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ISW News Roundup - February 14, 2009
Feb 14, 2009 - Anonymous
Pakistan
Reuters - U.S. missile strike kills 25 militants in Pakistan, by Hafiz Wazir
Associated Press - Suspected US missile strike kills 27 in Pakistan, by Stephen Graham
RFE/RL - U.S. Strike In Pakistan Said To Kill 'Mostly Uzbek' Militants
Long War Journal - US Predator strike in South Waziristan kills 25, by Bill Roggio
Reuters - Taliban is in "huge" amounts of Pakistan: Zardari
Reuters - Pakistan may seek custody of surviving Mumbai gunman, by Zeeshan Haider
Afghanistan
Reuters - U.S. envoy meets Afghan president as ties strained, by Jon Hemming
Reuters - Soviet vets, 20 years on, warn Obama of Afghanistan, by Conor Humphries
RFE/RL - Decades After Soviet Exit, Another Superpower Is Tied Down in Afghan Conflict, by Abubakar Siddique
Reuters - West risks repeating Soviet mistakes in Afghanistan, by Abdul Saboor
RFE/RL - Poland Scraps Plan to Expand Afghan Force
Associated Press - Afghan TV stations find censorship line blurry, by Heidi Vogt
Iraq
Washington Post - Suicide Bomber Kills Dozens of Shiite Pilgrims in Iraq, by Saad Sarhan and Ernesto Londono
LA Times - Female suicide bomber kills 35 in Iraq, by Monte Morin
New York Times - New Role for Iraqi Militants: Patrons of the Arts, by Steven Lee Myers
Reuters - Iraqis open arms to romance as violence fades, by Missy Ryan and Aseel Kami
RFE/RL - Iraq's Al-Sadr Ready For Alliances With Al-Maliki
Reuters - FACTBOX - Security developments in Iraq
Region
Iran
Reuters - Blast kills four Iranian police near Pakistan: radio
Israel
Reuters - Israel rules out Gaza truce unless soldier freed, by Joseph Nasr
New York Times - Hamas Sees Cease-Fire Within Days; Israel Demurs, by Ethan Bronner
Kyrgyzstan
RFE/RL - Kyrgyzstan's Multivector Foreign Policy Unravels, by Gregory Gleason
Tajikistan
RFE/RL - Tajikistan 'On The Road To Failure,' Think Tank Concludes
LA Times - Indian extremist group targets Valentine's day, by Mark Magnier and Pavitra Ramaswamy