APS Diplomat Strategic Balance in the Middle East articles from June 2003

APS Diplomat Strategic Balance in the Middle East archives from June 2003

UAE - The Campaign Against Terror - Part 18.
June 9, 2003... The UAE is one of the frontline states in the US led war on terror, but it is one that stays out of the spotlight. Over the past three decades, since the creation of the federation in 1972, the UAE has played a discreet role in geo-political...

UAE - Co-operating With The US.
June 9, 2003... The UAE has been co-operating closely with the US in its campaign against terror. While it has expressed disagreement on the Bush administration's war against Iraq, it was on the other hand not a hindrance to the prosecution of Operation Iraqi...

UAE - Military Linkages.
June 9, 2003... Over the years, the military linkages between the UAE and the US have been gradually accumulating. Private commercial ties, which carried over from the Trucial States to the UAE in 1972, have developed into friendly government-to-government...

UAE - Tackling The Hawala Problem.
June 9, 2003... One of the biggest challenges in the war against terror has been tackling the financial infrastructure of the Al Qaida and numerous other groups on the US blacklist. After 9/11what came to light was that a considerable part of the financial...