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ISW News Roundup - January 23, 2009
Jan 23, 2009 - Anonymous
Iraq Security
LA Times - U.S. envoy to Iraq warns against abrupt troop withdrawal, by Tina Susman
Associated Press - Officials: gunmen kill Sunni family of 8 in Iraq, by Kim Gamel
Reuters - Gunmen in Iraq kill family
New York Times - Departing U.S. Ambassador Warns Against Quick Withdrawal From Iraq, by Timothy Williams
Washington Post - Departing U.S. Envoy in Iraq Sees Risks Ahead, by Anthony Shadid
Washington Post - U.S. ambassador sees no sudden pullout from Iraq, by Aseel Kami and Michael Christie
Associated Press - Gates says Iraq meeting was start of process
Reuters - Gates says U.S. mulling 16-month Iraq drawdown goal
Defenselink Mil - Obama Directs Military to Plan "Responsible" Iraq Drawdown, by Donna Miles
Associated Press - Estonia to end military mission in Iraq
Defenselink Mil - U.S. Military Signs Over Camp Ramadi to Iraqis, by Army Sgt. Amanda Gauthier
Iraq Politics and Reconstruction
Associated Press - Iraq force to cut spending as oil price falls, by Robert H. Reid
Christian Science Monitor - Iraqi voters show preference for can-do over creed, by Jane Arraf
Reuters - Iraq vote must be credible, not perfect - US envoy, by Michael Christie
Afghanistan and Pakistan
LA Times - Disputes cloud Afghan 'public guards' plan, by Laura King
BBC - Taleban patients 'upset troops', by Caroline Wyatt
Defenselink Mil - Afghans Benefit From Poppy-free Panjshir Province, by Air Force Maj. Kimberly Garbett
Defenselink Mil - National Guard Farmers Plant Long-Term Afghan Stability, by Jim Garamone
Wall Street Journal - Pakistan Raid Captures Seven Near Afghanistan, by Zahid Hussein
Long War Journal - Taliban rule Pakistan's 'valley of death', by Bill Roggio
Region
Israel
LA Times - A battle over what happened in Gaza, by Jeffrey Fleischman
Christian Science Monitor - Gaza fight: Who controls reconstruction aid? by Joshua Mitnick
New York Times - Hamas to Start Paying Gaza Residents Compensation and Reconstruction Aid, by Isabel Kershner
New York Times - Palestinian Rival Says It Is Attacked by Hamas, by Sabrina Tavernise
Al Qaeda
New York Times - Freed by U.S., Saudi becomes al-Qaeda Chief, by Robert F. Worth
U.S. Envoys
Reuters - Obama names Mitchell as Mideast envoy, by Caren Bohan
Washington Times - Mitchell, Holbrooke assigned to global hot spots, by Nicholas Kralev
Washington Post - As Obama Visits State Dept., Clinton Announces Two Special Envoys, by Karen DeYoung and Glenn Kessler
Wall Street Journal - Obama Appoints Envoys to Address Foreign Conflicts, by Jay Solomon