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ISW News Roundup - August 27, 2009
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Iraq
Associated Press - Car Bombs Hit Baghdad Ahead of Shiite Funeral, by Chelsea J. Carter
Washington Post - Largest Shiite Party In Iraq Loses Leader, by Ernesto Londono
New York Times - Shiite Power Broker Dies, in Blow to Iraqi Party, by Marc Santora
Reuters - Influential Iraqi Shi'ite cleric mourned in Iran
Associated Press - Police: Iraqi forces recover stolen Picasso
Afghanistan
Christian Science Monitor - US applies Colombia antidrug lessons to Afghanistan, by Sara Miller Llana
New York Times - Accused of Drug Ties, Afghan Official Worries U.S., by James Risen and Mark Landler
New York Times - Bombing Deepens Despair in a Stricken Afghan City, by Taimoor Shah
Christian Science Monitor - Pentagon's urgent bid to counter Afghan roadside bombs, by Gordon Lubold
CNN - U.S. service member killed in Afghanistan
Associated Press - Analysis: Afghan summer brings reversals, by Robert H. Reid
Reuters - Gunshots fired, sirens wail in Afghan capital
RFE/RL - Wounded Taliban Commander Captured In Afghan Clinic
Associated Press - August tied for deadliest month in Afghanistan, by Amir Shah
CNN - Military examines battle policy of moving wounded within 1 hour, by Barbara Starr
Washington Times - Tribal guards add little, by Jessica Weinstein
Associated Press - Karzai's Lead Widens in Afghan Race, by Heidi Vogt
LA Times - Afghanistan's early returns point to a tie, possible runoff, by Laura King
Reuters - Delay further muddies confused Afghan poll picture, by Hamid Shalizi
Times Online UK - Four British soldiers die for sake of 150 votes, by Michael Evans
Associated Press - Young Afghan freed from Guantanamo to sue US gov't, by Heidi Vogt
Pakistan
Associated Press - Drone Attack in Northwestern Pakistan Kills 6
BBC - 'Militants die in drone attack'
Associated Press - Clash kills 4 Pakistani soldiers, 9 militants, by Munir Ahmad
Long War Journal - New Taliban chief threatens US, by Bill Roggio
Reuters - Over 80 percent of Pakistan's war-displaced return home, by Nita Bhalla
Region
Iran
New York Times - Iran's Factional Disputes Grow Increasingly Bitter, by Michael Slackman
Reuters - Iran "pragmatists" proposed nuclear halt: diplomats, by Louis Charbonneau
Wall Street Journal - Policy On Tehran Faces New Test, by Jay Solomon
Associated Press - Iranian women activists not fooled by president, by Sebastian Abbot
Associated Press - Iran ayatollah: Opposition not stooges for West, by Nasser Karimi
Reuters - Iran MP says rape of some vote detainees proven
Yemen
Christian Science Monitor - Yemen's instability could draw regional players into fray, by David Montero
Lebanon
LA Times Blog - LEBANON: Security forces destroy 'one third' of hashish plantations
Russia
Times Online UK - Russia says it tracked hijacked Arctic Sea all along, but questions grow over cargo, by Tony Halpin