ISW News Roundup - January 24, 2009
Jan 24, 2009 - AnonymousIraq
Washington Post - At Least 5 Dead, Others Wounded in Blast in Western Iraq, by Aziz Alwan
Washington Post - At Least 5 Dead, Others Wounded in Blast in Western Iraq, by Aziz Alwan
LA Times - U.S. envoy to Iraq warns against abrupt troop withdrawal, by Tina Susman
Associated Press - Officials: gunmen kill Sunni family of 8 in Iraq, by Kim Gamel
Reuters - Gunmen in Iraq kill family
This week, ISW has webcast a briefing by Research Manager Marisa Cochrane.
Marisa Cochrane briefs on Iraq Report 12: The Fragmentation of the Sadrist Movement.
New York Times - On Palestinian Question, Tough Choices for Obama, by Steven Erlanger
Wall Street Journal - Israel Completes Gaza Pullout and Aid Trickles In, by Charles Levinson and Joshua Mitnick
Wall Street Journal - Last Israeli Troops Leave Gaza, from AP
LA Times - U.N. chief tours Gaza Strip, Israel town, by Ashraf Khalil
New York Times - Debating the Blame for Reducing Much of a Village to Rubble, by Sabrina Tavernise
New York Times - Shocked and Grieving Gazans Find Bodies Under the Rubble of Homes, by Sabrina Tavernise and Taghreed El-Khodary
New York Times - Parsing Gains of Gaza War, by Ethan Bronner
Weighing Crimes and Ethics in the Fog of Urban Warfare by Steven Erlanger
Israeli Cabinet Appears Ready to Declare a Gaza Cease-Fire by Ethan Bronner and Mark Landler
New York Times - U.N. Chief Urges Israel to Halt Attack on Gaza, by Michael Slackman and Isabel Kershner
New York Times - Israel Lets Reporters See Devastated Gaza Site and Image of a Confident Military, by Ethan Bronner
Charlie Szrom, of the American Enterprise Institute (www.aei.org), has compiled a documented timeline of the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, key Hamas fatalities list, and regular updates.