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ISW News Roundup - March 15, 2009
Mar 15, 2009 - Anonymous
Iraq
Reuters - Bureaucracy, clashing rules hinder Iraq investment, by Khalid al-Ansary
Associated Press - Iraq's al-Maliki: US will stay in insecure areas, by Qassim Abdul-Zahra
New York Times - In Hard-Bitten Baghdad, Tough Tactics on Strays, by Sam Dagher
Associated Press - Iraqi security leader wants 'war of intelligence', by Sinan Salaheddin
New York Times - Iraqi President Sets Off Talk on Role of Iraqi Kurds, by Alissa J. Rubin
Reuters - No second term for Iraqi president
LA Times - Baghdad clothier is waiting for Iraqis to live large again, by Tina Susman and Caesar Ahmed
Afghanistan
Reuters - Bomb kills four NATO soldiers in Afghanistan
International Herald Tribune - 10 soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Associated Press - Bomb targets mayor of key Afghan city, by Noor Khan
Washington Post - Troops Face New Tests in Afghanistan, by Rajiv Chandrasekaran
RFE/RL - Taliban Militants In Pakistan Torch Afghan Supplies
Times Online UK - Quiet crawl to peace on the Afghan shuttle, by Christina Lamb
Pakistan
Reuters - Pakistan defuses crisis, agreeing to restore judge, by Kamran Haider
Christian Science Monitor - Pakistan protests: Pitch rises, by Ben Arnoldy
Washington Post - As Pakistan Roils, Protesters Set to March on Capital, by Pamela Constable
Long War Journal - Taliban attacks NATO trucking terminal in Peshawar, by Bill Roggio
Long War Journal - Pakistan proposes integration of Taliban into security forces, by Bill Roggio
Associated Press - Officials: Missile attack kills 5 in Pakistan, by Ishtiaq Mahsud
Region
Iran
LA Times - Iran signs $3.2 billion natural gas deal with China, by Borzou Daragahi
International Herald Tribune - U.S. and Israel differ on urgency of Iranian threat, by David E. Sanger and William J. Broad
Israel
Reuters - Palestinian groups agree to hold elections by January, by Alaa Shahine
Reuters - Two Israeli policemen shot dead in West Bank
Associated Press - British: Progress made on plan to stop Gaza arms, by Gregory Katz
Wars
New York Times - Pentagon Rethinking Old Doctrine on 2 Wars, by Thom Shanker