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ISW News Roundup - May 21, 2009
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Iraq
Washington Post - Three U.S. Soldiers Killed In Latest Baghdad Attack, by Nada Bakri & Ernesto Londono
Reuters - Baghdad Bomb Kills 35 in Poor Shi'ite District, by Mohammed Abbas & Missy Ryan
New York Times - Iraq Bombings Shatter Lull, by Timothy Williams, Campbell Robertson, & Atheer Kakan
Reuters - Is Iraq's Enigmatic Sadr Headed for a Comback?, by Missy Ryan & Waleed Ibrahim
Reuters - Civilian Jury Considers Death Penalty for Ex-G.I., by James Dao
Afghanistan
Department of Defense - New Strategy Treats Afghanistan, Pakistan as Integrated Theater, by Jim Garamone
Department of Defense - Afghan Commandos Kill 18 Enemy Fighters in Helmand Province
New York Times - U.S. Pullout a Condition in Afghan Peace Talks, by Dexter Filkins
Department of Defense - U.S., French Soldiers Train Afghan Artillerymen, by Spc. Matthew Thompson
Pakistan
Reuters - Pakistan's Allies Promise $224 million for Displaced, by Kamran Haider
Los Angeles Times - Pakistan Army Says Dozens of Taliban Killed
Wall Street Journal - Taliban Face Resistance in Pakistan
Reuters - U.S. Says Aid Won't Go to Pakistan's Nuclear Program, by Arshad Mohammed & Susan Cornwell
Wall Street Journal - Pakistan, India and U.S. Begin Sharing Intelligence, by Jay Solomon & Siobhan Gorman
Region
Reuters - Qaeda Extends British Hostage Deadline, by Lin Noueihed
New York Times - Iran Test-Fires Missile With 1,200 Mile Range, by David E. Sanger & Nazila Fathi