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Global News Alert - December 3, 3009
Dec 3, 2009 - Anonymous
Afghanistan
Associated Press - Obama Borrows Soviet's Afghanistan Endgame, by Douglas Birch
Associated Press - Afghanistan Pullout Date Not Definite, by Anne Gearan
Wall Street Journal - Time Limit on Surge Draws Fire, by Jonathan Weisman and Yochi Dreazen
Department of Defense - Gates Explains July 2011 Milestone at Senate Hearing, by John Kruzel
LA Times - Afghanistan Timetable Raises Questions, by Paul Richter and Julian Barnes
Department of Defense - McChystal: Surge Marks Turning Point in Conflict, By Gerry Gilmore
New York Times - Most New U.S. Forces for Afghanistan Will be Sent to Taliban Stronghold in South, by Richard Oppel Jr.
Washington Post - Obama to Let Pentagon Deploy even more Troops, by Numbers Remain Murky, by Karen DeYoung
Wall Street Journal - Lawmakers Challenge Gates, by Yochi Dreazen
New York Times - Obama Team Defends Policy on Afghanistan, by Elisabeth Bumiller
VOA News - Clinton Expects Significant Afghan Troop Pledges from NATO
LA Times - Key Senate Democrats Question Lack of Afghan Forces to Aid U.S. Troop Surge, by Julian Barnes
Wall Street Journal - Liberals Distance Themselves From the President, by Peter Wallsten
New York Times - Afghanistan and Pakistan Rattled by Plan for Drawdown, by Sabrina Tavernise and Carlotta Gall
Christian Science Monitor - Obama's Afghanistan Speech: How it Sounded to Afghans, by Ben Arnoldy
LA Times - Afghan President Pledges to Support U.S. War Plan, by Laura King
VOA News - Afghan Reaction Towards New US Strategy Mixed, by Sean Maroney
Reuters - US Envoy Criticises Civilian Effort in Afghanistan, by Timothy Heritage
LA Times - Rumsfeld Takes Issue with Obama's Remark about Afghan Troops, by Mark Silva
Times Online - US Surge Troops to Get Own Town in the Sand, by Jerome Starkey and Tim Reid
Associated Press - US Envoy: Allies Strongly Support Afghan Plan
Reuters - NATO Allies Face U.S. Pressure on Afghan Troops, by David Brunnstrom
Washington Times - Germany and France Slow to Pledge Troops for Afghanistan, by Nicholas Kralev
New York Times - Italy May Add 1,000 Extra Troops in Afghanistan, by Alan Cowell
Reuters - Italy to Send 1,000 more Troops to Afghanistan, by Daniel Flynn
LA Times (Opinion) - Obama's Folly, by Andrew Bacevich
LA Times (Opinion) - Despite Some Question, Obama's Afghan Policy is Sound, by Max Boot
New York Times (Opinion) - Johnson, Gorbachev, Obama, by Nicholas D. Kristof
Wall Street Journal (Opinion) - Obama Can Win in Afghanistan, by Karl Rove
Christian Science Monitor (Editorial) - Five Reasons for Hope in the Obama Afghanistan Plan
Christian Science Monitor (Opinion) - Obama Agenda in Afghanistan: Don't Forget About Pakistan, by Oliver Roy
Pakistan
Washington Post - Pakistanis Voice Concerns about Obama's New Afghanistan Plan, by Pamela Constable and Joshua Partlow
RFE/RL - Pakistan's Gilani Cautious Over Obama Strategy for Afghanistan
Associated Press - Pakistan: We Need more Clairly on US Plan, by Raphael Satter
Associated Press - Pakistanis Kill 15 Militants in Northwest Clashes, by Anwarullah Khan
BBC News - Pakistan Madrassa Mixes Drug Rehab and Fighter Training
Times Online - Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani: Bin Laden not in Pakistan, by Philippe Naughton and Zahid Hussain
Iraq
Department of Defense - Iraqi Police Arrest 8 Terror Suspects
Associated Press - Iraq Official: Baghdad Bomb Kills 1, Injures 6, by Hamid Ahmed
World
Iran
Washington Post - Arms Smuggling Hightens Iran Fear, by Joby Warrick
New York Times - Iran President Says Nuclear Enrichment Will Grow, by William J. Broad
Associated Press - Defiant Iran Vows to Enrich Uranium More, by George Jahn
Reuters - Iran to Review Ties with Countries over IAEA Vote
Wall Street Journal - Iranian Crackdown Goes Global, by Farnaz Fassihi
Times Online - Drug-laced Salad Killed Doctor Who Exposed Torture, by Martin Fletcher
Somalia
Associated Press - Somalia Explosion Kills 9, Including 3 Ministers, by Mohamed Olad Hassan
Rwanda/Congo
Christian Science Monitor - Rwanda Rebel Leaders: US, French, Spanish and Congo Business Links, by Scott Baldauf
Lebanon
BBC News - Lebanese Cabinet Endorses Hezbollah's Right to Weapons
Associated Press - Lebanese Cabinet Lets Hezbollah Keep its Weapons, by Zeina Karam
Russia
Associated Press - Putin: Russia to Take Tough Action against Terror, by Vladimir Isachinkov
Associated Press - Chechen Rebels Claim Russian Train Bombing, by David Nowak
New York Times - Arms Treaty Likely to Expire Before New Pact is Set, by Peter Baker and Clifford Levy
NATO
RFE/RL - NATO Foreign Ministers Sifting Through Membership Hopefuls, by Ahto Lobjakas
United States Military
Department of Defense - Afghanistan, Iraq Drive Landmark Defense Review, by Donna Miles