APS Diplomat Fate of the Arabian Peninsula articles from February 2007

APS Diplomat Fate of the Arabian Peninsula archives from February 2007

Pax Americana In Iraq Is Changing - Part 8 - The Kurdistan Test.
February 12, 2007... Kurdistan now is seen as the next front in the ongoing war in Iraq. The new flashpoint is the oil-rich city of Kirkuk which could develop into a front just as additional US troops arrive in Baghdad and Anbar province as reinforcements for...

All Neighbours Fuel The Conflict.(Iraq's neighbors)
February 12, 2007... While the US is focusing public attention on Iran with accusations of its destabilising role in Iraq, analysts in Washington warn that all Iraq's neighbours are becoming more deeply involved in covert activities which fuel the sectarian...

Baghdad Security Problems.
February 12, 2007... After the deadliest single bomb blast since the US invasion in 2003, Shi'ites on Feb. 4 said instead of making Baghdad safer, recent US efforts had opened Shi'ite areas to bombs which had left more than 450 dead. The attack on Feb. 3 was the...

Sistani Decree.
February 12, 2007... On Feb. 3, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's most respected Shi'ite religious figure, broke more than three months of self-imposed silence, issuing a statement urging Shi'ites and Sunnis to set aside their differences. Sistani had been a...

Syria Denies Crackdown On Iraqi Refugees.
February 12, 2007... A Syrian government official on Feb. 5 was reported to dismiss Iraqi accusations that Damascus was taking measures against Iraqi refugees while welcoming Sunni figures wanted by Baghdad. He rejected charges that Damascus was making problems for...