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Global News Alert - August 4, 2010
Aug 4, 2010 - Anonymous
Afghanistan
NY Daily News - President Obama sinks in polls over Afghanistan war policies by Richard Sisk
CBS News - Afghan Checkpoints Key in Battle for Kandahar by Mandy Clark
Associated Press - Afghanistan's ranks of civil servants under siege by Deb Riechmann and Amir Shah
Financial Times - Divide Afghanistan at your peril by Ahmed Rashid
BBC - Petraeus focuses on civilians in Afghan directive
CS Monitor - Afghanistan war: Dutch withdrawal,WikiLeaks don't deter main NATO allies by Robert Marquand
Pakistan
Atlantic Journal-Constitution - Bomber kills paramilitary force chief in Pakistan by Riaz Khan
National Post - Analysis: Karachi attack ‘a trap to destabilize Pakistan’ by Peter Goodspeed
Forbes - With Friends Like Islamabad, Who Needs Enemies? by Ilan Berman
The Guardian - Pakistan's corrosive inequality by Mustafa Qadri
Iraq
CS Monitor - Iraq car bomb, checkpoint attack leaves 25 dead by jane Arraf
AFP - Iraq election victor boosted as Shiite parties bicker by Salam Faraj
Wall Street Journal - Iraq's Blessed Affliction by Omar Fadhil Al-Nidawi and Austin Bay
LA Times - Neighboring countries compete for influence in Iraq by Liz Sly
Associated Press - Iraq releases former top Saddam loyalist by Lara Jakes
Iran
Wall Street Journal - Iran Denies Attack on Ahmadinejad's Convoy by Benoit Faucon
Financial Times - US puts Seoul under pressure on sanctions by Christian Oliver
Washington Post -U.S. names officials, companies in bid to raise pressure on Iran by Glenn Kessler
AFP - Iran stoning lawyer requests asylum in Turkey: UN
Associated Press - Iran says 3 Americans should stand trial by Nasser Karimi