Global News Alert - January 5, 2010
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Afghanistan
Wall Street Journal - CIA Blast Blamed On Double Agent, by Siobhan Gorman, Anand Gopal, and Yochi Dreazen
LA Times - CIA Bomber Was a Jordanian Double Agent, Ex-Spy Official Says, by Greg Miller
New York Times - Behind Afghan Bombing, an Agent With Many Loyalties, by Richard Oppel, Mark Mazzetti, and Soad Mekhennet
Washington Post - Suicide Bomber who Attacked CIA Post in Afghanistan Was Trusted Informant from Jordan, by Joby Warrick and Peter Finn
LA Times - Intelligence Overhaul Ordered for Afghanistan, by Julian Barnes and Laura King
Associated Press - NATO Official: US Spy Work Lacking in Afghanistan, by Deb Riechmann
Department of Defense - Forces Seize Drugs, Weapons in Afghanistan
Department of Defense - Clearing the Way: Engineers Hunt Roadside Bombs, by Jon Dougherty
New York Times - Standoff Builds Over Afghan Cabinet, by Alissa Rubin
Wall Street Journal - Karzai Seeks to Speed Decision on Cabinet, by Anand Gopal
Reuters - Karzai to Try Again with New Cabinet Line-up
RFE/RL - Afghan Parliament Delays Recess for Cabinet Vote
BBC News - Afghan Aid Fails to Feed the Hungry, by Peter Greste
Pakistan
Washington Post - Pakistan Worried U.S. Buildup in Afghanistan Will Sent Militants Across Border, by Karin Brulliard
Washington Post - Va. Suspects in Pakistan Say Mission Was Jihad, not Terrorism, by Jerry Markon, Pamela Constable, and Shaiq Hussein
Iraq
Department of Defense - Iraqi Forces Arrest 4 Terror Suspects
World
Yemen
Times Online - Freed Guantanamo Inmates Are Heading for Yemen to Join al-Qaeda Fight, by Time Coghlan
VOA News - US Says Yemen's Problems Threaten Global Security, by Meredith Buel
VOA News - Pentagon Backs Off Petraeus News of Doubling Yemen Military Aid, by Al Pessin
Washington Post - Yemeni Officials, Fearing Backlash, Play Down Partnership with U.S., by Sudarasan Raghavan
Associated Press - US Embassy Open in Yemen after Attacks on Al-Qaeda, by Lee Keath
New York Times - In Yemen, U.S. Faces Leader Who Puts Family First, by Steven Erlanger
Iran
Reuters - Iran Renews Execution Threat against Prisoners, by Ramin Mostafavi and Hashme Kalantari
Times Online - Foreigners were Arrested at Tehran Protest, Iran Claims, by Martin Fletcher
BBC News - Iran 'Bars Co-operation with Foreign Groups'
Christian Science Monitor - Why Iran May Now Be more Vulnerable to Sanctions, by Scott Peterson
Somalia
Wall Street Journal - Loaded: Freighters Ready to Shoot Across Pirate Bow, by John Miller
Assocaited Press - UN Stops Food Aide to 1 Million in Southern Somalia, by Frank Jordans
Russia-Belarus
Wall Street Journal - Tensions Flare in Russia-Belarus Pipeline Talks, by William Mauldin and Richard Boudreaux
United States
VOA News - Obama to Unveil Reforms to Anti-Terrorist Policies