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ISW News Roundup - April 15, 2009
Apr 15, 2009 - Anonymous
Iraq
Associated Press - Drought threatens Iraq's 'Garden of Eden', by Hadi Mizban
Associated Press - Iraq soldier says he gave conflicting accounts, by George Frey
Reuters - U.S. troops could stay in Mosul past June deadline
LA Times - Establishment of Iraq provincial council drags, by Liz Sly and Caesar Ahmed
New York Times - Iraq Tries to Prove Autonomy, and Makes Inroads, by Alissa J. Rubin
New York Times - Leaving Iraq: Views from Troops and Translators
New York Times Baghdad Bureau - Reconcile This, by Sam Dagher
Afghanistan
New York Times - In Recruiting an Afghan Militia, U.S. Faces a Test, by Dexter Filkins
Wall Street Journal - U.S. Takes Afghan Strategy to Villages, by Michael M. Phillips
Reuters - U.S. says new troops push Taliban away from Kabul, by Jonathan Burch
Times Online UK - We're sick of war: a Taleban leader risks his life to point out a new route to peace, by Tom Coghlan
RFE/RL - Arrests of Afghan Refugees On The Rise In Pakistan
Associated Press - Stone-throwing Afghan crowd swarms women's protest, by Heidi Vogt
Reuters - U.N. looks to settle Afghan project row, by Patrick Worsnip
Reuters - Afghan Taliban deny executing eloping pair: report
Department of Defense - U.S., French, Afghan Forces Team Up to Aid Afghan Villages, by Army 1st Lt. Lory Stevens
Pakistan
Associated Press - U.S. Criticizes Pakistan's Deal On Islamic Law
Associated Press - Pakistan grants bail to detained hard-line cleric, by Zarar Khan
Wall Street Journal - Pakistan Aid Effort Hits Saudi Hurdle, by Jay Solomon
New York Times Slideshow - The Heart of Punjab
Long War Journal - Terrorists rally in Swat, march through region, by Bill Roggio
Christian Science Monitor - Pakistani Taliban expand influence beyond Swat, by Huma Yusuf
Reuters - Pakistani Taliban in Swat say won't give up guns, by Kamran Haider
Region
Iran
Associated Press - Iranian group in Iraq part of high-stakes politics, by Katarina Kratovac
Reuters - Russia says not selling missile system to Iran: report
Associated Press - Iran preparing new proposals for nuclear dispute, by Ali Akbar Dareini
Turkey
Reuters - Turkey pushes for nuclear arms-free Middle East
Somalia/Piracy
Times Online UK - Somali pirates defy warning from President Obama to seize more ships, by Rob Crilly
North Korea
LA Times - North Korea says 'never again' to nuclear talks, by Paul Richter and John M. Glionna