APS Diplomat Fate of the Arabian Peninsula articles from July 2007

APS Diplomat Fate of the Arabian Peninsula archives from July 2007

Pax Americana In Iraq Is Changing - Part 13 - Bush Under Pressure.(George W. Bush)
July 16, 2007... President George W. Bush on July 10 appealed to Congress to give the US military more time to help stabilise Iraq before judging the success of this year's American troop build-up. He made the comments as congressional Democrats launched a...

Position In The US Senate.
July 16, 2007... Despite a growing number of Republicans openly opposing the White House on the Iraq war, the Senate is not yet at the critical mass of votes needed to force a change in strategy. But discontent in GOP ranks is producing the most wide-open...

Neo-Cons Intervene.(Iraq war)
July 16, 2007... Neo-cons and other US hawks want to rally sceptical Republicans behind support for Bush's strategy. They say the surge has not been given time to work and abandoning it would amount to snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. The defection of...

3rd Carrier Group Joins US Naval Build-Up Facing Iran.
July 16, 2007... The US Navy on July 10 said it had sent a third aircraft carrier - Enterprise - and its battle group to its 5th Fleet area of operations, which includes waters close to Iran, whose dispute with the West over its nuclear ambitions has stoked...

IAEA Tests Tehran.
July 16, 2007... Talks about Iran's nuclear programme continue. The No. 2 official at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Olli Heinonen, arrived in Tehran on July 11 to test Iran's promise to answer questions about its nuclear agenda under the threat...

Iran's & Hizbullah Roles In Iraqi Violence.(Brief article)
July 16, 2007... US hawks want the Bush administration to hit Iran also for its involvement in Iraq's violence. The US has found evidence of involvement in Iraq by the Quds Force of Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Iran's Shi'ite...

The War With Neo-Salafis.
July 16, 2007... The enemy No. 1 in the US war on terror is al-Qaeda and its Neo-Salafi network, which is the most extreme and most violent strain of Sunni Islam. Now the US war in Iraq is focusing on Diyala Province north of Baghdad, where the Neo-Salafi...

At Stake In The Iraq War - Survival Of A Way Of Life.(Reprint)
July 16, 2007... The following is an article by British historian Andrew Roberts, author of "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Since 1900", published on July 12: "The English-speaking peoples of the world need to unite around their common heritage...