ISW News Roundup - August 11, 2009

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Iraq

Los Angeles Times - Iraq Attacks Raise Fears of Renewed Ethnic Tensions, by Liz Sly

BBC - 'Illusion' of Security in Iraq, by Natalia Antelava

AFP - Al-Qaeda Remains a Threat in Northern Iraq: US General

Department of Defense - Mosul Attacks Reflect al-Qaida's Plan, Commander Says, by Gerry J. Gilmore

Washington Times - Iranian Dissidents Threaten Suit Over Raid in Iraq, by Claude Salhani

Reuters - Iran Exile Advocates Urge to Retake Iraq's Camp Ashraf

Christian Science Monitor - Refugees' Plea to US Forces in Iraq: Protect Us, by Gordon Lubold

Wall Street Journal - T. Boone Pickens Suggests US Should Demand Oil From Iraq, by Siobhan Hughes

 

Afghanistan

Christian Science Monitor - More US Troops for Afghanistan: Are they Inevitable?, by Gordon Lubold

Wall Street Journal - Afghanistan Enlists Tribal Militia Forces, by Anand Gopal and Yochi J. Dreazen

VOA News - Fresh Violence Erupts in Southern Afghanistan

Department of Defense - Patience Needed to Beat Taliban, McChrystal Says, by Jim Garamone

Associated Press - US Army Brigade Retools for New Afghan Mission, by Heidi Vogt

AFP - Afghans Urge Pakistan to Ramp up Anti-Terror Fight

TIME - Are Taliban Leaders Fighting Among Themselves?, by Omar Waraich

Los Angeles Times - Afghanistan's Presidential Election Campaign an Exercise in Peril, by Laura King

Reuters - New NATO Head Seeks "True Partnership" With Russia

Associated Press - China Says Separatists Threatened Afghan Flight

Times Online UK - Afghanistan Helicopters Delayed by Lack of Crew and 'Parking,' by Michael Evans

BBC - 'No Rush' to Redeploy Helicopters

CNN - Four NATO Troops Killed in Afghanistan

Los Angeles Times - Three U.S. Troops Killed in Afghanistan, by Laura King

 

Pakistan

Christian Science Monitor - Pakistan, Taliban Battle Over Militant Chief's Death, by Huma Yusuf

New York Times - U.S. Missile Kills at Least 10 in Pakistan Tribal Area, by Pir Zubair Shah and Sabrina Tavernise

Associated Press - US Missile Hits Mehsud's Pakistan Stronghold, by Elena Becatoros and Munir Ahmed

Associated Press - Pakistan Fears al Qaeda to Replace Mehsud, by Nahal Toosi and Ishtiaq Mahsud

VOA News - Pakistan: US Missile Strike Kills 10 Militants

Long War Journal - US Kills 14 in Strike on Taliban Training Camp in South Waziristan, by Bill Roggio

AFP - German Terror Suspect Confesses to Anti-US Bomb Plot, by Rochard Heister

Times Online UK - Terrorists 'Have Attacked Pakistan Nuclear Sites Three Times,' by Rhys Blakely

Reuters - More Pakistan Youth Turn to Music to Vent Against Terror, by Jason Subler

 

Region

Iran

AFP - No Word from Iran on Detained American Hikers: US

Kuwait

New York Times - Kuwait Arrests 6 in Planned Attack on U.S. Base, by Robert F. Worth

Reuters - Kuwait Says Foils Qaeda Plan to Bomb U.S. Army Camp

BBC - Kuwait 'Foils US Army Base Plot'

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