ISW News Roundup - April 2, 2009
Apr 2, 2009 - AnonymousIraq
Christian Science Monitor - As US pulls back in Iraq, lost urban footholds, by Tom A. Peter
Associated Press - Vote on new US envoy to Iraq delayed, by Matthew Lee and Desmond Butler
Christian Science Monitor - As US pulls back in Iraq, lost urban footholds, by Tom A. Peter
Associated Press - Vote on new US envoy to Iraq delayed, by Matthew Lee and Desmond Butler
Associated Press - Analysis: Weekend uprising shows Iraqi tensions, by Robert H. Reid
Associated Press - Iraq: Many Baghdad mutineers escaped with weapons, by Hamid Ahmed
Wall Street Journal - Iraq Hopes Grow on Split in Sadr Body, Amnesties, by Gina Chon
Associated Press - New Iraq mission requires diplomacy, patience, by Hamza Hendawi
Associated Press - US soldier guilty in killing of 4 Iraqis in 2007, by George Frey
Reuters - Feud delays Iraq committee Kirkuk recommendations, by Mustafa Mahmoud
Reuters - Iraqi forces make arrests after clash with guards, by Waleed Ibrahim
Washington Post - Baghdad Arrest Sets Off Clashes, by Sudarsan Raghavan
Associated Press - US-backed Iraqi troops quell Baghdad uprising, by Robert H. Reid
Reuters - Clashes between Iraq forces and Sunni guards kill three, by Waleed Ibrahim
Associated Press - Without pay, Iraqi Sunni fighters threaten to quit, by Robert H. Reid
LA Times - Kurd sees 'very bad signals' from Baghdad, by Ned Parker
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Christian Science Monitor - US general: American forces may not leave key Iraqi cities, by Jane Arraf
Department of Defense - Growing Iraqi Navy Crucial for Economic, National Security, by Tim Kilbride
Associated Press - Sunni Arab cleric killed in Iraq's Diyala province, by Hamid Ahmed
Associated Press - Iraqi officials: Car bomb kills 20 in Baghdad, by Kim Gamel
Associated Press - Major attacks in Iraq since Jan. 1