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ISW News Roundup - August 7, 2009
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Iraq
Reuters - Bombs Targeting Shi'ite Muslims Kill 27 in Iraq
AFP - Car Bomb Kills 20 Outside Shiite Mosque in Iraq, by Mujahed Mohammed
Associated Press - Car Bomb Kills 5 in Disputed City in Northern Iraq
VOA News - US Military Commander Says Iraq Taking Lead on Security, by Aru Pande
The Economist - We Don't Need You Any More
New York Times - Iraqis Freed by U.S. Face Few Jobs and Little Hope, by Campbell Robertson
VOA News - Iraq to Remove Baghdad Blast Walls
Washington Post - Troubled Veterans Get a Hand, by P. Solomon Banda
Times Online UK - Iraqis Speak of Random Killings Committed by Private Blackwater Guards, by Oliver August
Washington Post - Nicotine-Loving Iraqis Deride Smoking-Ban Plan, by Ernesto Londoño
Afghanistan
CNN - Adviser: Obama Urging 'More Aggressive' Fight Against al Qaeda, by Terry Frieden
New York Times - White House Struggles to Gauge Afghan Success, by David E. Sanger, Eric Schmitt, and Thom Shanker
Los Angeles Times - Obama's Counter-Terrorism Advisor Denounces Bush-Era Policies, by Greg Miller
Associated Press - Adviser: US Has 2 more Tough Years in Afghanistan, by Anne Gearan
Reuters - NATO Chief Wants More Troops in Afghanistan
AFP - Canada Rejects NATO Call to Stay in Afghanistan Past 2011
Reuters - NATO Seeks More Troops for Afghanistan; 8 Die, by Hamid Shalizi and Peter Graff
Associated Press - 3 British Troops Killed in Southern Afghanistan, by Amir Shah
Department of Defense - Infantry Patrols Disrupt Insurgents, Aid Afghans, by Army Spc. Elisebet Freeburg
Reuters - Four U.S. Troops Killed in Southern Afghanistan
Associated Press - US Looks to Vietnam for Afghan Tips, by Slobodan Lekic
Pakistan
VOA News - Pakistan Foreign Minister: Taliban Chief Baitullah Mehsud is Dead, by Ayaz Gul
Christian Science Monitor - Drone Probably Killed Taliban Leader. Is Pakistan Safer?, by Ben Arnoldy
CNN - Pakistani Taliban Leader Likely Killed by U.S. Drone Attack
The Economist - Is He Dead?
Times Online UK - Analysis: A New Opportunity in Pakistan, by Catherine Philp
RFE/RL - Pakistani Taliban Chief's Death Would Have Broad Implications, by Abubakar Siddique
Wall Street Journal - Afghans Pin Hopes on Mining as Taliban Attacks Intensify, by Devon Maylie
Los Angeles Times - Attack on Christians a Further Crisis for Pakistan, by Alex Rodriguez
Associated Press - Pakistan: Laws to be Reviewed Post-Christian Havoc, by Zarar Khan
AFP - Pakistan Raises Swat Militia to Fight Taliban, by Lehaz Ali
TIME - In Pakistan's Swat Valley, Testing Life After the Taliban, by Omar Waraich
Region
Iran
Associated Press - Friend: Detained Hikers Made Regrettable Mistake