APS Diplomat Strategic Balance in the Middle East articles from September 2005

APS Diplomat Strategic Balance in the Middle East archives from September 2005

Iraq & The Challenges For USA - The Challenges Of Terrorism - Part 5A.
September 12, 2005... Fixing Iraq, now the epicentre of Sunni Muslim (mainly Salafi/Baathist} terrorism, is the most challenging foreign policy mission for the US. There are two immediate challenges between now and end-2005: preventing a low-intensity war between...

Talabani Against Hasty US Exit.(Jalal Talabani, American troops need not to withdraw)(Brief Article)
September 12, 2005... Alarmed by increasingly loud calls in the US for American forces to leave Iraq, the country's President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd, on Sept. 9 urged the US not to withdraw hastily. He said US forces should be reduced gradually over the next two...

The Implications Of A Flawed Constitution.(Iraq)
September 12, 2005... Hopes that Iraq's parliament might find the wisdom and patriotism to improve significantly on a flawed constitutional draft it was handed have evaporated. Provisions which could strip away the legal rights of Iraqi women have been left...

The Chicken-And-Egg Game Over Arming Iraqi Forces.
September 12, 2005... Although President Bush keeps saying US troops will not leave Iraq until its forces can fight on their own, America is not rushing to give the Iraqi military heavy weapons. There is an official explanation for that: Such things take time. ...