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ISW News Roundup - February 19, 2009
Feb 19, 2009 - Anonymous
Afghanistan
Associated Press - Surge troops see combat in Afghanistan, by Jason Straziuso
Times Online UK - Britain 'has no plans' to deploy more soldiers to Afghanistan, by Tom Coghlan
BBC - Troops raid Afghan heroin stash
Reuters - Hit foreign link to heroin, Afghans ask allies, by William Maclean
BBC - Drug abuse hampers Afghan police, by Martin Patience
Reuters - Afghan 2008 opium crop was second biggest: U.N. report, by Peter Griffiths
BBC - US faces fresh Afghan obstacles
BBC - Perils of an Afghan bus journey, by Bilal Sarwary
Reuters - Kabul eyes control on aid, security in U.S. review
BBC - Afghanistan hails 'new US ties'
Reuters - Georgia to send troops to Afghanistan
Reuters - NATO allies offer limp response to U.S. Afghan call, by David Brunnstrom and David Morgan
LA Times - More troops may be needed in Afghanistan, U.S. commander says, by Julian E. Barnes
Reuters - Q+A: Supply routes for Western troops in Afghanistan
Washington Post - 'Sustained' Push Seen in Afghanistan
Pakistan
Washington Post - Pakistani Accord Appears Stalled, by Pamela Constable, Karen DeYoung, and Haq Nawaz Khan
Times Online UK - Google Earth reveals secret history of US base in Pakistan, by Jeremy Page
Reuters - Pakistani Islamists ask Taliban for peace in Swat, by Kamran Haider
Long War Journal - Analysis: Pakistan peace agreement cedes ground to the Taliban, by Bill Roggio
BBC - Anger at Swat journalist killing, by Syed Shoaib Hasan
Associated Press - Cleric, Taliban leader discuss peace in Pakistan, by Sherin Zada
Long War Journal - Sufi Mohammed 'hates democracy' and calls for global Islamic rule, by Bill Roggio
RFE/RL - Witnesses Say Armed Group Killed Pakistani Journalist
Iraq
United Press Int'l - Iraq hiring U.S. to rebuild port, by Ben Lando
RFE/RL - Iraqi Kurd Premier Warns of Violence Between Kurds, Arabs
Washington Post - 7 Shiite Pilgrims Die In Crash in S. Iraq, by Ernesto Londono and Zaid Sabah
Reuters - Bush's "icy smile" enraged Iraq shoe-thrower, by Khalid al-Ansary
Associated Press - Soldier confessed killing Iraqi to investigators, by George Frey
Associated Press - Iraqi says he threw shoes at Bush to restore pride, by Sinan Salaheddin
BBC - Tutu urges Obama apology on Iraq
New York Times - New Lessons for the Army on Iraq Duty, by Thom Shanker
RFE/RL - Iraq's Electricity Production Surpasses Prewar Level
RFE/RL - Iraqis Discuss Standards For Mosque Sermons
Region
Israel
Associated Press - John Kerry visits Gaza Strip
BBC - Israeli jets strike Gaza tunnels
Reuters - Netanyahu wins backing in Israeli PM contest, by Jeffrey Heller and Ori Lewis
Syria
BBC - Syria urges better ties with US
Al Qaeda in North Africa
Reuters - North Africa Qaeda posts photos of Western hostages
Christian Science Monitor - In N. Africa, Al Qaeda offshoot claims six Western hostages, by Jonathan Adams
Egypt
New York Times - Egyptian Political Dissident, Imprisoned for Years, Is Suddenly Released, by Michael Slackman
Kyrgyzstan
Associated Press - Kyrgyz parliament approves US base closure, by Leila Saralayeva
Reuters - Kyrgyzstan shuts U.S. air base, NATO Afghan help sought, by Maria Golovnina
Detainees
Washington Times - Rehabilitation never tried at Gitmo, by Rowan Scarborough
Washington Times - Freed Gitmo detainee claims torture, by Ayesha Nasir
Arab Press
Washington Times - Headlines from the Arab press
Bin Laden
Reuters - Two professors theorize on bin Laden hideout, by Steve Holland