Recently added articles from APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map:
The Sectarian Threat.(Sunni-Shi'ite war in Iraq)
Nov 30, 2009 ... During the darkest days of the Sunni-Shi'ite war which swept Iraq in 2006-07, few terrors equalled the rise of the Shi'ite death squads men in the guise of the Iraqi security forces who killed with impunity. Death squad killings not only inflamed sectarian violence but also undermined the ...
The Election Law & Kirkuk Issues.
Nov 30, 2009 ... The parliament on Nov. 8 cleared a major hurdle by passing a new law to hold the country's second legislative elections. Prolonged wrangling had resulted in a delay of over three weeks beyond the initial deadline. The primary obstacle had been how to deal with the oil-rich province of ...
Resurgence In The Shi'ite World - Part 47 - Iraqi Sunni-Shi'ite Crisis.
Nov 30, 2009 ... A sense of crisis over the election of a new Council of Representatives (parliament) for Iraq now is looming, with MPs accusing one another of violating the constitution for a voting edge. Sunni Arab MP Usama al-Nujaifi from Iraq's north-western province of Nineveh warns: "This is a ...
The Kurdish Position & Background.
Nov 30, 2009 ... There is a personal power-struggle between Kurdistan President Barzani and Iraqi President Talabani, the latter being head of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) while the former heads the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). But both remain partners in the Kurdistan Coalition in Iraq's ...
Resurgence In The Shi'ite World - Part 46 - Iraqi Moderate Ba'th Lures Maleki.
Oct 19, 2009 ... PM Nuri al-Maleki is being lured by moderate former members of the Arab Ba'th Socialist Party which ruled under Saddam's Sunni/Ba'thist dictatorship. These moderates, consisting of Shi'ite and Sunni Arabs, are secular and mostly well educated with many of them efficient technocrats. The ...