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ISW News Roundup - July 24, 2009
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Iraq
VOA News - Iraqi PM Hints He is Open to Longer US Stay
Washington Times - Iraqi Leader May Ask U.S. to Prolong Stay, by Eli Lake
CNN - Petraeus: Seems Iraq Doing Well Taking Reins on Security
Washington Post - U.S. Officials Negotiated with Iraqi Insurgent Groups Twice in Spring, by Nada Bakri
AFP - Iraq's Maliki Honors Fallen US Soldiers
New York Times - Iraq Presses U.S. on Pact with Sunnis in Turkey, by Sam Dagher
VOA News - US Defense Chief, Iraqi PM Discuss Military Sales
Department of Defense - Gates, Maliki Discuss U.S.-Iraqi Security Partnership, by Gerry J. Gilmore
Los Angeles Times - In Iraq, Kurdistan Election Campaign Heats Up, by Liz Sly
Times Online UK - Former Guerilla Relies on Popular Appeal in Bid to Win Kurdistan
AFP - Iraq's Kurds Set for Vote Amid Tensions with Baghdad, by Abdel Hamid Zebari
Reuters - CNPC to Take Majority Stake in Iraq Field-Sources
Afghanistan
Associated Press - US Intelligence Gathering in Afghanistan Expanded, by Richard Lardner
New York Times - U.S. Shifts Afghan Narcotics Strategy, by Thom Shanker and Elisabeth Bumiller
Los Angeles Times - U.S. Stops Giving Militant Death Tolls in Afghanistan, by Julian E. Barnes
Associated Press - Rising Casualties Raise Doubts Abroad on War, by Elaine Ganley and Matt Moore
Washington Post - British Battle for Afghan Trust in Resistive South, by Jonathon burch
Department of Defense - Forces Kill Militants, Detain Suspects in Afghanistan
AFP - US Soldiers, 12 Militants Killed in Afghanistan
New York Times - Rival to Karzai Gains Strength in Afghan presidential Election, by Carlotta Gall
Reuters - Afghan President Vows to Regulate Foreign Troops, by Hamid Shalizi
AFP - US Probes Soldier's Capture in Afghanistan
Washington Times - Queries Rise on Soldier's Kidnapping, by Shaun Waterman
New York Times - A Capture in Afghanistan, and Hometown Close Ranks, by William Yardley
Pakistan
Christian Science Monitor - Delayed Offensive Wears at Pakistan's Antiterror Credibility, by Ben Arnoldy
Associated Press - US Envoy: Securing Pakistan's Swat a Top Priority, by Elena Becatoros
Long War Journal - Pakistani Jihadist Deny Osama Bin Laden's Son Killed, by Bill Roggio
BBC - Pakistan Displaced Returns Resume
Christian Science Monitor - Pakistanis Fighting the Taliban Press for Military Backup, by Ben Arnoldy
Long War Journal - Swat Taliban Leader 'Alive, Healthy and Has Never Been Wounded' - Spokesman, by Bill Roggio
Region
Los Angeles Times - A Young American's Journey into Al Qaeda, by Sebastian Rotella and Josh Meyer