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Global News Alert - December 2, 2009
Dec 2, 2009 - Anonymous
Afghanistan
Associated Press - Text of President Obama's Speech on Afghanistan
New York Times - Obama Adds Troops, but Maps Exit Plan, by Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Helene Cooper
Wall Street Journal - Obama Bets Big on Troop Surge, by Peter Spiegel, Jonathan Weisman, and Yochi Dreazen
LA Times - Obama's Afghanistan Strategy Counts on Times as an Ally, by Doyle McManus
Christian Science Monitor - Obama's Afghanistan Speech: Five Key Points, by Gordon Lubold
Washington Post - Obama: U.S. Security Is Still at Stake, by Scott Wilson
Associated Press - US Commander Supports Surge Timeline
Department of Defense - McChrystal Voices Support for President's Afghanistan Strategy, by John Kruzel
BBC News - Taliban Vow to Fight US Troop Surge
Reuters - Obama Faces Tough Sell with Afghan Troop Plan, by Adam Entous and Peter Graff
Wall Street Journal - Success Hinges on Strength of Afghan Leader, by Gerald Seib
New York Times - With Troop Pledge, New Demands on Afghans, by Dexter Filkins
LA Times - Critics Denounce any Withdrawal Date
Associated Press - Congress Scrutinizes Obama's Afghanistan Plan, by Anne Flaherty and Anne Gearan
Washington Post - The Puzzle for Congress: How to Pay for Plan, by Paul Kane
Reuters - Afghans Unimpressed by Obama's Troops Surge, by Sayed Salahuddin
Wall Street Journal - U.S. Plan Draws Concern in Kabul, Pakistan, by Anand Gopal
Associated Press - Reaction to Obama's Afghanistan War Plans
Department of Defense - Mullen: Military Leaders Fully Support Afghan Strategy, by Jim Garamone
Wall Street Journal - With Key Role, Gates Stands to Get Credit - or Blame, by Yochi Dreazen
VOA News - Logistics Play Key Role in US War Effort in Afghanistan, by David Axe
Wall Street Journal - U.S. Adding Contractors at Fast Pace, by August Cole
Washington Times - U.S. Troops Skeptical of Afghan Soldiers' Abilities, by Sara Carter
Christian Science Monitor - Afghanistan War: Soldiers from Iraq See more Experience Militants, by Tom A. Peter
New York Times - NATO Looking to Send More Troops to Afghanistan, by Alan Cowell
Reuters - NATO Says Troop Surge to Allow Gradual Transition, by David Brunnstrom
Reuters - Italy to Hike Afghanistan Troops, Mum on Details
Reuters - Poland Says May Send 600 More Troops to Afghanistan
Reuters - Afghan Strategy Review before Troop Boost: Germany
RFE/RL - Russia Warns NATO Over Afghan Cooperation
Afghanistan - Op-Eds
New York Times (Editorial) - The Afghanistan Speech
New York Times (Opinion) - This I Believe, by Thomas Friedman
Washington Post (Opinion) - Surge, then Leave, by David Ignatious
Washington Post (Opinion) - A War President, by William Kristol
Washington Post (Editorial) - An Afghan Strategy
The Wall Street Journal (Editorial) - The Afghan Escalation
Wall Street Journal (Opinion) - The Afghan-Pakistan Solution, by Pervez Musharraf
LA Times (Editorial) - Obama's Afghanistan Gambit
Pakistan
New York Times - Between the Lines, an Expansion in Pakistan, by David Sanger and Eric Schmitt
LA Times - Experts Fear Ousted Afghan Taliban Will Simply Cross the Border, by Alex Rodriguez
Associated Press - Suicide Bomber Kills 1 at Navy Complex in Pakistan, by Asif Shahzad
Iraq
Department of Defense - Police Arrest al-Qaida Suspects in Northern Iraq
World
Iran
Reuters - Iran Releases Five Britons Detained from Yacht, by Hossein Jaseb
New York Times - Iran's Plan to Phase Out Subsidies Brings Frenzied Debate, by Robert Worth
Philippines
Reuters - Manila, Muslim Rebels to Resume Peace Talks Next Week
Russia
Reuters - Islamists Rebels Claim Russian Rail Bombing, by Conor Humphries
India
BBC News - India Troops Die in Maoist Blasts
Central African Republic
Reuters - Dozens Dead in Ugandan Rebel Attack in CAR - Sources, by Paul-Marin Ngoupana