ISW News Roundup - August 4, 2009
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Iraq
Christian Science Monitor - How the War in Iraq Has Shaped a New US Military Mind-Set, by Tom A. Peter
Associated Press - US: Al-Qaida Operatives Arrested in North Iraq, by Hadeel al-Shalchi
VOA News - Iraqi PM, in Kurdistan, Vows to Punish Halabja Attackers
Associated Press - Shiite Group Agrees to Renounce Violence in Iraq
AFP - Iraq Bomb Attacks Kill Seven
Times Online UK - British Troops 'May Not Complete Iraq Mission,' by Deborah Haynes
New York Times - Iraq Censorship Laws Move Ahead, by Timothy Williams
Reuters - Failed Iraqi Female Teen Suicide Bomber Sentenced
Department of Defense - Iraqi National Police Become 'Federal'
Afghanistan
Wall Street Journal - Taliban Rockets Hit Afghan Capital, by Anand Gopal and Matthew Rosenberg
New York Times - Rockets Hit Kabul District Near American Embassy, by Carlotta Gall
Associated Press - Rockets Strike Kabul in Rare Pre-Election Attack, by Alfred de Montesquiou
RFE/RL - Militants Fire Rockets at Kabul Ahead of Presidential Election
Christian Science Monitor - Afghanistan Attacks Underscore Insurgents' growing reach, by Ben Arnoldy
VOA News - Gates Holds Afghan War Command Summit, by Al Pessin
Reuters - Gates Holds Secret Meeting with Afghan Commanders
Los Angeles Times - Afghanistan Ride-a-Long with Gen. Stanley McChrystal, by Carolyn Cole
Associated Press - NATO OKs New Operational Command for Afghanistan, by Slobodan Lekic
Times Online UK - Nato Chief: European Members Must Match US Troops in Afghanistan, by Catherine Philip and David Charter
Department of Defense - Soldiers Boost Security for Afghan National Elections, by Army Spc. Eugene H. Cushing
VOA News - Afghan Election Poses Policy Dilemmas for Us, by Gary Thomas
Associated Press - Big Crowds Good Sign for Karzai in Re-Election Bid, by Jason Straziuso
AFP - Afghan Attacks Kill 5 as Vote Looms, Nasrat Shoiab
New York Times - Bomb in Afghanistan Kills at Least 10, by Abdul Waheed Wafa
TIME - Britain's Soul-Searching Over Its Role in Afghanistan, by Eben Harrell
Pakistan
Reuters - Pakistan Suspects Al Qaeda Allied Killed Christians, by Zeeshan Haider
Christian Science Monitor - Pakistan's Christians Protest Lack of Protection After Deadly Rampage, by Issam Ahmed
Associated Press - Pakistan Questions 200 After 8 Christians Killed, by Asif Shahzad
Associated Press - Pakistan Army Says Taliban Training Boys to Fight, by Elena Becatoros
Long War Journal - Pakistani High Court Suspends Case Against Hafiz Saeed, by Bill Roggio
Region
Central Asia
RFE/RL - Central Asian States Profess Unity, but Grown Farther Apart, by Bruce Pannier
Associated Press - Uzbekistan Condemns Russian Troop Deployment, by Peter Leonard
Reuters - Uzbekistan Raps Plan for New Russian Military Base
Iran
New York Times - Iran Questions Detained U.S. Hikers, by Sam Dagher and Sharon Otterman
VOA News - Iran Confirms Detention of 3 American Tourists
AFP - Iran Interrogates Three Detained Americans, by Hiedeh Farmani