APS Diplomat Fate of the Arabian Peninsula articles from January 2007

APS Diplomat Fate of the Arabian Peninsula archives from January 2007

Pax Americana In Iraq Is Changing - Part 7 - New Bush Strategy.
January 15, 2007... President George W. Bush on Jan. 10 unveiled a new way forward and what many see as his last chance to salvage the deteriorating situation in Iraq with the pledge of 21,500 new US troops and an admission the current strategy was failing. "Where...

Gates Denies US Forces Will Enter Iran.(Robert Gates )
January 15, 2007... US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Jan. 12 dismissed concerns that the Pentagon would send US troops across the Iraqi border into Iran to disrupt networks allegedly supplying weapons to Shi'ite militias in Iraq. President Bush on Jan. 10...

Rice's ME Tour.(Condoleezza Rice's Middle East visit)
January 15, 2007... Facing a barrage of opposition at home over the new Iraq policy, US Secretary of state Rice on Jan. 13 took the White House's case to the Middle East to try to drum up regional support. But there too she is likely to find plenty of scepticism...

Doubts On Bush Jobs Plan.
January 15, 2007... A new effort to revitalise some of the world's most outdated and decrepit factories for making vegetable oil, fertiliser, road signs and sulphuric acid was expected to be at the centre of President Bush's new plan for Iraq. But even before the...

Civilian Workers Could Face Court Martial.
January 15, 2007... Private military contractors in Iraq face the possibility of court martial following a move by the US Congress to strip them of immunity from military prosecution. Congress recently passed legislation bringing defence contractors under the...