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ISW News Roundup - August 26, 2009
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Iraq
Associated Press - Analysis: Iraq's premier must work to keep job, by Hamza Hendawi
Reuters - Iraqi Shi'ite party leader dies, successor eyed, by Waleed Ibrahim
Associated Press - Head of Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council dies of cancer
Wall Street Journal - Iraq Shiite Leader Hakim Dies, Complicating Shiite Unity, by Chip Cummins
New York Times - Iraqis Demand Syria Turn Over Suspects, by Marc Santora
Associated Press - Iraq summons Syrian diplomat in Baghdad over bombs, by Sameer N. Yacoub
Associated Press - Iraq focuses bombings blame on operatives in Syria, by Sameer N. Yacoub
LA Times - Al Qaeda-linked group claims two recent Baghdad bombings that killed 95, by Liz Sly
New York Times Blog - Arab Press Roundup, by Nadia Taha
Wall Street Journal - Iraq Lowers Upfront Oil Fees, by Hassan Hafidh
RFE/RL - Iraqi Forces Recover Looted Picasso Painting
Afghanistan
New York Times - Wide Fraud Is Charged as Afghans Tally Votes, by Carlotta Gall
Wall Street Journal - More Afghan Candidates Claim Fraud, by Anand Gopal and Matthew Rosenberg
Washington Post - Karzai Slightly Ahead in Partial Vote Count, by Pamela Constable
Reuters - Afghan vote too close to call as results trickle in, by David Fox and Hamid Shalizi
LA Times - Afghanistan's early returns point to a tie, possible runoff, by Laura King
Reuters - U.S. helicopter accidentally dumps Afghan ballot boxes
RFE/RL - Radio Free Afghanistan Reporter Beaten By Police
Washington Post - On Afghanistan, Political Test for Obama, by Scott Wilson and Joshua Partlow
Wall Street Journal - U.S., Allies Plan to Bolster Kandahar Force, by Yochi J. Dreazen
Associated Press - Afghan cluster bombing kills dozens, by Noor Khan
Associated Press - 36 killed in 5-bomb Afghan blast, by Noor Khan
CNN - Red Cross worker among Afghan bomb victims
Breitbart - Kandahar bombs apparently not targeted at Japanese firm: official+
Associated Press - Taliban deny role in southern Afghan attack, by Noor Khan
Times Online UK - Helmand deaths cast fresh doubts on mission in Nato's bloodiest year, by Jeremy Page
BBC - Afghan lessons from Iraq 'success', by Andrew North
Voice of America - US Trying to Match Military Drive in Afghanistan with Socio-Economic Development, by Ravi Khanna
Pakistan
Reuters - Pakistani forces launch air attack on Taliban, by Hafiz Wazir
BBC - Interpol seeks 'militant' arrest
New York Times - Taliban in Pakistan Confirm That Their Leader Is Dead, by Salman Masood
Associated Press - Pakistani Taliban Says Leader Baitullah Mehsud Is Dead, by Ishtiaq Mahsud
Associated Press - Pakistani Taliban seen as regrouping, by Chris Brummitt
Region
Iran
New York Times - Iranian Prosecutors Seek to Shut 2 Reform Parties, by Michael Slackman
Associated Press - Iran gets support for ban on nuke plant attacks, by George Jahn
Lebanon
Associated Press - Fears of Shiite-Sunni violence breakout in Lebanon, by Bassem Mroue
Yemen
Reuters - Rebels say repulse army attack in north Yemen
Israel
Wall Street Journal - Palestinians Seek State by 2011, by Charles Levinson
BBC - Dilemma of Palestinian settlement builders, by Heather Sharp
North Korea
Christian Science Monitor - North Korea's nuclear overture: Honest offer or old tricks? by Howard LaFranchi
RFE/RL - Russia Deploys Missile-Defense System Near North Korea
CIA Interrogations
New York Times - Report Shows Tight C.I.A. Control on Interrogations, by Scott Shane and Mark Mazzetti
Washington Post - CIA Details Methods On Breaking a Detainee, by Joby Warrick, Peter Finn, and Julie Tate