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ISW News Roundup - July 29, 2009
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Iraq
Washington Post - Gates Pressures Kurdish Leaders to Cooperate in Iraq, by Greg Jaffe
New York Times - Gates Says Iraq Troops Withdrawal Could Be Accelerated, by Elisabeth Bumiller
VOA News - Gates: US May Speed up Iraq Withdrawal
New York Times - Iraq Can't Defend its Skies by Pullout Date, U.S. Says, by Elisabeth Bumiller
Associated Press - Gates: Some US Troops May Be Leaving Iraq Early, by Anne Gearan
New York Times - Iraq Force Soon to be a Coalition of One, by Rod Nordland and Timothy Williams
Wall Street Journal - Iraqi Troops Raid Iranian Dissident Camp, in Nod to Tehran, by Charles Levinson and Yochi J. Dreazen
Reuters - Iran Exiles Say Iraq Forces Kill 4 in Camp Raid, by Tim Cocks
Washington Post - Iraq Raids Camp of Exiles From Iran, by Ernesto Londono and Greg Jaffe
The Economist - The Times They Are A-Changing
Washington Post - After Kurdish Vote, Talabani Pledges to Rebuild Party, by Anthony Shadid
Reuters - Iraq Says to Help Turkey, U.S. Drive Out PKK Rebels
VOA News - US, Turkish and Iraqi Officials Meet to Coordinate Strategy Against PKK
Wall Street Journal - Iraq's Cabinet Approves Law Establishing National Oil Co, by Hassan Hafidh
Los Angeles Times - 8 Killed in $7-Million Baghdad Bank Robbery, by Liz Sly and Usama Redha
Associated Press - Gunmen Kill 8 in Baghdad Bank Robbery, Police Say, by Kim Gamel
VOA News - Britain to Withdraw Remaining Forces from Iraq
Afghanistan
Christian Science Monitor - An Exit Strategy for Obama in Afghanistan
CNN - Request for More Troops in Afghanistan Likely, Source Says, by Barbara Starr
Los Angeles Times - Afghan Election is Starting to Look Like a Real Race, by Laura King
VOA News - UN Afghan Envoy: Upcoming Elections 'Most Complicated'
AFP - Talks Best Way for Peace in Afghanistan: President
Reuters - Afghan Presidential Poll Official Wounded in Ambush
Christian Science Monitor - New Fiber-Optic Network Brings Digital Era to Afghanistan, by Ben Arnoldy
Associated Press - NATO Involved in Incident Killing Afghan Civilian
Washington Post - From Suburban D.C. Childhood to Indictment on Terror Charges, by Carrie Johnson and Spencer S. Hsu
New York Times - Arrests in Terror Case Bewilder Associates, by Campbell Robertson
Christian Science Monitor - Short-Lived Cease-Fire with Taliban Dims Prospects for Broader Deals, by Ben Arnoldy
Pakistan
Associated Press - US Envoy: Most Taliban Funds Come from Overseas, by Slobodan Lekic
TIME - Why Pakistan Balks at the U.S. Afghanistan Offensive, by Omar Waraich
Associated Press - Taliban Kill Pakistan Militia Leader: Officials, by Lehaz Ali
VOA News - Militants Kill Pakistani Pro-Government Tribal Leader
Associated Press - Bomb Outside Court Kills 2, Wounds 4 in Pakistan, by Ishtiaq Mahsud
Long War Journal - Taliban Suicide Bomber Kills Two Troops in North Waziristan, by Bill Roggio
Associated Press - Child Recruits Freed From Taliban's Grasp, by Asif Shahzad
Reuters - Pakistan Urged to Step Up Central Asia Security Ties, by Roman Kozhevnikov
Reuters - India PM Defends Move to Improve Ties With Pakistan, by Krittivas Mukherjee
Region
Iran
New York Times - Reports of Prison Abuse and Deaths Anger Iranians, by Robert F. Worth
Israel
Christian Science Monitor - In Israel, No Settlement Deal For US Envoy - Just More Settlers, by Ilene R. Prusher