APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map articles from September 2004

APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map archives from September 2004

IRAQ - Resurgence In The Shiite World - Part 8 - The US & Its Allies.
September 6, 2004... The US and its allies in Iraq now are concentrating on three short-term objectives which, if achieved, should determine the length of the American-led multinational presence in this country: (1) to set the democratic process moving through an...

IRAQ - The Democratic Process.
September 6, 2004... While the world media have been obsessed with the activities of Sadr and his young fighters in Najaf and with the terror acts in the Sunni Triangle, much of the important news about Iraq's progress towards democracy has gone largely unreported....

IRAQ - To End The Insurgencies.
September 6, 2004... Just as Sadr accepted a truce in Najaf - imposed on him by the US forces as they advanced to within 70 metres of the Imam Ali Shrine, and by Grand Ayatollah Sistani - American troops began to concentrate again on Falluja and other parts of the...

IRAQ - The US-Iran Factor.
September 6, 2004... Just as Najaf has moderate religious leaders for Iraq's Shiites like Sistani, Qom is the base of moderates for Iran's Shiites. The latter include Grand Ayatollah Abol-Fazl Lankarani, under whom Sistani once worked. Both insist that the Shiite...