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ISW News Roundup - April 6, 2009
Apr 6, 2009 - Anonymous
Iraq
Associated Press - Series of bombings in Baghdad Shiite areas kill 33, by Hamid Ahmed
Reuters - Six car bombs kill 34 across Baghdad
New York Times - Ancient Sect Navigates Iraq's New Voting Process, by Campbell Robertson and Stephen Farrell
RFE/RL -U.S. To Hand Over Two More Detention Facilities To Iraq
Long War Journal - Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle Update: April 2009, by DJ Elliott
Afghanistan
Reuters - Afghan Shi'ite law on hold for review, by Golnar Motevalli
RFE/RL - Secretary of State Clinton Criticizes Controversial Afghan Women Law
Associated Press - Germany's Merkel visits Afghanistan
Voice of America - US Special Envoy, Chairman of Joint Chiefs in Kabul for Talks
New York Times - A Coffin, a Flag, a Photograph
Pakistan
Associated Press - Pakistanis mourn victims of mosque bombing, by Zarar Khan
Wall Street Journal - Pakistan Wary as U.S. Gets Tough, by Matthew Rosenberg and Siobhan Gorman
BBC - Plight of Pakistan's displaced, by Barbara Plett
Reuters - Pakistan grapples with slide in security; envoy due, by Zeeshan Haider
New York Times - Time Is Short as U.S. Presses a Reluctant Pakistan, by Jane Perlez
Region
Iran
Reuters - Iran criticizes Obama, calls on U.S. to scrap nuclear arms
Turkey
Associated Press - Obama tells Turks that US is not at war with Islam
Associated Press - Obama talks of shared fight against terror
North Korea
LA Times - U.N. Security Council fails to agree on North Korea reaction, by Paul Richter and Geraldine Baum
Washington Post - After Launch, Obama Focuses On Disarmament, by Michael D. Shear and Colum Lynch
Lebanon
Washington Post - Short '06 Lebanon War Stokes Pentagon Debate, by Greg Jaffe
Palestinians
New York Times - Palestinians Are Focus in Abbas Visit to Baghdad, by Campbell Robertson