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ISW News Roundup - August 11, 2009
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Iraq
Los Angeles Times - Iraq Attacks Raise Fears of Renewed Ethnic Tensions, by Liz Sly
BBC - 'Illusion' of Security in Iraq, by Natalia Antelava
AFP - Al-Qaeda Remains a Threat in Northern Iraq: US General
Department of Defense - Mosul Attacks Reflect al-Qaida's Plan, Commander Says, by Gerry J. Gilmore
Washington Times - Iranian Dissidents Threaten Suit Over Raid in Iraq, by Claude Salhani
Reuters - Iran Exile Advocates Urge to Retake Iraq's Camp Ashraf
Christian Science Monitor - Refugees' Plea to US Forces in Iraq: Protect Us, by Gordon Lubold
Wall Street Journal - T. Boone Pickens Suggests US Should Demand Oil From Iraq, by Siobhan Hughes
Afghanistan
Christian Science Monitor - More US Troops for Afghanistan: Are they Inevitable?, by Gordon Lubold
Wall Street Journal - Afghanistan Enlists Tribal Militia Forces, by Anand Gopal and Yochi J. Dreazen
VOA News - Fresh Violence Erupts in Southern Afghanistan
Department of Defense - Patience Needed to Beat Taliban, McChrystal Says, by Jim Garamone
Associated Press - US Army Brigade Retools for New Afghan Mission, by Heidi Vogt
AFP - Afghans Urge Pakistan to Ramp up Anti-Terror Fight
TIME - Are Taliban Leaders Fighting Among Themselves?, by Omar Waraich
Los Angeles Times - Afghanistan's Presidential Election Campaign an Exercise in Peril, by Laura King
Reuters - New NATO Head Seeks "True Partnership" With Russia
Associated Press - China Says Separatists Threatened Afghan Flight
Times Online UK - Afghanistan Helicopters Delayed by Lack of Crew and 'Parking,' by Michael Evans
BBC - 'No Rush' to Redeploy Helicopters
CNN - Four NATO Troops Killed in Afghanistan
Los Angeles Times - Three U.S. Troops Killed in Afghanistan, by Laura King
Pakistan
Christian Science Monitor - Pakistan, Taliban Battle Over Militant Chief's Death, by Huma Yusuf
New York Times - U.S. Missile Kills at Least 10 in Pakistan Tribal Area, by Pir Zubair Shah and Sabrina Tavernise
Associated Press - US Missile Hits Mehsud's Pakistan Stronghold, by Elena Becatoros and Munir Ahmed
Associated Press - Pakistan Fears al Qaeda to Replace Mehsud, by Nahal Toosi and Ishtiaq Mahsud
VOA News - Pakistan: US Missile Strike Kills 10 Militants
Long War Journal - US Kills 14 in Strike on Taliban Training Camp in South Waziristan, by Bill Roggio
AFP - German Terror Suspect Confesses to Anti-US Bomb Plot, by Rochard Heister
Times Online UK - Terrorists 'Have Attacked Pakistan Nuclear Sites Three Times,' by Rhys Blakely
Reuters - More Pakistan Youth Turn to Music to Vent Against Terror, by Jason Subler
Region
Iran
AFP - No Word from Iran on Detained American Hikers: US
Kuwait
New York Times - Kuwait Arrests 6 in Planned Attack on U.S. Base, by Robert F. Worth
Reuters - Kuwait Says Foils Qaeda Plan to Bomb U.S. Army Camp