APS Diplomat Fate of the Arabian Peninsula articles from December 2006

APS Diplomat Fate of the Arabian Peninsula archives from December 2006

IRAQ - Pax Americana In Iraq Is Changing - Part 6 - Civil War.
December 4, 2006... The civil war in Iraq is likely to deteriorate significantly over the next few months regardless of which combination of options the Bush administration chooses to exercise, according to a report released on Nov. 29 by a leading Washington...

US Sends More Troops Into Baghdad.
December 4, 2006... More US and Iraqi troops are to be deployed in Baghdad in an effort to shore up the weakened prime minister. The FT on Nov. 30 quoted a senior US official as denying that Maliki had snubbed President Bush following a leak to The New York Times...

Saudis Will Intervene If US Pulls Out.(military conditions in Iraq)
December 4, 2006... Using money, weapons or its oil power, Saudi Arabia will intervene to prevent Iranian-backed Shi'ite militias from massacring Iraqi Sunnis once the US begins pulling out of Iraq. A security adviser to the Saudi government, Nawaf Obaid, writing...

Talabani In Tehran.(Jalal Talabani )(Brief article)
December 4, 2006... Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Nov. 28 told visiting Iraqi President Jalal Talabani the first step towards restoring Iraq's security was the "exit of the occupiers". The meeting in Tehran came as President Bush and PM Tony...

Jash al-Madhi Militias Trained With Hizbullah.
December 4, 2006... The New York Times on Nov. 28 reported a senior US intelligence official as asserting that the Iran-sponsored Hizbullah in Lebanon had trained members of Jaysh al-Mahdi. The official said 1,000 to 2,000 fighters from Jaysh al-Mahdi and other...

Insurgency Becomes Self-Sustaining.
December 4, 2006... The Iraq insurgency has become financially self-sustaining, raising tens of millions of dollars a year from oil smuggling, kidnapping, counterfeiting, corrupt charities and other crimes, The New York Times reported in Nov. 26 editions....

When Will Iraqi Troops Be Ready.
December 4, 2006... After the most lethal string of attacks on Shi'ites since 2003, PM Maliki on Nov. 26 blasted politicians for divisions that encourage carnage and called for unity in the face of deepening civil war. "The ones who can stop further deterioration...