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ISW News Roundup - July 18-20, 2009
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Iraq
Associated Press - Violence Kills 4 in Western, Northern Iraq
Washington Post - U.S. Troops in Iraq Find Little Leeway, by Ernesto Londono
AFP - Iraq Car Bombing Kills Three
AFP - Anti-Qaeda Leader Among Two Killed in Iraq Attacks
VOA News - Bomb Kills Son of Anti-al-Qaida Leader in Iraq
Reuters - Iraq, on its Own Finally, Might Settle Kirkuk: Lawmaker, by Waleed Ibrahim and Missy Ryan
BBC - Tensions Rise Over US Iraq Role, by Gabriel Gatehouse
Washington Times - Americans Held in Iraq Say FBI Violated Rights, by Bill Gertz
Los Angeles Times - Iraq Leader Plans to Visit Arlington, by Liz Sly
AFP - US Saddened by Death of Two Contractors in Iraq
Washington Post - Kurds in Troubled Iraq Province Threaten to Secede, by Jamal al-Badrani
Afghanistan
Christian Science Monitor - Gates: US Has One Year to Make Progress in Afghanistan, by Liam Stack
Wall Street Journal - Afghan Villagers Attack Taliban, by Anand Gopal and Matthew Rosenberg
Reuters - U.S. Military's New Afghan Formula Faces Tough Test, by Andrew Gray
Reuters - Americans Won't Back Long Afghan War - Gates
Financial Times - Gates Sees No Desire for Afghanistan 'Long Slog,' by Daniel Dombey
New York Times - Pentagon Seeks to Overhaul Prisons in Afghanistan, by Eric Schmitt
BBC - US 'Seeks Afghan Prison Overhaul'
Los Angeles Times - Captors Release Video of U.S. Soldier Who Went Missing in Afghanistan, by Greg Miller and Laura King
Associated Press - Captive G.I. on Video by Taliban
AFP - US Doing 'Everything' to Free Soldier Held by Taliban: Clinton
Reuters - Clinton: U.S. Will Do Everything to Free Soldier
VOA News - US Seeks Prison Reform in Afghanistan
Reuters - Blast Kills 12 Civilians in West Afghanistan
New York Times - 16 Killed in Copter Crash at Afghan Base, by Richard A. Oppel
Reuters - NATO Aircraft Crashes in Southern Afghanistan
Los Angeles Times - U.S. Increasing Counter-Narcotics Efforts in Afghanistan, by Josh Meyer
Washington Post - Marines Face Stiff Taliban Resistance, by Ann Scott Tyson
Reuters - Squeeze on For More British Troops in Afghanistan, by Luke Baker
Pakistan
VOA News - Afghanistan, Pakistan Pledge Cooperation Against Terrorism
AFP - Pakistan Ambush Kills Four Police: Officials
BBC - Gunmen Ambush Pakistan Police
Associated Press - 20 Dead in Clashes in Troubled Northwest Pakistan, by Riaz Khan
Reuters - Pakistan Edges Towards Waziristan "Path to Salvation," by Zeeshan Haider
Long War Journal - Mullah FM Back on the Air in Swat, by Bill Roggio
VOA News - Pakistani Warplanes, Troops Target Militant Hideouts in Northwest
Associated Press - Five Security Officers Killed in Pakistan
Region
India
Christian Science Monitor - Clinton's India Trip Could Net New Defense Pact, by Tom A. Peter
New York Times - In Reversal, Mumbai Attacker Admits Guilt, by Vikas Bajaj and Lydia Polgreen
Iran
New York Times - Ex-President in Iran Seeks Referendum, by Robert F. Worth
Reuters - Iran's Khatami Wants Referendum on Government's Legitimacy, by Zahra Hosseinian
Reuters - Ayatollah Warns Against Helping Iran's Enemies, by Zahra Hosseinian
Associated Press - Ahmadinejad Picks Moderate as Deputy, by Nasser Karimi
VOA News - Iranian Official Says Tehran Not Preventing IAEA Inspections, by Edward Yeranian
Israel/Palestine