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ISW News Roundup - April 1, 2009
Apr 1, 2009 - Anonymous
Iraq
Associated Press - Analysis: Weekend uprising shows Iraqi tensions, by Robert H. Reid
Associated Press - Iraq: Many Baghdad mutineers escaped with weapons, by Hamid Ahmed
New York Times - Iraqi Militants Show New Boldness, by Alissa J. Rubin
New York Times - In a Desolate Iraqi Village, War Is Far From Over, by Marc Santora
Associated Press - British hand off oil-rich South to U.S., by Kim Gamel
Voice of America - US Senate Panel Considers Plight of Iraqi Refugees, by Deborah Tate
Reuters - Monthly U.S. death toll in Iraq lowest since beginning of war
Associated Press - Iraq blames neighbors for water shortage
Reuters - Iraq aims to buy 18 F-16 fighters in '09, by Jim Wolf
Reuters - Iraq starts policing borders with unmanned planes, by Waleed Ibrahim
Washington Post - A Journey Into the Iraq of Recollection, by Anthony Shadid
Afghanistan
Associated Press - 17 die in militant attack on Afghan gov't building, by Noor Khan
Associated Press - Afghan police: 31 militants killed in Afghan fight, by Jason Straziuso
Department of Defense - Combat Outpost Serves as Front Line in Afghanistan Fight, by Fred W. Baker III
Times Online UK - US surge troops see highway as road to freedom in Afghanistan, by Tom Coghlan
Reuters - Sarkozy rules out more troops for Afghanistan
Reuters - Needs of Afghanis as important as security: NGOs, by Aaron Gray-Block
Washington Post - At Summit on Afghanistan, U.S. Extends a Hand to Iran, by Glenn Kessler
RFE/RL - Afghan, Pakistani Leaders Discuss Security In Ankara
Times Online UK - Iran hits out at American troop surge in Afghanistan, by David Charter
Reuters - Iran pledges Afghan help in new gesture to U.S., by Sue Pleming and Mark John
Pakistan
Associated Press - Pakistan: Suspected US missile kills 12 militants, by Munir Ahmad
Reuters - U.S. expands Pakistani drone-strike zone, by Zeeshan Haider
Long War Journal - US launches first strike in Arakzai tribal agency, by Bill Roggio
Long War Journal - Baitullah Mehsud takes credit for Pakistan attacks, threatens US, by Bill Roggio
Washington Post - Pakistan Taliban Chief Brags of Attack on Police, by Pamela Constable
Washington Times - Taliban threatens attack in D.C., by Sara A. Carter and Eli Lake
Times Online UK - Taleban: we will launch attack on America that will amaze world, by Zahid Hussain and Jeremy Page
Reuters - U.S. senator doubts Pakistan, blasts "pitiful" NATO, by Andrew Gray
Region
Iran
Washington Times - U.S., Iran break ice with meeting, by Nicholas Kralev
New York Times Baghdad Bureau - Cartoon - How to Handle Iran, by Qassem H.J.
Christian Science Monitor - Clinton says US met with Iran delegate, by Liam Stack
Israel
Associated Press - New Israeli FM warns concessions will invite war
Russia
Washington Post - Key Item for Obama, Medvedev: New Arms Talks, by Philip P. Pan