APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map articles from September 2006

APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map archives from September 2006

IRAQ - Resurgence In The Shi'ite World - Part 9 - Iraq's Ja'fari Militias.
September 4, 2006... One of the most serious problems in Iraq is the spread of Ja'fari Shi'ite militancy behind militia groups backed by rival factions of Iran's Ja'fari theocracy. The most unruly militia is Jaysh al-Mahdi which is loyal to radical mullah Muqtada...

IRAQ - Federalism.
September 4, 2006... Whereas Hakim wants federalism, called for in Iraq's new constitution which was approved on Oct. 15, 2005, by referendum, Sadr is against it and has backed those Sunni Arabs who have vowed to amend the charter in 2006. But Sadr has not taken...

IRAQ - The Hojjatiyeh.
September 4, 2006... Many of Muqtada's followers have lately joined the Hojjatiyeh, a movement now spreading from Iran to Iraq and other Ja'fari Shi'ite communities in the Muslim world. The Hojjatiyeh's mentor in Iran and Iraq is none other than Mesbah-Yazdi,...

IRAQ - The Sadrist Confrontations.
September 4, 2006... The Iraqi Army's National Guard on Aug. 28 battled fiercely for hours with members of Jaysh al-Mahdi in the southern city of Diwaniya. At least 81 militiamen and soldiers were killed. The violence, which one Iraqi general said included...

IRAQ - The Tribal Factor.(Brief article)
September 4, 2006... The recent signing of a "pact of honour" by hundreds of Iraq's tribal leaders was seen as a move towards reconciliation by optimists. Yet doubters claim if these leaders were truly interested in ensuring harmony and peace in their country, they...

IRAQ - Govt Change?
September 4, 2006... Reuters on Aug. 28 reported Deputy PM Barham Saleh, part of the leadership in the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) of President Jalal Talabani, as saying Maliki was to reshuffle his cabinet because of frustrations with some ministers'...

IRAQ - Baker In Baghdad.
September 4, 2006... Former US Secretary of State James Baker, who heads an independent panel charged with taking a fresh look at US policy in Iraq, on Sept. 1 held talks in Baghdad with Vice-President Tareq al-Hashemi and Deputy PM Salam al-Zowba'ie. Both are...

IRAQ - Bush Popularity Falls.
September 4, 2006... A series of polls taken over the last few weeks of August show that support for the war in Iraq among Americans is at an all-time low. Almost two-thirds of Americans in each of three major polls say they oppose the war, the highest totals since...