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Global News Alert - December 10, 2009
Dec 10, 2009 - Anonymous
December 9, 2009, Global News Alert December 11, 2009, Global News Alert
Afghanistan
Reuters - Obama Says Will Not Rush Afghan Troop Drawdown
Reuters - Petraeus Sees Short-Term Rise in Afghan Violence, by Phil Stewart and Adam Entous
LA Times - Petraeus Predicts Intensified Combat in Afghanistan, by Julian Barnes
Washington Post - U.S. Counterterrorism Efforts Set to Expand in Afghanistan, by Karen DeYoung and Walter Pincus
VOA News - Gates Says US, Afghan Ties Are Long-Term, by Al Pessin
Department of Defense - Afghan Security Leaders Thank Gates for Support, by Donna Miles
Department of Defense - Most Surge Troops Identified, Official Says, by John Kruzel
Department of Defense - Logisticians Ready for Afghan Transporation Task, by Jim Garamone
Washington Post - Pay Increase for Afghan Troops Boosts Interest, by Glenn Kessler
New York Times - Afghan Army Offers Raise, and Recruits Flock to Join, by Elisabeth Bumiller
Times Online - $38 Billion Afghanistan Fraud Squad Not Doing Enough, US Senators Say, by Jerome Starkey
New York Times - Poll Finds Slim Majority Back More Afghanistan Troops, by Adam Nagourney and Dalia Sussman
Associated Press - South Korea Vows to Go Ahead with Afghan Troop Dispatch, by Hyung-Jin Kim
RFE/RL - Canada Knew of Afghan Detainee Abuse Risk, General Says
RFE/RL - Will Georgia's Afghan 'Surge' Pay Off?, by Brian Whitmore
Pakistan
LA Times - Five Young Americans Arrested in Pakistan, Josh Meyer
New York Times (Opinion) - How to Mend Fences with Pakistan, by Asif Ali Zardari
Iraq
Associated Press - Al-Qaida Claims This Week's Deadly Baghdad Blasts, by Chelsea Carter
Reuters - Embattled Iraq Insurgency Shifts Tactics, Eyes Poll, by Mohammed Abbas
Reuters - Iraq's March Vote Won't Affect U.S. Drawdown: Pentagon, by Adam Entous
New York Times - Iraq's Other Security Threat: Politics, by Marc Santora and Riyadh Mohammed
Washington Times - Key Shi'ite Backs a Democratic Secular Iraq, by Eli Lake
Times Online - Baghdad Security Chief Sacked Over Bombs That Killed 127 People, by Oliver August
Department of Defense - Iraqis Arrest 8, Including Terrorist Leader
Washington Post - Gates Arrives in Baghdad for Unannounced Visit, by Glenn Kessler and Ernesto Londono
World
Iran
Christian Science Monitor - Iran Protests: Amnesty International Details Abuse of Protesters, by Scott Peterson
VOA News - Iran: Seismic Station in Turkmenistan Built for 'Spying'
North Korea
New York Times - U.S. Envoy Returns From Talks With North Korea, by Choe Sang-Hun
Associated Press - Senior US Envoy Held 'Candid' Talks with NKorea, by Jean Lee
Russia
Associated Press - Russia's Bulava Missile Fails Latest Test
Georgia
RFE/RL - Will Georgia's Afghan 'Surge' Pay Off?, by Brian Whitmore
Colombia/Venezuela
Washington Times - Colombia Faces Border Tensions with Venezuela, by Martin Arostegui
Somalia
Associated Press - Greek-Owned Cargo Ship to be Freed in Somalia
Times Online - Kenyan Courts on Legal Front Line in Battle to Stop Somali Pirates, by Tristan McConell
Times Online - Battle Against Piracy Can Only Be Won in Somalia Itself, Not at Sea, by Tristan McConnell
Congo
New York Times - U.N. Told Not to Join Congo Army in Operation, by Jeffery Gettleman
US African Command
Department of Defense - General Discusses Exercise in Africa, by Molly Burgess