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ISW News Roundup - July 17, 2009
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Iraq
Washington Post - Kurdish Leaders Warn Of Strains With Maliki, by Anthony Shadid
RFE/RL - U.S. Soldiers Still in Southern Iraqi City
Wall Street Journal - U.S. Agrees to Resettle Palestinians Displaced by Iraq War, by Miriam Jordan
Washington Post - A Shiite Schism On Clerical Rule, by Anthony Shadid
New York Times - 3 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Southern Iraq, by Timothy Williams
Afghanistan
Long War Journal - US, Afghan forces overrun Haqqani Network "encampment" in Paktia, by Bill Roggio
Associated Press - Afghan bombs kill 12 including British soldier, by Robert H. Reid
Reuters - Troop deaths spiral in Afghanistan as debate rages, by Paul Tait
Times Online UK - General Dannatt forces Afghanistan 'shopping list' on Gordon Brown, by Michael Evans and Nico Hines
Reuters - Roadside bomb kills nine civilians in Afghan south
Times Online - Relentless rise of Afghanistan casualties laid bare, by Michael Evans
Reuters - UK should hold troop levels in Afghanistan: general, by Matt Falloon
Reuters - Five facts about Afghanistan's Helmand province
RFE/RL - "It Is Impossible Prisoners Were Abused', by Abdul Rashid Dostum
Pakistan
Long War Journal - US Predator strikes in North Waziristan, kills 5, by Bill Roggio
Christian Science Monitor - UN worker's killing underscores Pakistani refugees' dilemma, by Ben Arnoldy
LA Times - Pakistani U.N. offical, guard killed in camp, Alex Rodriguez
Region
Iran
Reuters - Cleric says Iran in crisis, police fight protestors, by Parisa Hafezi and Fredrik Dahl
New York Times - Cleric Says 'Crisis' Has Caused Loss of Public Trust, by Robert F. Worth and Alan Cowell
Washington Post - In Wake of Unrest, Britain Replacing U.S. as Iran's 'Great Satan', by Tara Bahrampour
Indonesia
New York Times - Militants Eyed in Indonesia Hotel Bombings, by Normitsu Onishi
Christian Science Monitor - Analysis: Jakarta attack may show evolution of Islamist terror group, by Tom McCawley
Reuters - Bombs rip through Indonesia hotels, killing eight, by Olivia Rondonuwu and Telly Nathalia
Reuters - Eight Americans among those wounded in Indonesia
Reuters - Hardliners suspected of re-energizing Jemaah Islamiah, by Michael Perry
Israel
New York Times - Signs of Hope Emerge in the West Bank, by Ethan Bronner