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ISW News Roundup - August 8-10, 2009
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Iraq
Washington Post - Iraq Bombs Kill 33, Fears of Sectarian Strife Grow, by Jamal al-Badrani
New York Times - Bombings in Iraq Kill Dozens, by Rod Nordland and Sam Dagher
VOA News - Bombs in Iraq Kill 44
New York Times - Attacks on Shiites Kill Scores in Iraq, by Sam Dagher
Los Angeles Times - Iraq Attacks Kill at Least 52, by Liz Sly and Saif Hameed
Associated Press - Dozens Killed in Bombings Against Shiites in Iraq, by Kim Gamel
Washington Times - Report Sees Recipe for Civil War in Iraq, by Eli Lake
Reuters - Briton, Australian Killed in Iraq Shootings
Washington Post - Contractor is Held in 2 Killings in Iraq, by Ernesto Londoño
Associated Press - 51 US Soldiers in Iraq Diagnosed with Swine Flu, by Chelsea J. Carter
Afghanistan
Wall Street Journal - War Strategy Enters Risky Phase, by Peter Spiegel
Associated Press - GOP Senator Warns Against Pulling a 'Rumsfeld'
New York Times - U.S. to Hunt Down Afghan Drug Lords Tied to Taliban, by James Risen
Associated Press - Opium Takes Over Enitre Afghan Families, Villages, by Rukmini Callimachi
Reuters - US Targets Afghan Drug Lords Tied to Taliban-Report
Associated Press - US Says Drug Dealers on Afghan Wanted List, by Jason Straziuso
Washington Post - Analysts Expect Long-Term, Costly U.S. Campaign in Afghanistan, by Walter Pincus
Reuters - U.S. Commander Says Taliban Have Afghan Momentum
New York Times - Gunmen Storm Government Buildings Near Kabul, by Carlotta Gall
Reuters - Taliban Kill Five Police in Attack South of Kabul
Reuters - UN Says Violence Threatens Afghan Poll, by Peter Graff
VOA News - Intimidation, Insecurity Remain Concerns Before Afghan Election, by Steve Herman
Christian Science Monitor - Can Afghanistan be Saved? We'll Know in a Year, Jones Says, by Mark Sappenfield
Washington Post - Adviser Pins Hopes in Afghanistan on New Strategy, Coming Assessment, by John Amick
Reuters - New Zealand to Send Special Forces to Afghanistan-PM
BBC - NZ to Deploy SAS to Afghanistan
BBC - UK 'May Have 40-Year Afghan Role'
Associated Press - Safety of Russian Planes in Afghanistan Questioned, by Catrina Stewart
Associated Press - Afghan Plane Turned Back
Pakistan
Associated Press - Pakistan: Al-Qaida Has Role in Taliban Succession, by Nahal Toosi and Ishtiaq Mahsud
AFP - Taliban Challenges Pakistan to Prove Warlord Mehsud is Dead
Reuters - Pakistan Taliban Commander, Presumed Dead, Says Alive
Long War Journal - Analysis: Pakistani Claims Regarding Baitullah's Death, Shura Clashes, are Suspect, by Bill Roggio
Associated Press - U.S. 'Pretty' Sure Taliban Mehsud Dead, by Elena Becatoros
New York Times - Claims Differ on Pakistani Taliban Struggle, by Sabrina Tavernise and Pir Zubair Shah
Los Angeles Times - Pakistani Taliban Preys on Youths to Bolster Forces, by Alex Rodriguez
AFP - Pakistan Pledges to Curb Militancy, Pounds Insurgents, by Nasir Jaffry
AFP - Shootings Leave 11 Dead in NW Pakistan: Officials
Region
Iran
Los Angeles Times - Iraq Asks Iran to Release 3 American Hikers, by Liz Sly
Reuters - Iraq Says Iran Confirms Detaining Three Americans
Associated Press - Officials Acknowledge Iran Prison Abuse, by Ali Akbar Dareini