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ISW News Roundup - April 2, 2009
Apr 2, 2009 - Anonymous
Iraq
Christian Science Monitor - As US pulls back in Iraq, lost urban footholds, by Tom A. Peter
Associated Press - Vote on new US envoy to Iraq delayed, by Matthew Lee and Desmond Butler
New York Times Baghdad Bureau - Walls Go Tumbling Up....Crumbling Down, by Andy Arkell
Department of Defense - Two Coalition Divisions in Iraq Combine Into One
Times Online UK - Lie detector leads to US Marine being charged for murder of Iraqi in Fallujah, by James Hider
Associated Press - Iraq to pay Sunni paramilitaries despite clashes, by Qassim Abdul-Zahra
Times Online UK - Fallujah: every soldier's urban combat hell, by James Hider
RFE/RL - Iraqi Military Academy To Resume Graduate Courses
Associated Press - Iraq: New U.S. Security Contractor
CNN - Source: Firm to take over Blackwater/Xe's Iraq contract, by Charley Keyes
RFE/RL - Iraqi Water Projects Affected By Budget Cuts
Department of Defense - Basra Offensive Was 'Turning Point' for Iraq, General Says, by Gerry J. Gilmore
Afghanistan
Voice of America - Top US Commander Says Sustained Commitment Needed in Afghanistan, by Deborah Tate
Associated Press - US: 20 insurgent killed in Afghanistan
Reuters - Law for Afghan Shi'ites stirs anger and concern, by Golnar Motevalli
Reuters - Russia says can work with U.S. on Afghan cargo
Times Online UK - Nato snubbed over request for 4,000 troops in Afghanistan, by Michael Evans and David Charter
Washington Post - Military Wants More Troops for Afghan War, by Ann Scott Tyson
RFE/RL - U.S. General Wants More Troops In Afghan War In 2010
BBC - Afghan rebels 'getting stronger'
Associated Press - 13 die in Kandahar attack, by Noor Khan
Long War Journal - Taliban kills 13 in suicide assault on Kandahar government center, by Bill Roggio
Pakistan
Reuters - U.S. looks at Pakistani Taliban threat on Washington, by David Morgan
LA Times - Sen. Carl Levin questions Pakistan aid plan, by Julian E. Barnes
New York Times - Missile Strike Said to Kill 10 in Pakistan, by Pir Zubair Shah and Alan Cowell
Region
Israel
Associated Press - Israeli 13-year-old killed in West Bank ax attack, by Sebastian Scheiner
LA Times - Foreign minister says Israel not bound to follow two-state path, by Richard Boudreaux
BBC - Livni condemns new Israel leaders
Russia
Times Online UK - Russia and America pledge to slash nuclear stockpiles, by Tom Baldwin and Philip Webster
North Korea
Washington Post - N. Korea Threatens To Down U.S. Spy Aircraft, by Blaine Harden
Syria
New York Times - Syria Finds Right Ingredients to Start a Stock Market From Scratch, by Robert F. Worth
Gulf States
Wall Street Journal - Oil-Rich Arab State Pushes Nuclear Bid With U.S. Help, by Jay Solomon and Margaret Coker