APS Diplomat Fate of the Arabian Peninsula articles from April 2008

APS Diplomat Fate of the Arabian Peninsula archives from April 2008

Pax Americana In Iraq Is Changing - Part 22 - The Shi'ite/Iran Threats.
April 21, 2008... The US now regards the Shi'ite theocracy of Iran as the most serious threat to Pax Americana, not only in Iraq but worldwide, overtaking the Sunni/Neo-Salafi Qaeda as "enemy No. 1" in the American-led war on global terror. US Ambassador to...

Sadr Says US Will Always He His Enemy.(Muqtada al-Sadr )
April 21, 2008... Responding to Gates' remarks, radical Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on April 12 said he will not abandon his opposition to the US occupation of Iraq. Gates said of Sadr: "If he is willing to work within - we want him to work within the...

Basra Army & Police Chiefs Moved Up.
April 21, 2008... Three weeks after the beginning of an offensive in the southern port city, the government on April 16 promoted Basra Army commander Lt Gen Mohan al-Furaiji and police chief Maj Gen 'Abdu-Jalil Khalaf to senior staff positions in Baghdad as a...

Steps To Affect Next US President.
April 21, 2008... President Bush on April 10 said he had told Petraeus "he'll have all the time he needs". That means the general, like the Iraqi government, should feel no pressure to figure a way out of this war - even after 20,000 troops return home, there...

The Regional Intrigues.
April 21, 2008... None of Iraq's six immediate neighbours - Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Turkey - has been happy with the American project in this country. But these states are split into two camps: (1) Iran, leading an axis of anti-US forces in...

The Iran Nuke Issue.
April 21, 2008... From Shanghai to Berlin and New York, where UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has praised Iran's co-operation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) while urging Tehran to comply with the UNSC demands regarding uranium enrichment,...

Sunni Awakening Leader's Ambitions Worry Baghdad.
April 21, 2008... After rising to the leadership of the awakening councils (ACs) movement which has fought al-Qaeda and helped to pacify Sunni parts of Iraq, Shaikh Ahmad Abu Risha wants to move into national politics. A tribal leader in Ramadi, capital of Anbar...