APS Diplomat Strategic Balance in the Middle East articles from April 2007

APS Diplomat Strategic Balance in the Middle East archives from April 2007

The Challenges Of Terrorism - Part 20 - Iraq & The US-Iran Nuke Issue.
April 16, 2007... While preparations are under way for an international ministerial conference aimed at stabilising Iraq, to be held at the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Shaikh on May 3-4, the US is preoccupied with the problem of Iran's nuclear ambitions...

Scepticism.(nuclear development in Iran)
April 16, 2007... Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mikhail Kamynin on April 10 said Moscow was unaware of "any recent technological breakthroughs in the Iranian nuclear programme that would change the format of its enrichment effort". French Foreign Ministry...

The Sadr Challenge.
April 16, 2007... Marking the fall of Saddam's Sunni/Ba'thist dictatorship, tens of thousands of anti-US Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr followers on April 9 marched through the streets of Najaf to denounce the continuing US occupation. In a statement given by an...

What If USA Leaves.(troop withdrawal)
April 16, 2007... By invading Iraq without a plan and with no understanding of the consequences, the Bush team has created a bind for itself and for the Middle East. In an article published on April 9 by Gulf News, James J. Zogby wrote: "Significant majorities...

Crisis With Turkey.
April 16, 2007... Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani on April 13 gave Ankara a veiled warning as he said "the hand which interferes in the affairs of Iraq will be cut off, if not today in the future". He urged the Kurdish parliament to come up with...