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ISW News Roundup - April 11, 2009
Apr 11, 2009 - Anonymous
Iraq
Reuters - Suicide bomber kills 12 Sunni militiamen in Iraq, by Habib al-Zubaidy
Reuters - Suicide truck bomb kills 5 U.S. troops
New York Times - Suicide Attack Kills 5 G.I.'s and 2 Iraqis in Northern City, by Sam Dagher
New York Times - Contractor Must Pay in Iraq Fraud, Court Rules, by James Glanz
Associated Press - Deadliest attacks on US troops in Iraq since 2008
Reuters - Russia, Iraq aim to revive pre-war deals-minister, by Gleb Bryanski
Reuters - Two Turkish soldiers, 7 Kurd rebels die in clashes
Christian Science Monitor - Six years after Iraq invasion, Jordan still playing host to thousands of Iraqi refugees, by Ilene R. Prusher
LA Times - Cost of Iraq war will surpass Vietnam's by year's end, by Julian E. Barnes
Afghanistan and Pakistan
Times Online UK - Botched Afghan raid kills mother and children, by Tom Coghlan
RFE/RL - French Capture Afghan Valley Where 10 Troops Killed
RFE/RL - Media Freedom In Afghanistan Curtailed By Violence, Cultural Pressures, by Farangis Najibullah
Washington Post - Afghan Law Ignites Debate on Religion, Sex, by Pamela Constable
RFE/RL - Afghan Container Deaths Reflect Wider Human-Trafficking Problem, by Abubakar Siddique
Associated Press - Afghan cleric defends contentious marriage law, by Rahim Faiez and Heidi Vogt
Long War Journal - Taliban move on Bruner despite promise to withdraw, by Bill Roggio
Reuters - Japan to give Pakistan $1bln in aid: Nikkei
Region
Egypt
Reuters - Egypt holding Hezbollah member: Nasrallah
Jerusalem Post - 'Nasrallah trying to take over Egypt', by AP, Jpost and Brenda Gazzar
Reuters - Egypt Detains Man Transporting 1.4 Mln for Hamas
Somalia
Associated Press - Seafarers official: Pirates hijack U.S. tugboat
Washington Post - Obama Team Mulls Aims Of Somali Extremists, by Greg Jaffe and Karen DeYoung