APS Diplomat Strategic Balance in the Middle East articles from September 2004

APS Diplomat Strategic Balance in the Middle East archives from September 2004

PAKISTAN - The Coming Challenges - Part 9 - The Role Of America.(political scenario)
September 13, 2004... With Washington having turned President Pervez Musharraf's regime into a vital partner in its war on global terrorism, Islamabad is preparing to present a decision for its ruler to retain the post of army chief beyond 2004 as being crucial to...

PAKISTAN - The Nuclear Issue.(role in Iran's nuclear programme )
September 13, 2004... Gen. Musharraf is also counting on his alliance with the Bush administration to counter recurring Western pressures related to Pakistan's past nuclear co-operation with Iran. A new assessment of Iran's nuclear programme by the...

PAKISTAN - The Afghan Factor.(saught help in democratisation process )
September 13, 2004... As Afghans head to the polls next month for the first direct presidential election in their history, the US wants Musharraf's army to keep up the military pressure on the opponents of the Kabul regime - mainly the Taliban, Al-Qaeda and...

PAKISTAN - Musharraf's Promise.(Pervez Musharraf's antiterrorism policy during Afghanistan elections)
September 13, 2004... Gen. Musharraf has promised that Islamabad will not allow Islamic militants to disrupt the Afghan election from Pakistan. But The New York Times (NYT) on Aug. 25 reported Western diplomats in Kabul as saying Pakistan was, in fact, a sanctuary...

Zawahiri Predicts US Defeat.(Ayman Al-Zawahiri's view of military intervention by United States)
September 13, 2004... Al-Qaeda's chief ideologue, Dr. Ayman Al-Zawahiri who is deputy to Bin Laden in the Wahhabi terrorist network's hierarchy, marked the third anniversary of 9/11 with a rare statement in which he predicted the defeat of US forces in Iraq and...

The US & Musharraf Take On The Madrassahs.(educational reform)
September 13, 2004... Islamabad and the US have begun to take on the Wahhabi-inspired madrassahs (Islamic seminaries or schools) in Pakistan. But as Islamabad touts dozens of Al-Qaeda arrests made in recent weeks, 1.5-1.8m boys are attending such seminaries. ...