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ISW News Roundup - March 28, 2009
Mar 28, 2009 - Anonymous
Iraq
Reuters - Clashes between Iraq forces and Sunni guards kill three, by Waleed Ibrahim
Associated Press - Without pay, Iraqi Sunni fighters threaten to quit, by Robert H. Reid
LA Times - Kurd sees 'very bad signals' from Baghdad, by Ned Parker
Associated Press - Fallujah is test case for post-US Iraq, by Hamza Hendawi
Washington Post - Iraq Plans to Relocate Iran Opposition Group, by Ernesto Londono
New York Times Baghdad Bureau - The Moving Laser Lights, And, Having Lit, Moves On, by Stephen Farrell
Afghanistan
Reuters - Afghan president welcomes U.S. strategy review
Associated Press - Afghan, Pakistani leaders praise new US strategy, by Sebastian Abbot
Washington Post - Obama Outlines Afghan Strategy, by Karen DeYoung
LA Times - Obama pledges more troops, funds to fight militants in Afghanistan, Pakistan, by Paul Richter and Julian E. Barnes
New York Times - White House Debate Led to Plan to Widen Afghan Effort, by Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt
RFE/RL - Truck Laden With Explosives Impounded In Afghanistan
RFE/RL - Afghan Soldier Kills Two U.S. Troops
CNN - Russia ready to help bring peace to Afghanistan
Long War Journal - Analysis: US outlines new Afghanistan state, by Thomas Joscelyn and Bill Roggio
Washington Post - AFGHAN POLICY, PAST AND PRESENT
Reuters - FACTBOX: Security developments in Afghanistan
LA Times - Taliban leader looks to reclaim Afghanistan, U.S. says, by Julian E. Barnes and Greg Miller
Reuters - U.S. hopes to engage with Iran on Afghanistan Tuesday
Reuters - Afghan president could call jirga to solve poll row, by Hamid Shalizi
Pakistan
Reuters - Pakistani forces kill 26 militants in Mohmand region
Washington Post - Crowded Mosque Bombed in Pakistan, by Haq Nawaz and Pamela Constable
Reuters - Pakistan's ISI still linked to militants, U.S. says
Times Online UK - Barack Obama offers new strategy to tame Pakistan, by Tim Reid and Zahid Hussein
Times Online UK -How security forces got the message loud and clear from man behind 'Radio Taleban', by Stuart Ramsay
Times Online UK - President Obama to invest $5bn in Pakistan as part of Afghan strategy, by Philippe Naughton
Reuters - Pakistan's Zardari lets Sharif take back Punjab, by Zeeshan Haider
Region
Israel
Reuters - Hamas frees rival Fatah leaders in Gaza
New York Times - Israel Disputes Soldiers' Accounts of Gaza Abuses, by Ethan Bronner
Yemen
Long War Journal - Yemen's three terror fronts, by Jane Novak
Bahrain
New York Times - Sectarian Tension Takes Volatile Form in Bahrain, by Michael Slackman