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ISW News Roundup - April 12, 2009
Apr 12, 2009 - Anonymous
Iraq
Washington Post - Blast in Iraq Kills 8 In Paramilitary Force, by Ernesto Londono and Saad Sarhan
Wall Street Journal - Iraq Withdrawl Is on Pace, Top U.S. General Says, by Deborah Solomon
Reuters - U.S. general says Iraq attacks no reason to panic, by Alan Elsner
New York Times - Arrests Deepen Iraqi Sunnis' Bitterness, by Alissa J. Rubin
Associated Press - General: Iraqi PM to decide on troops in cities, by Steven R. Hurst
Associated Press - Iraqi lawmakers decry move against cartoonist, by Sameer N. Yacoub
Associated Press - As Marines' exit gathers pace, some Iraqis fret, by Chelsea J. Carter
Associated Press - Iraq's embattled Christians celebrate Easter, by Katarina Kratovac
LA Times - Some U.S. troops tempted by reconstruction cash, by Kim Murphy
LA Times - Iraq veterans, now home, still serve the dead, by David Zucchino
Afghanistan and Pakistan
Associated Press - Female official killed in southern Afghanistan, by Noor Khan
New York Times - Allies Ponder How to Plan Elections in Afghanistan, by Carlotta Gall
Associated Press - US says 4 militants killed in Afghan clash, by Noor Khan
RFE/RL - Afghan Officials Hope Tea Farms WIll Replace Poppy Fields
Long War Journal - Analysis: Pakistani TNSM serves as Taliban front, by Bill Roggio
Reuters - Pakistan militants torch Afghan supplies
Reuters - Baluch militants kill six mine workers in Pakistan, by Gul Yousafzai
Region
Egypt
Reuters - Egypt state-controlled paper denounces Hezbollah
Israel
Reuters - Abbas calls Israel's Netanyahu, urges peace moves
Iran
LA Times - Iran alleges foreign-funded plot to undermine government, by Borzou Daragahi