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ISW News Roundup - March 30, 2009
Mar 30, 2009 - Anonymous
Iraq
Associated Press - US soldier guilty in killing of 4 Iraqis in 2007, by George Frey
Reuters - Feud delays Iraq committee Kirkuk recommendations, by Mustafa Mahmoud
RFE/RL - Bicycle Bomb Kills Three in Northern Iraq
Washington Post - In Iraq, 2 Key U.S. Allies Face Off, by Sudarsan Raghavan and Anthony Shadid
Associated Press - US-allied Sunnis alarmed at Baghdad crackdown, by Robert H. Reid
New York Times - Guns Go Silent After 24-Hour Face-Off in Baghdad, but Tensions Remain High, by Alissa J. Rubin
LA Times - Sons of Iraq movement suffers another blow, by Ned Parker and Caesar Ahmed
Times Online UK - British hostages in Iraq 'may be swapped for prisoners', by Deborah Haynes
Associated Press - Sunnis flee Iraqi forces in Baghdad slum
New York Times - Iraqis Snap Up Hummers as Icons of Power, by Rod Nordland
Afghanistan
Associated Press - Suicide bomber in police uniform kills 9 Afghans, by Noor Khan
Reuters - NATO seeks $2 billion to boost Afghan forces: report
Washington Post - Obama Says He Is Sharpening Focus of War in Afghanistan, by Michael D. Shear
Washington Post - For Afghanistan, a Season of Promise and Peril, by Pamela Constable
Associated Press - Both Iran, US to attend Afghanistan peace meeting, by Mike Corder
Reuters - Clinton seeks support of Afghan plan, Iran contact, by Sue Pleming
Pakistan
Associated Press - 19 die in bloody siege at Pakistan police academy, by Babar Dogar
Times Online UK - Pakistan army ends bloody siege of Lahore police academy, by Zahid Hussain and Jenny Booth
BBC - American leverage in South Asia, by Barbara Plett
Reuters - Zardari ends central rule in Punjab to calm politics
Associated Press - Recent attacks executed in or linked to Pakistan
Reuters - Obama: U.S. does not plan to put U.S. troops in Pakistan, by David Alexander
Region
Israel
Reuters - New Israeli government sidestep isolation, by Adam Entous
Christian Science Monitor - Will Arab leaders discuss Israeli airstrike in Sudan? by Joshua Mitnick and Correspondent
Associated Press - Syria president: We still seek peace with Israel, by Salah Nasrawi
North Korea
Associated Press - US destroyers set sail ahead of NKorean launch, by Jae-Soon Chang