Global News Alert - December 6, 2010
Afghanistan
LWJ- Haqqani Network suicide bomber kills 2 US troops in Afghan east by Bill Roggio
Washington Post- Medevac team saves lives in southern Afghanistan by Brennan Linsley
Reuters- Afghan humanitarian plight a "second thought" - U.N. by Michelle Nichols
WSJ- President Visits Afghanistan by Laura Meckler
Reuters- Robert Gates to discuss Iran with Oman's ruler: official by David Alexander
Pakistan
Guardian- Pakistan police officers to be arrested over death of Benazir Bhutto by Declan Walsh
CBS- Wikileaks Reveals Tensions Between Pakistan, Saudis by Farhan Bokhari
TIME- In Pakistan, Christianity Earns a Death Sentence by Omar Waraich
Daily Times- Pak-Afghan economic ties can tackle terrorism: PM
Iraq
AP- More foreign fighters seen slipping back into Iraq
BusinessWeek- Iraq hunting for foreign terror suspects
LA Times- E-mails from the front lines of the Iraq war by Jeffrey Fleishman
AFP- Iran 'dominant player' in Iraq politics
USA Today- Iraq attack kills elderly Christian couple at home
NY Times- As U.S. Leaves, Iraqis Suffer Economic Toll by Jack Healy
Iran
NY Times- Iran Claims Advance With Uranium From Its Own Mine by William J. Broad
BBC- Baghdad bombs hit Iranian Shia pilgrims
PBS- Using WikiLeaks to Advance the Narrative of War on Iran by Muhammad Sahimi
LA Times- Iran's entrepreneurs do business of a sort in face of sanctions by Borzou Daragahi
World
NY Times- Cash Flow to Terrorists Evades U.S. Efforts by Eric Lichtblau and Eric Schmitt
Reuters- South Korea starts live-fire drills off west coast by Jonathan Thatcher and Jeremy Laurence