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ISW News Roundup - July 25-27, 2009
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Iraq
Washington Post - Worries About a Kurdish-Arab Conflict Move to Fore in Iraq, by Anthony Shadid
Los Angeles Times - Kurdish Opposition Makes Strong Showing in Iraq Regional Elections, by Liz Sly
AFP - Opposition Set to Break Iraqi Kurd Stranglehold
Reuters - Incumbents Ahead in Iraq Kurd Vote, but Challenged, by Shamal Aqrawi
VOA News - Bombs Kill Iraqi Army Captain, Tribal Leader
Associated Press - 2 People Killed in Iraq Bombings Targeting Police, by Hamid Ahmed
New York Times - Bomber Kills 3 at Iraqi Funeral, by Rod Nordland
Reuters - Suicide Attack at Iraq Funeral Kills Four People
Reuters - Iraq Neighbors Undermining Border Fight - Minister, by Suadad al-Salhy
Wall Street Journal - U.S. Will Push U.N. to Lift Iraq Sanctions, by Yochi J. Dreazen
RFE/RL - U.S. Forces Transition to Reconstruction in Hussein's Hometown
Reuters - Bombs in Iraq's Falluja Kill One, Wound 27
Afghanistan
New York Times - Truce With Taliban in Afghan District, by Carlotta Gall and Sangar Rahimi
BBC - Afghanistan 'Agrees Taliban Deal'
VOA News - Afghanistan Secures First Local Taliban Cease-Fire
Reuters - Afghanistan Strikes Taliban Truce in Remote Area, by Sayed Salahuddin
Associated Press - Karzai: Afghans Want Rules for Troops Changed, by Robert H. Reid and Kathy Gannon
Times Online UK - British Helmand Offensive Panther's Claw Hailed a Success
CNN - Britain Hails 'Success' of Anti-Taliban Push
New York Times - Britain Urges Political Push to Undermine Taliban, by Alan Cowell
AFP - Taliban Under 'Tremendous Pressure' in Afghanistan: Clinton
Associated Press - NZ Signals Likely to Raise Afghanistan Troop Level
Washington Post - Military Weighs Private Security on Front Lines, by Walter Pincus
Long War Journal - Afghan Police Beat Back Haqqani Network Suicide Assault, by Bill Roggio
Wall Street Journal - Suicide Attackers Strike Afghan City, by Anand Gopal
Financial Times - How to Help Afghans Defeat the Insurgency, by David Miliband
Pakistan
Wall Street Journal - Taliban Resume Attacks in Swat Valley, by Matthew Rosenberg and Zahid Hussain
Associated Press - Pakistan Arrests Cleric Behind Deal With Taliban
Long War Journal - Pakistan Detains Radical Cleric Sufi Mohammed, by Bill Roggio
Los Angeles Times - Cleric Who Negotiated Taliban-Pakistan Peace Deal is Arrested, by Zulfiqar Ali and Alex Rodriguez
VOA News - Pakistan Arrests Cleric Who Brokered Swat Peace Deal, by Ayaz Gul
Associated Press - Pakistan Probes Hardline Cleric's Taliban Ties, by Riaz Khan
AFP - Pakistan Hits 'Suicide Bomb Centre,' Kills 20
Reuters - Gunship Strikes Kill 20 Militants in NW Pakistan
New York Times - Back Home in Pakistan, by Feeling Under Siege, by Adam B. Ellick
Washington Post - Pakistani Pledge to Rout Taliban in Tribal Region is Put on Hold, by Joshua Partlow
New York Times - Terror Ties Run Deep in Pakistan, Mumbai Case Shows, by Jane Perlez and Salman Masood
Region
Los Angeles Times - American Forged Own Path into Al Qaeda, by Josh Meyer and Sebastian Rotella
Associated Press - New Direction in Terror Fight May Stem from Case, by Adam Goldman and Devlin Barrett
Iran
Reuters - Clinton Says Iran's Nuclear Pursuit is "Futile," by Sue Pleming
VOA News - Gates: US Wants Iran Answer on Nuclear Talks by September, by Luis Ramirez
Israel/Palestine
Reuters - Gates Reassures Israel on U.S.-Iran Strategy, by Jim Wolf
Reuters - U.S. Tries to Spur Middle East Peace Talks, by Jeffrey Heller
Kyrgyzstan
Reuters - Kyrgyz Opposition in Russia After Disputed Vote, by Olga Dzubenko
RFE/RL - Kyrgyz Runner-Up Rejects Election Results, Turns to Moscow, by Farangis Najibullah