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

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

IRAQ - The Challenges Of Terrorism - Part 18 - Iraq In US Politics:.
February 26, 2007... The US Congress on Feb. 19 looked set for a constitutional showdown with President George W. Bush over his handling of the war in Iraq after Democratic lawmakers on Feb. 18 promised to restrict new military deployment to this country. But Bush...

IRAQ - Rice In Baghdad.(Condoleeza Rice )(Brief article)
February 26, 2007... US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice on Feb. 17 made a surprise visit to Baghdad to meet with PM Nuri al-Maliki and other Iraqi officials about the new security plan and how the Shi'ite-led government could take advantage of a lull in violence...

IRAQ - American Politics.
February 26, 2007... The Democratic plan, which critics have described as a "slow bleed" of US forces in Iraq, followed a 246-182 vote in the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives on Feb. 16 disapproving of the president's 21,500 troop "surge". It also...

IRAQ - UK To Begin Withdrawal.(Brief article)
February 26, 2007... In sharp contrast to the US troop buildup in Baghdad, UK PM Blair on Feb. 21 announced that as many as 1,600 of the roughly 7,100 British troops in southern Iraq would begin withdrawing in coming months. British military analysts said the...

IRAQ - Blair told Parliament.(Tony Blair)
February 26, 2007... The "situation in Basra is very different from Baghdad, because there is no Sunni insurgency", little sectarian violence and "no al-Qaeda base" while "an orgy of terrorism" has been unleashed on Baghdad. "If Baghdad cannot be secured, the...

IRAQ - Insurgents' Attacks On US Helicopters.
February 26, 2007... A US military spokeswoman on Feb. 22 said a Black Hawk helicopter was on Feb. 21 brought down by small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades. All nine people on board were evacuated and there were no serious injuries. The Mujahideen Army, a...

IRAQ - Iraq-Afghan Link.
February 26, 2007... Al-Qaeda is providing co-ordination between Sunni insurgents in Iraq and in Afghanistan and is passing on latest achievements in its war against US-led forces. Now the Taliban and allied insurgents in Afghanistan are trying to target US and...

IRAQ - Iran's Regional Gains.
February 26, 2007... In recent weeks, President Bush and US military officials have increasingly accused Iran of meddling in Iraq's affairs. But from Iran's perspective, given its long-standing interests in Iraq, it is the US which is meddling in its backyard. ...