factions in Iraq, delivering a blunt message that the violence must stop. Rice's...

US Shift Tactics Against Insurgents.
October 9, 2006... The US Army and Marines are finishing work on a new counter-insurgency doctrine which draws on hard-learned lessons from Iraq and makes the welfare and protection of the civilian population a bedrock element of military strategy. The doctrine...

Pessimism.(Michael Scheuer)
October 9, 2006... Michael Scheuer, the former head of the CIA's bin Laden desk who resigned in 2004, was on Oct. 3 quoted as presenting a far more sinister scenario for the US projects in Iraq and Afghanistan. He said both were failing. Among other things, he...

Three Tiers Of Neo-Salafi Threat.(Al-Qaeda)(Brief article)
October 9, 2006... The interviewer then asked: "And would that be al-Qaeda as an organization, or ideology?" Scheuer replied: "I think that the problem we have is that we now have three tiers of threat. My own view is that we've put too much stock in the body...

Temporary Security Plan.
October 9, 2006... PM Maliki on Oct. 2 announced a four-point plan aimed at calming the sectarian violence raging in Baghdad which would establish neighbourhood committees to oversee the work of the security forces. He unveiled the initiative after meeting with...