APS Diplomat Strategic Balance in the Middle East articles from June 2006

APS Diplomat Strategic Balance in the Middle East archives from June 2006

The Challenges Of Terrorism - Part 10 - Improvements.
June 5, 2006... The Pentagon's quarterly report on May 30 said it had made progress training Iraqi security forces, on the same day that 1,500 US troops stationed in Kuwait were transferred to Anbar, a province in western Iraq, to boost security there. The...

50% Chance Of War Or Iran-US Deal.
June 5, 2006... The Shi'ite theocracy in Iran remains the main terrorist challenge to the US-led "coalition of the willing", although this grouping of powers keeps changing as Washington proceeds in its global war on terror. The chances of a US-led war against...

US Accepts Talks With Iran.
June 5, 2006... The Bush administration on May 31 bowed to pressure and said it was ready to join EU allies in talks with Iran - on condition that Tehran first suspended its nuclear fuel programme. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice revealed the policy change...

Bush & Blair Meet Iranian opposition.(George W. Bush, Tony Blair )
June 5, 2006... US President George W. Bush and UK Prime Minister Tony Blair on May 30 got background briefings from Iranian opposition activists, including one visitor to the White House, Amir Taheri, who caused a storm earlier in May by reporting that Iran...

The Neo-Salafi Challenge.
June 5, 2006... Experts like Taheri tend to believe the Shi'ite Islamist militancy and the terrorist groups it generates constitute the greatest challenge to Washington's global war on terror. But experts who believe the Shi'ite theocracy of Iran is more...