Global News Alert - August 6, 2010
Afghanistan
CS Monitor - Afghanistan war: Will the new Petraeus rules of engagement make troops safer? by Dan Murphy
CNN - Afghanistan war 'lost cause,' says Pakistan's ex-intelligence chief by CNN wires staff
BBC - Nato urged 'to do more' on Afghan-Pakistan border by Lyse Doucet
AFP - US Senate confirms Mattis as Iraq, Afghan war head
Washington Post - US military deaths in Afghanistan at 1,113
Pakistan
New York Times - Anger at Zardari Grows as Pakistan Battles Floods by Salmar Masood and Kevin Drew
BBC - Al-Qaeda in Pakistan is top threat, says US report
Reuters - Britain and Pakistan smooth over terrorism row
Washington Post - U.S. Army joins rescue, aid efforts in flood-stricken Pakistan by Griff Witte
Business Week - Pakistan’s Rupee Declines This Week After Violence in Karachi by Khalid Dayum
Iraq
Associated Press -Al-Qaida in Iraq offers cash to lure former allies by Hamza Hendawi
Reuters - FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Aug 6
Associated Press - Tariq Aziz: Obama is 'leaving Iraq to the wolves' by Raphel G. Satter
Associated Press - UN calls on Iraq to take steps to end sanctions by Edith M. Lederer
AFP - UN extends mandate of UN mission in Iraq for a year
Iran
Wall Street Journal -Double Down on Iran Sanctions
RFE/RL - Iran Sees Regional Alliance To Counter NATO
Asia Times - Iran gains as Arabs' Obama hopes sink by Jim Lobe
New York Times (blog) - Holocaust-Denying Cartoonist Finds a Home Online by Robert Mackey
Reuters - China says to maintain trade cooperation with Iran