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ISW News Roundup - November 15, 2008
Nov 15, 2008 - Anonymous
Security
Associated Press - Counting the dead gets more complicated in Iraq, by Kim Gamel
Associated Press -US military: Car bomb in northern Iraq kills 10
Reuters - Iraq improving but al Qaeda, Iran still threats: U.S., by Louis Charbonneau
Iraq Updates - Iraqi Who Shot U.S. Troops May Have Been Qaeda: U.S., from Reuters
DefenseLink Mil - Troops Detain 11 Suspected Terrorists in Iraq from American Forces Press Service
Associated Press - Iraqi envoy sees US remaining ally under Obama, by Edith M. Lederer
Times Online UK -British troops will pull out by end of 2009, claims Iraq security official, by Deborah Haynes
Reconstruction
LA Times Blog - IRAQ: Trade fair another post-war first, by Usama Redha
BBC - Iraq's damaged Babylon hopes for revival, by Andrew North
Washington Post - Iraq opens new oil refinery to meet growing demand, from AP
Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA)
New York Times - Cleric Calls for Resistance to U.S. Presence in Iraq, by Campbell Robertson and Suadad Al-Salhy
Wall Street Journal - Agreement Near to Extend U.S. Military Presence in Iraq, by Gina Chon
LA Times - Iraq prime minister backs security pact, by Ned Parker and Saif Hameed
LA Times - Talks yield no new sanctions against Iran's nuclear program, by Borzou Daraghi
Washington Post - Sadr Threatens Attacks on U.S. Troops if Accord Passes, by Mary Beth Sheridan
Agence France Presse - White House endorses text of US-Iraq military pact
Region
Gaza
New York Times - Hamas Fires Rockets Into Israel, by Ethan Bronner
LA Times Blog - GAZA STRIP: Teetering on the brink, by Ashraf Khalil
BBC - Militant killed in Gaza explosion
LA Times - Israel refrains from responding to Gaza rocket fire, from AP
Pakistan
Wall Street Journal - Pakistan to Request Billion Dollar Loan from the IMF, by Matthew Rosenberg
Voice of America - Pakistani Officials Say 12 Killed in US Missile Strike, by Ayaz Gul
LA Times - 32 Pakistanis dead in aerial attacks, from AP
New York Times - 2 Journalists in Pakistan Are Wounded by Gunmen, by Jane Perlez and Pir Zubair Shah
Afghanistan
Defense Link Mil - Coalition Kills Four in Afghanistan Bomb Network, from AFPS
Defense Link Mil - Acid Attack Shows Nature of Taliban, Pentagon Spokesman Says, by Jim Garamone