APS Diplomat Strategic Balance in the Middle East articles from August 2008

APS Diplomat Strategic Balance in the Middle East archives from August 2008

IRAQ - The Challenges Of Terrorism - Iraq, Part 36 - The Lebanon Factor.
August 18, 2008... There is a dangerous inter-dependence of developments in Lebanon and Iraq. Against those in Iraq who warn that threats of partition emanating from conflicts between Sunni and Shi'ite Arabs and between the latter and the Kurds mean a...

IRAQ - The Lebanese Situation.
August 18, 2008... In Lebanon, the hottest point of conflict is the fate of the country being ruled as a single state in control over such crucial decisions as war or peace or a country in which Hizbullah as a state militarily stronger than that of Beirut and...

The Iranian Challenge To Baghdad.
August 18, 2008... Britain withdrew from the Persian Gulf in 1971, leaving behind a security vacuum which only the regime of Shah Mohammad-Reza Pahlavi could fill. With America's support, Iran under the shah became the policeman of the Persian Gulf. But with the...

Jordanian King In Baghdad.(King Abdullah II)
August 18, 2008... King 'Abdullah-II of Jordan on Aug. 11 made an unannounced visit to Baghdad and held talks with PM Maliki. It was the first visit to Iraq by an Arab head of state since the US toppled Saddam in April 2003. An Iraqi government statement said:...

Zebari On US Presence Beyond 2008.(Hoshyar Zebari)(Brief article)
August 18, 2008... Reuters on Aug. 11 quoted Foreign Minister Zebari as saying the US must provide a "very clear timeline" to withdraw its troops from Iraq as part of an agreement allowing them to stay beyond this year. It was the strongest public assertion yet...