ISW News Roundup - July 31, 2009
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Iraq
Wall Street Journal - Iraqi Troops Blocked by Iranian Exiles, by Charles Levinson
CNN - Death Toll Reaches 12 in Iraqi Refugee Camp Violence
New York Times - Text of Colonel Reese's Memo
New York Times - Bombs Outside Mosques in Baghdad Kill at Least 29, by Sam Dagher
Reuters - Bombs Near Mosques Across Baghdad Kill at Least 26, by Muhanad Mohammed and Waleed Ibrahim
VOA News - 19 Killed in Baghdad Mosque Bombing
New York Times - Bombs Outside Mosques in Baghdad Kill at Least 19, by Sam Dagher
AFP - Britain Ends Troop Presence in Iraq After Six Years, by Prashant Rao
CNN - Britain's Legacy in Iraq: Basra, by Arwa Damon
RFE/RL - British Troops Leave Iraq as Mandate Ends
AFP - Gov't Did Not Back Troops Enough: Defence Secretary
Times Online UK - Ainsworth: We Failed Troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, by Michael Evans
Washington Post - Britain Initiates Iraq War Inquiry, by Karla Adam
CNN - Blair to be Called Before UK Inquiry to Iraq War
Afghanistan
Washington Post - In Afghanistan, U.S. May Shift Strategy, by Rajiv Chandrasekaran
VOA News - Offensive Against Taliban in Full Swing in Afghanistan's South, by Rachel Smalley
Christian Science Monitor - In Afghanistan, Taliban Kills More Civilians than US, by Ben Arnoldy
Associated Press - Problems Plague Rebuilding of War-Torn Afghanistan, by Richard Lardner
AFP - US Drones to Target Taliban in Afghan War: Report
VOA News - Taliban Vows to Disrupt Afghan Election
Associated Press - Taliban Says it Will Disrupt Afghan Poll, by Rahim Faiez
New York Times - Civilian Death Toll Rises in Afghanistan, by Sharon Otterman
Washington Post - Afghan War Spreads to Residential Areas: U.N. Report, by Laura MacInnis
Associated Press - US Service Member Killed in Afghanistan, by Amir Shah
AFP - NATO Soldier Killed in Afghanistan
Reuters - U.S. Soldier Killed as Deadliest Afghan Month Closes, by Paul Tait
TIME - Anders Fogh Rasmussen: NATO's New Boss, by Randy James
Pakistan
Christian Science Monitor - Afghan, Pakistani Conflicts Spilling into Central Asian States?, by Abdujalil Abdurasulov
AFP - 'No Evidence' Bin Laden in Pakistan: Islamabad
Associated Press - Pakistani Villagers Re-Create Anti-Taliban Militia, by Elena Becatoros
ABC News - One Afghan Outpost Guards 100 Miles of Taliban Country, by Nick Schifrin
Reuters - IMF to Consider More Funding for Pakistan on Aug 7
Region
Central Asia
AFP - Presidents Meet for Security Summit in Tajikistan, by Akbar Borisov
RFE/RL - Regional Presidents Assemble for C. Asia Security Talks, by Bruce Pannier
Iran
Washington Times - Crude Iran Prisons House Protesters, by Iason Athanasiadis and Barbara Slavin
VOA News - Iranian President Denies Rift with Supreme Leader