APS Diplomat Strategic Balance in the Middle East articles from January 2009

APS Diplomat Strategic Balance in the Middle East archives from January 2009

The Challenges Of Terrorism - Iraq, Part 41 - US Is Also Using The Taqiyah.
January 5, 2009... At-taqiyah, which in the Muslim world means to deceive or lie and many other things, is being used extensively in Iraq, Iran and elsewhere. Even the US is using its own version of it among the rival forces in Iraq and elsewhere in the Greater...

Iraq's Provincial Elections & Moves Into Secularism.
January 5, 2009... The first test, however, will be Iraq's provincial polls due on Jan. 31. The outcome of this election will help set the course for the future of Iraq. Iraq's Shi'ite PM Nuri al-Maliki is building up his own power base for this election, having...

Neo-Salafi Bomber Kills Many Maliki Allies.
January 5, 2009... Over 25 tribal Arab leaders meeting at the house of senior Sunni tribal Shaikh Muhammad 'Abdullah Saleh al-Qaraghuli to discuss national reconciliation efforts and backing PM Maliki's ICs on Jan. 2 were killed and 42 were wounded as a member of...

The Basra Factor.
January 5, 2009... Ten months after Maliki sent troops to restore calm to the blighted city of Basra in the south, the Jan. 31 election will test whether he can convert his military successes into a lasting political victory. The stakes are high: the winner gains...