Global News Alert - October 27, 2010

Afghanistan

Washington Post- U.S. military campaign to topple resilient Taliban hasn't succeeded by Greg Miller

Foreign Policy- More airstrikes won't help in Afghanistan by Erica Gaston

Daily Mail- Our wasted years in Afghanistan, says British Major General by Ian Drury

Washington Post- Development aid in key Afghan province lacking in oversight, audit finds by Karen DeYoung

FOX News- Russia, NATO Plan Joint Afghan War Initiative

Pakistan

Reuters- Obama calls Pakistan's Zardari, urges more effort

AFP- Amnesty calls for probe over Baluchistan violence

Wall Street Journal- Suspected US Drone Strike Kills 3 In Pakistan Tribal Belt

AFP- Orakzai: Window on Pakistan's war against militancy by Emmanuel Duparcq

Iraq

New York Times- Anbar Province, Once a Hotbed of Iraqi Insurgency, Demands a Say on Resources by John Leland

BBC- Iraq jewellery shop attacks leave 10 dead in Kirkuk

Guardian- Tony Blair summoned back to Chilcot inquiry into Iraq war by Richard Norton-Taylor

Reuters- Iraq al Qaeda more lethal as homegrown insurgency by Suadad al-Salhy

CNN- 3 killed, several wounded in Iraq explosions by Mohammed Tawfeeq

Iran

VOA News- Clinton: US Has No Problem with Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Reactor by David Gollust

Foreign Policy- What we can learn from Iran's attempt to buy influence in Kabul by Stephen M. Walt 

Reuters- Iran arrests members of Sunni rebel group: report by Jon Boyle

TIME- High Anxiety in Iran: Awaiting Economic Reform

World

New York Times- Saudi Border With Yemen Is Still Inviting for Al Qaeda by Robert Worth

New York Times- In Mideast House of Cards, U.S. Views Lebanon as Shaky by Mark Landler

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