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ISW News Roundup - June 19, 2009
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Iraq
Wall Street Journal - War-Funding Bill Approved, by Corey Boles and Josh Mitchell
Washington Post - Senate Approves War Funding Bill After Obama Presses Democrats, by Perry Bacon Jr.
Associated Press - Congress Sends $106B War-Spending Bill to Obama, by Jim Abrams
VOA News - US Iraq Envoy Pledges Full Compliance With Troop Withdrawal Accord, by David Gollust
Department of State - U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Christopher R. Hill On the Current Situation In Iraq
VOA News - Iraq Seeks to Reduce Debt to Kuwait for 1990 Invasion, by Margaret Besheer
Reuters - Iraq Asks UN to Cut Reparations to Kuwait, Others, by Louis Charbonneau
Associated Press -Iraq Taking Over Security in Cities From US, by Edith M. Lederer
Reuters - Iraq Confident About Security After U.S. Troops Leave Towns
Department of Defense - Air Power to Protect Iraq Security Gains as Forces Withdraw from Cities, by Tim Kilbride
New York Times - Brown Says Iraq Panel Can Hold Some Open Hearings, by John F. Burns
RFE/RL - Iraqi Company Strikes Drilling Deal with U.S. Firm
Afghanistan
Los Angeles Times - In Afghanistan, Halting Civilian Deaths in Strikes is a Tough Mission, by David Zucchino
Associated Press - Bombs Kill 5 Police, 2 Civilians in Afghanistan, by Noor Khan
Reuters - Punishment for Afghan Raid Unlikely: U.S. Military Head
Los Angeles Times - Reporters in Afghanistan Face Restrictions, by David Zucchino
Washington Post - U.S. Pursues a New Way to Rebuild in Afghanistan, by Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Reuters - U.S. Agencies Eye Coordinated Afghan "Civilian Surge"
Reuters - Help Us or We'll Grow Opium, Say Afghan Villagers, by Jonathon Burch
AFP - Afghan Intelligence Agency Frees Reporters: Al-Jazeera
Department of Defense - Afghan, Coalition Forces Capture Militants, Seize Drug Cache
BBC - Princes Hope for Frontline Duty
Los Angeles Times - Afghanistan Aims to Put Itself Back on the Tourist Map, by Laura King
Pakistan
Christian Science Monitor - Pakistan Faces Limits as it Widens War on Taliban, by Ben Arnoldy
Long War Journal - US Strikes Target Mullah Nazir in South Waziristan, by Bill Roggio
Associated Press - Pakistani Jets Bomb Suspected Taliban Facilities
AFP - Militants Bomb Schools in Pakistan Tribal Area
VOA News - Battle Against Pakistan's Top Taliban Leaders Demands Specialized Military Tactics, by Catherine Maddux
Reuters - Pakistani Cleric's Murder Stokes Sectarian Tension, by Zeeshan Haider
New York Times - Pakistan Says U.S. Drone Kills 13, by Pir Zubair Shah
Reuters - Pakistanis Urged Back to Areas Cleared of Taliban, by Kamran Haider
AFP - Army Offensive Threatens Pakistan Itself: Imran Khan
VOA News - WFP Warns Taliban in Pakistan Targets International Aid Groups, by Ron Corben
BBC - Pakistani Offensive 'Nears End'
RFE/RL - Pakistan's New Offensive Could Be Drawn-Out Affair
Region
Iran
Reuters -Iran's Khamenei Demands Halt to Election Protests, Fredrik Dahl and Parisa Hafezi
New York Times - Ruling Cleric Warns Iranian Protesters, by Nazila Fathi and Alan Cowell
Wall Street Journal - Ahmadinejad's Conservative Foes Rally to Support Him, by Roshanak Taghavi
Christian Science Monitor - Why Iran's Twitter Revolution is Unique, by Yigal Schleifer
New York Times - Shadowy Iranian Vigilantes Vow Bolder Action, by Neil MacFarquhar
Reuters - Iran Opposition Politician Yazdi Released: Source
North Korea
Wall Street Journal - U.S. Fortifies Hawaii to Meet Threat From Korea, by Yochi J. Dreazen
Associated Press - Gates: Missile Defense in Place for Hawaii, by Anne Gearan
Somalia
Long War Journal - Somali Security Minister Assassinated in Suicide Attack, by Bill Roggio