ISW News Roundup - March 25, 2009
Mar 25, 2009 - AnonymousIraq
Washington Post - GAO Calls Iraq Pullout A 'Massive,' Costly Effort, by Karen DeYoung
Associated Press - AP Impact: It's fear that keeps Baghdad's peace, by Hamza Hendawi
Washington Post - GAO Calls Iraq Pullout A 'Massive,' Costly Effort, by Karen DeYoung
Associated Press - AP Impact: It's fear that keeps Baghdad's peace, by Hamza Hendawi
New York Times - Sunni Fighters Say Iraq Didn't Keep Job Promises, by Rod Nordland and Alissa J. Rubin
International Herald Tribune - Sunni fighters, key to stability, grow restive, by Rod Nordland and Alissa J. Rubin
Reuters - Iraq has asked U.S. for 140 more Abrams tanks, by TIm Cocks
If you believe the headlines, Afghanistan is "the graveyard of empires," a "quagmire" and a "fiasco," the place where President Barack Obama will meet his "Vietnam."
Associated Press - US pursues charges in 2007 attack in Iraq
Reuters - U.S. says Iraqi prisoners to be freed or charged, by Tim Cocks
Reuters - Iraq's wounds healing but big hurdles remain, by Mohammed Abbas and Tim Cocks
LA Times - Iraqi widow sues former Blackwater employee and company over shooting, by Tony Perry
Associated Press - New video shows British hostage kidnapped in Iraq, by Qassim Abdul-Zahra
Washington Post - Iraq's Kurds Find Prosperity Breeds Distrust, by Sudarsan Raghavan
RFE/RL - Second Year Of Drought Devastates Iraqi Agriculture, by Charles Recknagel
Washington Post - New Alliances In Iraq Cross Sectarian Lines, by Anthony Shadid
Christian Science Monitor - Six years in Iraq: three American stories, by Howard LaFranchi
Voice of America - Protests, Questions Mark 6th Anniversary of Iraq Invasion
Associated Press - Iraqi cleric urges followers to denounce violence
Associated Press - Iraq better but future shaky, by Robert H. Reid
Associated Press - Officials: Bomb kill couple, policeman in Iraq, by Sinan Salaheddin
Washington Times - Suspected Saddam-era mass grave found in Iraq
Associated Press - US military says Iraqi girl killed in US shooting
Reuters - Security developments in Iraq, March 16