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ISW News Roundup - April 10, 2009
Apr 10, 2009 - Anonymous
Iraq
Associated Press - Military: Iraqi truck bombing kills 5 US soldiers, by Hamid Ahmed
Reuters - Suicide bomb kills 5 U.S. soldiers, 2 Iraqi police
Times Online UK - General Ray Odierno: we may miss Iraq deadline to halt al-Qaeda terror, by Deborah Haynes
Times Online UK - Transcript of The Times interview with Ray Odierno
Department of Defense - U.S. Forces Continue to Transfer Responsibilities to Iraqis, by Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class William Selby
LA Times - Marine is acquitted in fatal shooting of Iraqi prisoner, by Tony Perry
Associated Press - Guardsman brings Iraqi boy to Mich. for surgery, by Kathy Barks Hoffman
Associated Press - Lawsuit: Firms sold poison gas ingredients to Iraq, by David Dishneau
Associated Press - In Baghdad, a big craze for new cars, by Sameer N. Yacoub
New York Times Baghdad Bureau - Liquid Electricity, by Mohammed Hussein
Afghanistan
Associated Press - US: 27 suspected insurgents killed in Afghanistan, by Fisnik Abrashi
Associated Press - Top US general meets tribes ahead of Afghan surge, by Jason Straziuso
Associated Press - Polish president approves Afghan mission increase
Department of Defense - Afghan Girl Gets Help from Soldiers, Americans, by Army Pfc. Kimberly D. Cole
Department of Defense - Italian General Endorses 'Comprehensive Approach' in Afghanistan, by Jason Tudor
Department of Defense - Officials Launch Probe Into Afghanistan Firefight
Reuters - U.S. military concedes Afghan civilian casualties
New York Times - 2 Afghan Antidrug Officers Killed by Suicide Bombing, by Taimoor Shah and Mark McDonald
Pakistan
RFE/RL - High-Level U.S. Visit Highlights Pakistani Disagreements, by Abubakar Siddique
BBC - Balochistan deaths spark strikes
Times Online UK - Pakistan hits back at Gordon Brown over student visas for terrorists, by Joanna Sugden
Associated Press - Slain Pakistani politician helped free American, by Stephen Graham
Region
Iraq and Afghanistan Wars
LA Times - Obama requests $83.4 billion more for war spending, by Julian E. Barnes
Iran
Washington Times - Iran open to nuclear talks with U.S.
Times Online UK - Ahmedinejad opens Iran's first nuclear production facility, by James Hider
Associated Press - Iran hangs 3 men for deadly mosque bombing
Israel
Reuters - Egypt offers Palestinian rivals new unity ideas, by Nidal al-Mughrabi
Associated Press - Reports: Russia buying pilotless spy drones from Israel in bid to improve own inadequate craft
Kyrgyzstan
RFE/RL - Kyrgyz Chief Of Presidential Staff Confirmed Dead
Somalia
Associated Press - Pirates recapture US hostage after escape attempt, by Katharine Houreld and Malkhadir M. Muhumed