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Global News Alert - December 16, 2010
Dec 16, 2010 - Anonymous
Afghanistan
NY Times- Afghan Report Sees July Troop Pullouts Despite Perils by Helene Cooper
CNN- Afghanistan: Bomb strikes minibus killing 14 civilians by Matiullah Mati
Washington Post- Red Cross official offers grim assessment of war by Ernesto Londono
NY Times- Taliban Extend Reach to North, Where Armed Groups Reign by Alissa J. Rubin
WSJ- Airstrike Accidentally Kills Four Afghan Soldiers by Maria Abi-Habib
Washington Post- Germany: pullout from Afghanistan to start in 2011
Pakistan
BBC- Drone attack 'kills two Britons' in Pakistan
Bloomberg- Pakistan-Trained Militants Carried out Iran Attacks, Najjar Says by Maher Chmaytelli
AEI- Pakistan Security Brief - December 15, 2010
Seattle Times- Officials: US missiles kill 7 in NW Pakistan by Rasool Dawar
Iraq
AFP- Iraq holds 73 as two million throng shrine city by Abdelamir Hanoun
NY Times- Security Council Removes Restrictions on Iraq by Neil MacFarquhar
NPR- Seeking To Heal, Wounded Warriors Return To Iraq by Deborah Amos
Irish Times- Allawi to have 'broad powers' in government by Michael Jansen
Iran
CS Monitor- Stuxnet 'virus' could be altered to attack US facilities, report warns by Mark Clayton
Washington Post-Iran reformer sentenced to jail, exile and fine by Ali Akbar Dareini
Jerusalem Post- Iran said to have cut Hizbullah aid by 40% by Yaakov Katz
Fox News- Iran Threat to Kill American Generals Is Real, Experts Say by Ed Barnes
World
CNN- Official: Insurgents say al Qaeda planning U.S., Europe attacks by Pam Benson
Reuters- Israel can't defeat Hezbollah: Israeli expert