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ISW News Roundup - April 3, 2009
Apr 3, 2009 - Anonymous
Iraq
Times Online UK - Direct flights to Baghdad revived, by Deborah Haynes
Christian Science Monitor - Interview: Top US commander in Iraq, by Jane Arraf
New York Times Baghdad Bureau - Arriving In America - The Other Side Of This War, by Sahar S. Gabriel
New York Times Baghdad Bureau - Visual Diary: Karada at Dusk, by Christopher Bangert
Department of Defense - Iraqi Government Assumes Responsibility for All 'Sons of Iraq', by Adam Weinstein
Reuters - U.S. forces say fired on Sunni force in Baghdad
Washington Post - U.S. Aircraft Opens Fire on Sons of Iraq Members, by Ernesto Londono
LA Times - Sunni paramilitary leader released from Iraqi jail, by Ned Parker and Saif Hameed
RFE/RL - Iraq: Council Leader's Arrest An Isolated Case
Reuters - Arrest of Sunni fighters sparks fear in Baghdad, by Waleed Ibrahim
Afghanistan
Reuters - Who will win the peace in Afghanistan? by Myra MacDonald
Washington Post - Splintered Taliban Thwarts Afghan Peace, by Pamela Constable
Reuters - Judge rules Afghan detainees can sue in U.S. court, by James Vicini
Washington Post - 3 Detained in Afghanistan Can Take Challenges to U.S. Court, by Del Quentin Wilber and Karen DeYoung
Reuters - Foreign troops must better protect Afghans: NGOs, by Emma Graham-Harrison
Associated Press - Afghan battle kills 12 militants, 1 civilian, by Amir Shah
Department of Defense - Soldiers Create Special-tactics Teams in Afghan Military Police, by Army Sgt. Matthew C. Moeller
Department of Defense - Joint Forces Kill 20 Militants, Destroy Bomb Plant in Afghanistan
Reuters - FACTBOX: Security developments in Afghanistan, April 3
Reuters - FACTBOX: Breakdown of troop numbers in Afghanistan
Reuters - Afghan presidential hopeful sees post-poll vacuum, by Sayed Salahuddin
Associated Press - Obama brings Afghan plan to NATO allies, by Slobodan Lekic
Reuters - Sarkozy backs new U.S. approach on Afghanistan
Times Online UK - President Karzai's Taleban-style laws for women put troop surge at risk, by Tom Coghlan, Catherline Philip, and Suzy Jagger
Associated Press - Afghan law legalizes rape of wife, critics say
Pakistan
Long War Journal - Lashkar-e-Taiba leader said to be in Pakistani custody directs operations in Kashmir, by Bill Roggio
Long War Journal - Arakzai strike targeted senior Taliban, al Qaeda commanders, by Bill Roggio
RFE/RL - Terms Of Peace 'Deal' in Pakistan's Restive Swat Valley Still Being Debated, by Abubakar Siddique
New York Times - U.S. Seeks $3 Billion for Pakistani Military, by Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker
Associated Press - US, NATO supplies attacked in Pakistan, by Riaz Khan
Associated Press - Obama: US distracted from al-Qaida hunt