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ISW Global News Update - October 13, 2009
Oct 13, 2009 - Anonymous
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Afghanistan
New York Times - Views on Afghanistan Buildup Bring Clinton and Gates Together in an Alliance, by Mark Landler and Thom Shanker
Washington Post - Support Troops Swelling U.S. Forces in Afghanistan, by Ann Scott Tyson
CNN.com - How many troops are enough for Afghanistan strategy?, by Ed Hornick
VOA News - US Under Political, Military Pressure to Act on Afghanistan, by Ravi Khanna
Washington Times - U.S. claims to disrupt al Qaeda funds, by Sean Lengell
Reuters - Taliban Kidnap 16 People in Afghanistan's North
New York Times Blog - Afghanistan From the Air, by Moises Saman
BBC News - Al-Qaeda 'faces funding crisis'
VOA News - Clinton: US Committed to Success in Afghanistan, by Jennifer Glasse
New York Times Blog - Code Pink Returns From Kabul, by James Dao
Los Angeles Times - Resignation of Afghan election official raises anxiety level, by Laura King
Wall Street Journal - Afghan Quits Post on Election Board, by Anand Gopal
New York Times - Afghanistan: Electoral Commission Member Resigns, by Sabrina Tavernise
AFP - Judge quits vote complaints commission
Iraq
New York Times - General lays Out Pace of Iraq Pullout, by Rod Nordland
Washington Post - 3 Bombings Target Police in Iraq, by Uthman al-Mokhtar and Nada Bakri
New York Times - Kurdistan Halts Oil Exports, by Timothy Williams
New York Times - Bombings Outside Iraq Reconciliation Meeting Kill 23, by Timpthy Williams
Christian Science Monitor - Triple bombing kills scores in Iraq's Anbar Province, by Huma Yusuf
RFE/RL - Iraqi Parliament Debates Open-List Electoral System
Pakistan
New York Times - Pakistan Aid Places U.S. in the Midst of a Divide, by Jane Perlez
Washington Post - In Pakistan, a Deadly Resurgence, by Karin Brulliard
New York Times - Terror Suspects Cleared Again in Pakistan, by Salman Masood
Associated Press - Fourth attack in 8 days kills 41, by Riaz Khan
Los Angeles Times - Attacks highlight Pakistan's vulnerability to militants, by Alex Rodriguez
New York Times - Car Bomb Kills at Least 41 in Resistive Region of Pakistan, by Pir Zubair Shah and Jane Perlez
Christian Science Monitor - Latest militant attack rocks Pakistan's Swat Valley, by Issam Ahmed
VOA News - 41 Killed in Blast Near Pakistan's Swat Valley, by Sean Maroney
Region
Iran
Associated Press - Clinton Presses Russia on Iran
New York Times - Iranian Journalists Flee, Fearing Retribution for Covering Protests, by Nazila Fathi
BBC News - US and Russia vow unity over Iran
Israel/Palestine
New York Times - Netanyahu Calls War Crimes Report 'Distorted,' by Isabel Kershner
Associated Press - Netanyahu Says He Will Not Allow War Crimes Trials for Israelis
Washington Times - Israelis may stay home to avoid arrest in Europe, by Eli Lake
Lebanon
Reuters - Lebanon: Hezbollah Munitions Cache Explodes
North Korea
New York Times - Amid Missile Tests, North Korea Agrees to Talks, by Choe Sang-Hun
Christian Science Monitor - Clinton says North Korea missile tests won't affect talks, by Donald Kirk
Wall Street Journal - North Korea Agrees to Talk on Flood Control, by Evan Ramstad
Reuters - North Korea to Fire More Missiles Ahead of Talks
Washington Post - North Korea Fires 5 Missiles, by Blaine Harden
Russia
New York Times - Eastern Europe Fears New Era of Russian Dominance, by Andrew E. Kramer
Associated Press - Russian FM: Russia, US positioned on Iran 'coincide'
VOA News - Clinton to Press Russia on Backing Sanctions on Iran
Associated Press - Clinton in talks with Russians on Iran, by Matthew Lee
Somalia
Wall Street Journal - Threat Persists in Yemen, Somalia
UAE
Associated Press - United Arab Emirates: Court Convicts American