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ISW News Roundup - February 13, 2009
Feb 13, 2009 - Anonymous
Afghanistan
Times Online UK - British to play smaller role as US troops fight 'losing battle', by Tom Baldwin and Tom Coghlan
LA Times - Feinstein comment on U.S. drones likely to embarrass Pakistan, by Greg Miller
Times Online UK - US military loses 222,000 weapons sent to Afghanistan since 2001, by Tom Coghlan
Reuters - U.S. fails to track weapons for Afghan army: report, by David Morgan
RFE/RL - Afghans Investigate Pakistan Link To Kabul Raids
Reuters - U.S. may need a larger Afghan troop increase: experts, by David Morgan
Times Online UK - Britain to send 300 more troops to help 'surge' in Afghanistan, by Sam Coates
Times Online UK - 28 die after bombers and gunmen launch daring attack on Afghan government, by Tom Coghlan
Reuters - NATO has failed to stop Afghan heroin trade: Russia
BBC - US envoy arrives in Afghanistan
Iraq
Washington Times - Troops stay sharp in quieter Iraq, by Richard Tomkins
New York Times - Violence Across Iraq Kills 13, Including a Sunni Politician, by Sam Dagher
Associated Press - Iraqi police: Female suicide bomber kills 40, by Hamid Ahmed
Times Online UK - Suicide bomber kills more than 30 in Iraq
New York Times - Out. Now What?, by Alissa J. Rubin
LA Times - Iraq Cabinet member's exit raises gender, sectarian issues, by Nawal Samarai
Washington Post - Iraqi Interpreters May Wear Masks, by Ernesto Londono
Reuters - Female bomber kills 32 on Iraqi pilgrimage route, by Wisam Mohammed and Sami al-Jumaili
RFE/RL - Turkish Army Reportedly Kills 13 Rebels in North Iraq
Associated Press - Suicide attack kills 8 Shiite pilgrims in Iraq, by Hamid Ahmed
Israel
Washington Times - Gazans see little reason to hope, by Elliott D. Woods
New York Times - Israel Opens the Gaza Border for 25,000 Carnations, Bound for Europe
Associated Press - Palestinians say Israeli airstrike on Gaza kills 1
Reuters - Israel troops kill Palestinian teenager: medics
Times Online UK - Party leaders search for allies to form government after poll leaves rivals without clear path to power, by James Hider
Region
Pakistan
Associated Press - Pakistan arrests India attacks suspect, by Stephen Graham
Reuters - India welcomes Pakistan probe, wants terror camps shut, by Krittivas Mukherjee
Long War Journal - Pakistan concedes Mumbai attack executed from its soil, by Bill Roggio
BBC - US-Pakistan 'partnership' pledge
Kyrgyzstan
Reuters - Kyrgyzstan bargains with U.S., Russia on airbase
RFE/RL - Kyrgyz Politician Says U.S. Forces Might Stay At Manas
Al Qaeda
Reuters - Qaeda figure calls or attacks on new Somali government
Special Operations
American Forces Press Service - Military Adapts to Special Operations Mission, Mullen Says, by Army Staff Sgt. Michael J. Carden