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ISW News Roundup - August 25, 2009
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Iraq
New York Times - Iraqi Shiite Leaders Create Alliance, Minus Maliki, by Steven Lee Myers
Washington Post - Major Shiite Political Parties Exclude Maliki in Forming Coalition, by Ernesto Londono and K.I. Ibrahim
Times Online UK - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki splits from Shia Coalition, by Oliver Augustin
LA Times - Iraqi prime minister to go it alone in national elections, by Liz Sly and Caesar Ahmed
Associated Press - Iraq's al-Qaida claims Baghdad government bombings, by Maamoun Youssef
Christian Science Monitor - Baghdad bombing leaves hole in diplomatic corps, by Jane Arraf
New York Times - At Least 20 Dead in Two Iraqi Bus Bombings, by Marc Santora
Reuters - Iraq suspends decision to pull down blast walls, by Aseel Kami
Department of Defense - Hard Work in Iraq Pays Off, Colonel Says, by Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden
Associated Press - US officer feelings sidelined as Iraqis take over, by Hamza Hendawi
Afghanistan
New York Times - Afghan Cabinet Minister Claims Karzai Victory, by Carlotta Gall
Washington Post - Karzai Won Election Convincingly, Afghan Cabinet Minister Says, by Pamela Constable
LA Times - As discord mounts, Afghan officials promise preliminary election results Tuesday, by Laura King
Washington Times - U.S. monitor hears of horrors in Afghan vote, by David W. Jones
Wall Street Journal - More Afghan Candidates Claim Fraud, by Anand Gopal and Matthew Rosenberg
Associated Press - Partial Afghan election results due; 4 troops die, by Rahim Faiez and Nahal Toosi
BBC - USsoldiers killed in Afghanistan
Reuters - New U.S. deaths make 2009 Afghan war's deadliest, by Peter Graff
LA Times - High-tech UK Chinook helicopters languish in hangers after costly software error, by Jill Lawless
Long War Journal - Afghan National Army Air Corp (ANAAC) Order of Battle update: August 2009, by CJ Radin
Washington Times - Petraeus to open intel training center, by Eli Lake
Associated Press - Military rethinking 'golden hour' for injuries, by Lara Jakes
Pakistan
Reuters - Bodies of Suspected Taliban Found in Pakistan's Swat
BBC - Profile: Zulfiqar Mehsud, by Syed Shoaib Hasan
Region
Chechnya Violence
Associated Press - 3 Police Killed in Chechnya Suicide Bombing
Iran
Associated Press - Iran resumes mass trial of opposition figures, by Ali Akbar Dareini
Times Online UK - Iran calls for death penalty on reformists in dock, by Jenny Booth
Israel
Reuters - Israel Raid on Gaza Tunnel Kills 3 Palestinians
Turkey/Kurds
Associated Press - Military: no negotiations with Kurdish rebels, by Suzan Fraser
Somalia
Associated Press - Somali militants use many tactics to woo Americans, by Amy Forliti
US Military and Detention
New York Times Blog - Unexamined Civil-Military Relations, by Tim Hsia
New York Times - C.I.A. Abuse Cases Detailed in Report on Detainees, by Mark Mazzetti and Scott Shane
Washington Times - Panetta loses battle over CIA abuse probes, by Eli Lake and Shaun Waterman
New York Times - U.S. Says Rendition to Continue, but With More Oversight, by David Johnston