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

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

IRAQ - The Challenges Of Terrorism - Iraq, Part 27 - The Sunnis.
November 5, 2007... The US is betting on Sunni Arab tribes in tackling the challenges of terrorism from the extremist ends of Islam's Sunni and Shi'ite sects in Iraq. Through "awakening councils", these tribes in several Iraqi provinces are mobilising fighters to...

IRAQ - Shi'ite Unease As US Integrates Sunnis Into Govt. Forces.
November 5, 2007... PM Nuri al-Maliki and other Shi'ite leaders in the Baghdad government are feeling uneasy about the way the US is training Sunnis to become police officers. The US military has pressed to open the new Habbaniya Police Training Centre, where...

IRAQ - The Neo-Salafi Challenge.(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... A Neo-Salafi suicide bomber on a bicycle on Oct. 29 killed 30 police officers in Ba'quba, capital of Diyala, as they prepared for their morning training routine. The blast wounded 20 others, including 7 policemen who were severely injured and a...

IRAQ - Petraeus On Qaeda.(Interview)
November 5, 2007... In an interview with Gulf News published on Oct. 28, the top US commander in Iraq, Lt Gen David Petraeus said: "The level of [violence] incidents in Iraq now is considerably less than in 2006, and a slight bit less than in 2005. This is a...

IRAQ - Karbala' Under Iraqi Command.(Iyad Allawi Using United State's Lobbyist, Robert Blackwill To Gain Power)(The Kurdish-Turkey Front about Kurdistan Workers' Party)
November 5, 2007... The US military on Oct. 29 handed over security control for Karbala' province, home to one of the holiest cities in Shi'ism, to the local authorities. It was the eighth of Iraq's 18 provinces to be transferred to Iraqi control. The top US...

IRAQ - A Missed Moment.
November 5, 2007... In an article published on Oct. 28 by The Washington Post, Henri J. Barkey, who chairs the International Relations Department of Lehigh University and was a member of the State Department's policy planning staff from 1998 to 2000, wrote: "The...

IRAQ - People Make Mistakes When They Think They Can Afford Them.(Iraq War)
November 5, 2007... This is what APS Group President Pierre Shammas says in commenting on most developments in the Middle East. In an equally interesting article published on Oct. 28 by Gulf News, James J. Zogby, president of the Arab American Institute in...