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ISW News Roundup - December 3, 2008
Dec 3, 2008 - Anonymous
Iraq Security
New York Times - Bombs Kill 21 Iraqis, Including Children, by Katherine Zoepf and Alissa J. Rubin
Associated Press - Bomb strikes minibus in Baghdad, killing 1, by Hamid Ahmed
Reuters - U.S. forces in Iraq detain, kill Iran-backed suspects
Reuters - Bombs kill 14, wound many across Iraq
Long War Journal - Iraqi Army develops the heavy mechanized and armored forces, by DJ Elliott
Associated Press - Gates: Military looks to accelerate Iraq pullout, by Lolita C. Baldor
Associated Press - US military wants more 'Sons of Iraq' as police, by Chelsea J. Carter
Associated Press - Iraqi, Kuwaiti navies to police waterways together
Iraq Politics and Reconstruction
Associated Press - Iraq's president steps up row over PM's councils, by Hamza Hendawi
Wall Street Journal - Iraqi Oil Exports Could Fall Amid Maintenance Problems, by Spencer Schwartz
India and Pakistan
Christian Science Monitor - New template for terror? by Mark Sappenfield
BBC - US seeks urgent action on Mumbai
Long War Journal - India demands Pakistan turn over most wanted, by Bill Roggio
CNN - Analysis: Mumbai fallout could destabilize region, by Reza Sayah
New York Times - U.S. and India See Link to Militants in Pakistan, by Eric Schmitt, Somini Sengupta, and Jane Perlez
Bloomberg - Rice Urges Pakistan to Act With Urgency on Terror, by Viola Gienger and Bibhudatta Pradhan
Washington Times - Mumbai gunmen traveled from Pakistan, by Ramola Talwar Badam
Long War Journal - Pakistani Taliban hit NATO convoys for third consecutive day, by Bill Roggio
Irish Times - Behind the walls of Lashkar's rumored breeding ground
Reuters - Pentagon: Pakistan force near Afghanistan unchanged
Region
Afghanistan
Wall Street Journal - Jones Urges Broad Afghanistan Approach, by Neil King Jr.
Bloomberg - NATO Chief Warns Europe to Brace for Obama's Afghan Troop Call, by Mark Deen and James G. Neuger
World
BBC - Nations sign cluster bomb treaty
Syria-Lebanon
BBC - Damascus hosts Lebanese 'enemy'
Israel
BBC- Settlers riot in Hebron stand-off
New York Times - Airstrike Kills 2 in Gaza, by Isabel Kershner
U.S. Government and Dept. of Defense
New York Times - Gates Vows Active Role in Staying On at Pentagon, by Elisabeth Bumiller
Wall Street Journal -Gates Seeks Congress's Help in Closing Guantanamo, by Yocki J. Dreazen
LA Times - Gates on board with Obama's Iraq plan, by Julian E. Barnes
Associated Press - Report calls for shifting foreign focus from Iraq, by Barry Schweid
Wall Street Journal - Chertoff, Shifting Views on Security, Pushes Use of 'Soft Power', by Cam Simpson
Washington Times - Panel warns of risk of an attack by 2013, by David R. Sands