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

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