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

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

IRAQ - The Challenges Of Terrorism - Part 23 - China Providing Arms.
July 9, 2007... The US has raised concerns with Beijing about the discovery of Chinese-made weapons in Iraq and Afghanistan. Richard Lawless, departing senior Pentagon official for Asia, on July 6 said Washington had flagged the issue with Beijing. This adds...

IRAQ - Bush Defies US Lawmakers On Iraq.
July 9, 2007... White House Press Secretary Tony Snow on July 9 said President Bush was not contemplating a change of strategy in Iraq, in spite of intensifying bipartisan US pressure on him to start reducing American troop numbers in the country. The defiant...

IRAQ - The Focus On Al-Qaeda.
July 9, 2007... Once one target among many, al-Qaeda was in June designated by US commanders in Iraq as their number one enemy. Offensives such as Arrowhead Ripper, a sweep by 10,000 troops of the Diyala province's valley north of Baghdad, are now aiming to...

IRAQ - US Losing Ground Through Arming Sunni Tribal Allies?
July 9, 2007... In its war against Neo-Salafi groups in Iraq's Sunni Arab Triangle, the US has armed Sunni tribes to fight them. But in the process, the US is losing the argument that all militias in the country should be disarmed to end the violence between...

IRAQ - Baghdad Warns Against Early US Pull-Out.
July 9, 2007... The anti-war sentiment in Washington has accelerated enough for Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari to warn on July 9 that a premature US pull-out would lead to civil war, regional conflagration and a failed state. US Ambassador to Baghdad...