APS Diplomat Strategic Balance in the Middle East articles from August 2005

APS Diplomat Strategic Balance in the Middle East archives from August 2005

IRAN & The US Challenge: The Challenges Of Terrorism - Part 4B.
August 22, 2005... That Iran - with help from Syria and Lebanon's Hizbollah - has made it possible for Iraq to emerge as the epicentre of Islamic terrorism is a speculation disturbing Washington. Henry Kissinger, an architect of the US war in Vietnam more than 30...

IRAN - Katyushas & Qaeda Targetting US Assets.
August 22, 2005... There is, however, speculation that, despite US inventions and counter-measures, the American presence in Iraq has helped turn that country into a primary base for Salafi terrorism. There is also speculation that Iran and/or Hizbollah may have...

IRAN - Ahmadi-Nejad's World Agenda.(Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad)
August 22, 2005... An article by exiled Iranian journalist Amir Taheri and published on Aug. 20 provides an interesting caricature of the June-elected Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad. The following are excepts relevant to Ahmadi-Nejad's global agenda: "For...

IRAN - Russia Urges Exit.
August 22, 2005... Russian President Vladimir Putin on Aug. 18 said it was vital to draw up a timetable for withdrawal of foreign troops from Iraq to encourage insurgents to take part in creating their state. It is not yet clear whether this reflects a new turn...

IRAN - Will The US Hit Iran? - What Can Be Gained.
August 22, 2005... On Israeli TV on Aug. 13, President Bush said "all options are on the table" if Tehran did not comply with UN-EU demands. In private, his officials deride EU and UN diplomacy with Iran. The Guardian of Aug. 15 said: "US officials have been...

Another View On The Iran Crisis.
August 22, 2005... In an article published on Aug. 15, conservative US politician and commentator Patrick J. Buchanan wrote: "Are the Iranian mullahs close to acquiring the bomb? Has Iran violated the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) by restarting its conversion of...

Back To What Iran Can Do Anyway.
August 22, 2005... According to Time magazine of Aug. 14, the US military's new nemesis in Iraq is named Abu Mustafa al-Sheibani, and he is not a Baathist or a member of al-Qaeda. He is working for Iran. Citing a US military-intelligence document, Time said...

The Iraqi Jungle.
August 22, 2005... In more than two years of an excruciating war against the US-led occupation, the Sunni Arab combination of Salafi and Baathist insurgents and Shiite Arab militia groups in the south have reduced Iraq to an ungovernable jungle of violence,...