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ISW News Roundup - April 22, 2009
Apr 22, 2009 - Anonymous
Iraq
Christian Science Monitor - Can Iraq go it alone? by Jane Arraf
Reuters - U.N. launches report on Iraq's contested Kirkuk, by Missy Ryan
Reuters - FACTBOX: Iraq's disputed city of Kirkuk
RFE/RL - Iraqi Officials Urge Parliament To Pass Oil Bill
New York Times Baghdad Bureau - Visual Diary: Maliki in Oil, by Christoph Bangert
Associated Press - New Iraq envoy confirmed by Senate, by Matthew Lee
Associated Press - Iraq: No long-term role for ex-Blackwater units
New York Times - Foreigners Filling Jobs That Iraqis Often Shun, by Timothy Williams and Tareq Maher
Afghanistan
Associated Press - Top Pentagon commander meets troops in Afghanistan, by Fisnik Abrashi
Department of Defense - Afghan, Coalition Forces Kill Militant, Detain Another
RFE/RL - Afghan Taliban Say Claim Of Talks Is 'Propaganda'
LA Times - AIG faces inquiry over medical care for U.S. contractors, by T. Christian Miller
Associated Press - Millions for textbooks bogged down in Afghanistan, by Heidi Vogt
Washington Post - Obama to Host Talks With Afghan, Pakistani Presidents, by Karen DeYoung
Reuters - Afghan charged in New York with financing Taliban
Pakistan
Long War Journal - Taliban flex muscles in Malakand Division, by Bill Roggio
BBC - Pakistani district head missing, by M Ilyas Khan
CNN - Taliban claims victory near Islamabad, by Ivan Watson
Reuters - Opposition grows to Pakistan's Taliban pact, by Zeeshan Haider
Associated Press - Lawmaker: Pakistani Taliban spread from Swat, by Nahal Toosi
Associated Press - Taliban tighten their grip on Pakistan's northwest, by Nahal Toosi
Reuters - Pakistan accuses India, Afghans, of Baluch meddling, by Zeeshan Haider
Reuters - U.S. wants broader Pakistan military ties: official, by David Morgan
Region
Israel
Associated Press - Israel military: Probe shows no violations in Gaza
RFE/RL - HRW Says Hamas Attacked Palestinian Opponents Under Cover of Israeli Offensive
Washington Post - Israel Puts Iran Issue Ahead of Palestinians, by Howard Schneider and Glenn Kessler
Middle East
Associated Press - IMF: Mideast under strain despite oil wealth, by Tarek El-Tablawy
Tajikistan
RFE/RL - U.S. Envoy: Tajik Base Not Alternative To Manas
Uighur Militants
Long War Journal - The Uighurs, in their own words, by Thomas Joscelyn
Russia
BBC - Russians die in Chechnya ambush
Sri Lanka
Washington Times - U.S. prepares Sri Lanka relief effort, by Nicholas Kralev and Jason Motlagh