APS Diplomat Strategic Balance in the Middle East articles from September 2008

APS Diplomat Strategic Balance in the Middle East archives from September 2008

IRAQ - The Challenges Of Terrorism - Part 37 - Partition Dangers Return.
September 1, 2008... The dangers of Iraq's partition - hence a worsening of the challenges of terrorism in this part of the world - have returned as a result of three new developments: (1) the choice of Senator Joseph Biden, the top US advocate of federalism in...

Obama's Energy Policy.
September 1, 2008... The Obama campaign has issued a six-point national energy plan focused on conservation and boosting domestic production of both conventional and alternative sources of fuel. The Obama camp wants to eliminate the need of the US for crude oil...

Focus On Afghanistan & Pakistan.
September 1, 2008... Both Obama and Biden believe the dangers to US interests in Afghanistan and Pakistan are more serious than the ones in Iraq, while McCain believes Iraq remains central to American's efforts to stabilise the Greater Middle East (GME). But McCain...

Neo-Salafis Fight Back.
September 1, 2008... A Qaeda suicide bomber on Aug. 26 blew himself up in a crowd of Iraqi police recruits in the town of Jalawla in Diyala, killing 28 people and wounding 45. It was the biggest attack for weeks in Iraq, which has been enjoying some of its lowest...

Maliki & Talabani Say US Pull-Out Deadline Agreed.(Nouri al-Maliki and Jalal Talabani)
September 1, 2008... Maliki on Aug. 25 insisted that the Bush administration had agreed to withdraw all US troops from Iraq by end-2011, while the White House denied there was such an agreement. President Talabani, in the US where he underwent a heart surgery, on...

Who's Biden.
September 1, 2008... Stephen Zunes, a professor of politics and chair of Middle Eastern studies at the University of San Francisco, is critical of Obama's running mate, recalling that Biden was "one of the leading congressional supporters of US militarization of...