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ISW Global News Update - October 9, 2009
Oct 9, 2009 - Anonymous
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Afghanistan
Wall Street Journal - Top Troop Request Exceeds 60,000, by Peter Spiegel and Yochi Dreazen
Los Angeles Times - Taliban claims responsibility for Kabul embassy attack, by M. Karim Faiez and Mark Magnier
New York Times - 17 Die in Kabul Bomb Attack, by Sabrina Tavernise and Abdul Waheed Wafa
Washington Post - 17 Killed by Blast In Afghan Capital, by Joshua Partlow
Reuters - Indian Embassy In Afghan Capital Attacked Again
Wall Street Journal - Indian Embassy in Kabul Is Bombed, by Anand Gopal and Matthew Rosenberg
Washington Post - General's D.C. Trip Put Off as Strategy Talks Drag On, by Karen DeYoung and Greg Jaffe
Wall Street Journal Opinion - No Substitute for Boots on the Ground, by Vincent G. Heintz
Christian Science Monitor - More troops in Afghanistan? Naysayers gain clout with Obama, by Gordon Lubold
VOA News - Obama Consults With Biden, Clinton on Afghanistan
Washington Times - Key Democrats align with military on buildup, by S. A. Miller
Los Angeles Times - Obama could face party revolt on Afghanistan, by James Oliphant and Richard Simon
VOA News - UN Security Council Extends NATO Mandate in Afghanistan, by Margaret Besheer
BBC News - UN urges stronger Afghan mission
Department of Defense - Forces Target Taliban in South, East Afghanistan
Los Angeles Times - Obama shifting focus to Al Qaeda over Taliban, by Christi Parsons and Paul Richter
Washington Post - Emerging Goal for Afghanistan: Weaken, Not Vanquish, Taliban, by Scott Wilson
New York Times Opinion - An Islamic Solution, by Abolhassan Bani-Sadr
New York Times Blog - A Heads-Up About Helmets, by C. J. Chivers
Reuters - General Wants 40,000 More U.S. Troops For Afghan War
Wall Street Journal Opinion - The Missing Debate on Afghanistan, by Peggy Noonan
Washington Times - U.S. prepares for second Karzai term, by Ashish Kumar Sen
VOA News - Afghan War Draws Comparisons to Vietnam, by Gary Thomas
BBC News - UN Afghan envoy denies cover-up
Long War Journal - Analysis: Al Qaeda is the tip of the jihadist spear, by Thomas Joscelyn and Bill Roggio
Iraq
New York Times - Pullout From Iraq Poses Daunting Challenges, by Marc Santora
Associated Press - Iraq: Roadside bomb kills 3 northeast of Baghdad
Associated Press - Families Exiled by Sadaam Return to Iraq, Chelsea J. Carter
CNN.com - Dog handler appeals conviction in Abu Ghraib case, by Paul Courson
Associated Press - Army dong handler appeals Abu Ghraib conviction, by Sarah Karush
Pakistan
New York Times - At Least 42 Die in Blast at Market in Pakistan, by Ismail Khan and Salman Masood
Wall Street Journal - Pakistan Bombing Kills Dozens, by Zahid Hussain
Los Angeles Times - Car bomb in Peshawar market kills 41, by Alex Rodriguez
Associated Press - Car bomb kills 41, wounds 100 in Pakistan, by Riaz Khan
VOA News - Bomb Explodes in Northwest Pakistan, Scores Killed
CNN.com - Suicide bomb blast kills at least 49 in northern Pakistan
Christian Science Monitor - Pakistan's Pashtuns, looking for statehood, may look to Taliban, by Ben Arnoldy
Christian Science Monitor - US to give Pakistan $1.5 billion a year - with strings attached, by Howard LaFranchi
Associated Press- U.S. sparks friction in Pakistan with aid bill, by Ravi Nessman
Los Angeles Times Opinion - No Peace in the Swat Valley, by Anna Husarska
Iran
Reuters - Iran to "Blow Up Heart" of Israel if Attacked - Official
Associated Press - Iran to 'Blow Up the Heart of Israel' if Attacked
New York Times - Elite Guard in Iran Tightens Its Grip With Telecom Move, by Michael Slackman
Wall Street Journal - Iran Looms as Obstacle for Sailors, by Chip Cummins
New York Times - Iranian Site Reports a Death Sentence for Protester, by Michael Slackman
Wall Street Journal - U.S., Allies Confer on New Iran Sanctions, by Jay Solomon
Reuters - Iran Plans To Cut Subsidised Gasoline Quota
World
North America
Wall Street Journal - Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize in Surprise Pick, by Paul Sonne
New York Times - Barak Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize, by Walter Gibbs and Alan Cowell
Washington Post - President Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize, by Scott Wilson and Debbi Wilgoren
Associated Press - President Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize, by Karl Ritter and Matt Moore
RFE/RL - U.S. President Barak Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize
VOA News - Barak Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize
New York Times - A Man Under Watch, but Not Under Wraps, in a Terrorism Case, by Karen Zraick
VOA News - Pentagon: New Bomb That Reaches Underground Targets Will Be Available Soon
New York Times - Man Pleads Guilty in Plot to Bomb Sites in Toronto, by Ian Austen
India
Wall Street Journal - Rebels Hit India Police in Ambush, Killing 17, by Krishna Pokharel
New York Times - Maoist Insurgents Ambush Indian Commandos, by Hari Kumar and Jim Yardley
BBC News - India in new anti-Maoist tactic
VOA News - India-US Military Relations Growing Rapidly, by Ravi Khanna
Indonesia
Associated Press - 2 Militants Killed in Raid in Indonesia
Israel/Palestine
New York Times - Israel: Foreign Minister Scoffs at Prospects for Peace, by Isabel Kershner
VOA News - US Urges Mideast Peace Talks Despite Israeli Pessimism, by Luis Ramirez
Christian Science Monitor - Jerusalem's grand mufti: Israel wrong to block Al-Aqsa Mosque, by Ilene R. Prusher
Wall Street Journal - Israeli Foreign Minister Pours Cold Water on Palestinian Peace Prospects, by Joshua Mitnick
Associated Press - Israelis Bring Green Power to West Bank Village
North Korea
Washington Post - N. Korea Swiftly Expanding Its Special Forces, by Blaine Harden
New York Times - North Korea to Send Nuclear Envoy to U.S. - Report
Saudi Arabia
Washington Post - In Saudi Arabia, a Campus Built as a 'Beacon of Tolerance,' by Sudarsan Raghavan
Somalia
Reuters - U.N: Little Pledged Aid Paid Up For Somali Security