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ISW News Roundup - May 26, 2009
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Iraq
Washington Post - Green Zone Deaths Raise Security Fears, Ernesto Londono
New York Times - Autopsies of War Dead Reveal Ways to Save Others, by Denise Grady
Associated Press - U.S. Military Says Large-Scale Attacks in Iraq Down by Half
New York Times - Iraqi Officials Expect Moves Amid Inquiry, by Campbell Robertson and Suadad Al-Salhy
New York Times -Trade Official Quits as Iraq Continues Investigations, Timothy Williams and Abeer Mohammed
Department of Defense - Forces Detain Suspect, Net Weapons in Iraq
New York Times - At Least 22 Killed in Iraq Attacks, by Rod Nordland
Los Angeles Times - U.S. Prepares to Withdraw, Iraqi Resistance Prepares for Battle, by Ned Parker
New York Times - Fate of Missing Iraqis Haunts Those Left Behind, by Timothy Williams
Washington Post - For Displaced Iraqis, 'No Life,' by Nada Bakri
Christian Science Monitor - Iraqi Army: Almost One-Quarter Lacks Minimum Qualifications, by Jane Arraf
Department of Defense - U.S. Soldiers Coordinate Training with Iraqi Forces, by Army Sgt. Brandon LeFlore
Afghanistan
Department of Defense - Troops in Afghanistan Kill Dozens of Insurgents , Seize Weapons, Drugs
New York Times - 3 Americans and a Civilian Die in Afghanistan Attack, by Adam B. Ellick and Abdul Waheed Wafa
Reuters - Picking up the Pieces from Afghanistan's War, by Emma Graham-Harrison
Reuters - Afghan Floods Kill 94, Make Thousands Homeless
BBC - 'Record' Afghanistan Drug Bust
Washington Post - US Lawyers Ask Afghan Court to Help Gitmo Inmate, by Heidi Vogt and Mike Melia
Pakistan
Reuters - Pakistanis in Swat "Face Catastrophe;" Clashes Spread, by Robert Birsel
Reuters - Most Uprooted Pakistanis Shun Refugee Camps: U.N., by Laura MacInnis
Reuters - Pakistani Soldiers Battle Taliban in Swat Town, by Kamran Haider
Reuters - Pakistani Jets Pound Taliban Militants in Northwest, by Hasan Mehmood
RFE/RL - Six Dead as Pakistan Attacks Militants in Waziristan
RFE/RL - Petraeus Tells RFE/RL that Recent Gitmo, Interrogation Moves Will 'Help,' by Andy Heil
Region
Iran
VOA News - Iran Sends Warships to International Waters
New York Times - Support for Moderate a Challenge to Iran's Leader, by Nazila Fathi
Reuters - Iran's Ahmadinejad Rejects Western Nuclear Proposal, by Parisa Hafezi and Zahra Hosseinian
India
Reuters - India Likely to Move on U.S. Military Pact, by Sanjeev Miglani
Reuters - Cyclone Aila Kills Nearly 120 in Bangladesh, India, by Anis Ahmed
North Korea
Washington Post - North Korea Test-Fires 2 More Missiles, by Blaine Harden
Israel
New York Times - Israel Ties 2 Nations to Iran's Uranium
Turkey
Times Online UK - PKK Leader Offers Turkey an Olive Branch to End War
UAE