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ISW News Roundup - January 5, 2008
Jan 5, 2009 - Anonymous
Israel - Hamas Conflict
New York Times - Israel Rebuffs Peace Efforts, Driving Deeper Into Gaza, by Taghreed El-Khodary and Isabel Kershner
New York Times - Israel Strikes Before an Ally Departs, by Scott Shane
New York Times - Hezbollah Answers Israel Only With Speeches, by Robert F. Worth
Wall Street Journal - Israeli Troops Hold Positions in Gaza, by Charles Levinson
LA Times - Israeli tanks, troops cut off Gaza City, by Ashraf Khalil and Rushdi abu Alouf
Christian Science Monitor - France's tireless Sarkozy strides into Middle East, by Robert Marquand
Christian Science Monitor - How Israel, Hamas define victory in Gaza, by Joshua Mitnick
BBC - Israel vows no let-up over Gaza
Associated Press - Diplomats converge on Israel in push for truce, by Ibrahim Barzak and Amy Teibel
Washington Post - Residents Doubt That Rocket F ire Can Be Stopped, by Griff Witte
Washington Post - For Trapped Gazans, Few Options for Safety, by Craig Whitlock and Reyham Abdel Kareem
Jerusalem Post - IDF wary of Hizbullah attacks on northern border, by Yaakov Katz
New York Times - Is the Real Target Hamas Rule? by Ethan Bronner
Iraq Security
New York Times - American Troops Wound Woman in Baghdad, by Campbell Robertson
New York Times - Bomber at Iraqi Shrine Kills 40, Including 16 Iranian Pilgrims, by Sam Dagher and Mudhafer Al-Husaini
LA Times - Suicide bomber kills 38 at Iraq checkpoint, by Kimi Yoshino
Washington Post - Bomber Kills 40 at Shiite Shrine in Baghdad, by Anthony Shadid
Washington Times - Iraqi TV producer shot at checkpoint, by Sinan Salaheddin
Long War Journal - Baghdad area rocket by second large suicide attack in three days, by Bill Roggio
Reuters - U.S. military takes first step to quit Iraqi cities, by Tim Cocks
Long War Journal - Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle Update: January 2009, by DJ Elliott
Iraq Politics and Reconstruction
LA Times - Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki visits Iran, by Kim Yoshino
Associated Press - TV: Iran-Iraq to increase economic cooperation
Reuters - "Treacherous" U.S. breaks pacts, Iran tells Iraq
BBC - New US embassy opens in Baghdad
Reuters - U.S. opens new Iraq embassy in symbolic move, by Missy Ryan and Peter Graff
Associated Press- Government gets control of Sons of Iraq in Diyala, by Jim Heintz
Reuters- Iraq takes over guard program in restive Diyala
Washington Post - Bring Rifles and Books: College on a U.S. Base in Baghdad, by Ernesto Londono and Susan Kinzie
Afghanistan and Pakistan
New York Times - A Foreign Face Beloved by Afghans and All Stripes, by John F. Burns
Defenselink Mil - U.S. Seeks More Supply Routes for Afghanistan, by Gerry J. Gilmore
Times Online UK - Taleban spokesman Ustad Mohammed Yasir recaptured, by Zahid Hussain
New York Times - 7 Killed in Pakistan in Attack on Police, from AP
Wall Street Journal - India Gives Pakistan Evidence on Mumbai Attacks, from AP
Wall Street Journal - Pakistan and U.S. Rebuild Strained Military Ties, by Yochi J. Dreazen
LA Times - Pakistan arrests senior Taliban aide, by Laura King
Long War Journal - Ten killed in suicide bombing in northwestern Pakistan, by Bill Roggio
Region
Turkey
Christian Science Monitor - Religious Kurds become key vote in Turkey, by Yigal Schleifer
Iran
New York Times - Ahead of Election, Iran's Hard-Liners Crack Down, by Nazila Fathi