APS Diplomat Fate of the Arabian Peninsula articles from October 2008

APS Diplomat Fate of the Arabian Peninsula archives from October 2008

Pax Americana In Iraq Is Changing - Part 28 - The Greater Middle East.
October 13, 2008... Just as the Greater Middle East (GME) has become a most volatile part of the world since the March 2003 US invasion of Iraq, Pax Americana on the global scale keeps changing. This time the change in the US itself is a development of huge...

The US Deal Is Close.
October 13, 2008... At a joint news conference with visiting US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte in Baghdad, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari on Oct. 7 said the US and Iraq were "very close" to a pact to keep American troops in this country next year but...

Iraqis Unite To Restore Minority Representation Law.
October 13, 2008... About 75 Christians and others gathered at a church in Baghdad on Oct. 6 to demand that parliament re-instate a section of an earlier version of the provincial elections law which ensured political representation for Iraq's minorities. The...

Presidency Approves Election Law.
October 13, 2008... The Presidency Council, consisting of Talabani and vice presidents Tareq al-Hashemi (Sunni Arab) and 'Adel 'Abdul-Mahdi (Shi'ite Arab), on Oct. 7 formally approved the provincial elections law. It asked parliament to reinstate guaranteed seats...

Top Egyptian Team In Baghdad.
October 13, 2008... A delegation headed by Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmad Abul-Ghait and Petroleum Minister Sameh Fahmi visited Baghdad on Oct. 5 and held talks with Iraqi Foreign Minister Zebari and Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani. At a joint news conference...