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ISW News Roundup - December 1, 2008
Dec 1, 2008 - Anonymous
Mumbai Terrorist Attacks
The Institute for the Study of War offers its sincerest condolences to the families and friends of those killed in the Mumbai terror attacks. In a little over 60 hours of fighting, 180 Indians and foreigners including Americans were killed in a wide-scale assault on the financial capital of India. Highly trained and heavily-armed commandos seized city landmarks, killing and capturing those inside. We will continue following the situation via daily news updates to keep you informed.
New York Times - Senior Official Offers to Quit in Mumbai Attacks, by Somini Sengupta
Wall Street Journal - India Security Faulted as Survivors Tell of Terror, by Yaroslav Trofimov, Geeta Anand, Peter Wonacott, and Matthew Rosenberg
LA Times - Systemic failure seen in India's response to attacks, by Mark Magnier
Christian Science Monitor - Mumbai attacks pose test for India, by Mark Sappenfield
BBC - Mumbai state head offers to quit
Washington Times - Pakistan warns India of troop redeployment, by Nasir Khan and Sara A. Carter
Long War Journal - Captured Mumbai attacker implicates Pakistani military, intel, by Bill Roggio
ABC - Mumbai gunmen all from Pakistan: Indian minister
Iraq Security
New York Times - More Iraqis Dead Last Month, by Fewer Than Last Year, by Alissa J. Rubin
LA Times - U.S. journalist in Iraq escapes blast uninjured, from AP
BBC - Bombings hit Iraq police academy
Associated Press - Iraq: double bombing kills 16 in Baghdad, by Hamid Ahmed
Reuters - Iraq civilian death toll up, U.S. deaths down
Reuters - Iran-backed insurgents captured in Iraq: U.S.
New York Times - End of Immunity Worries U.S. Contractors in Iraq, by James Risen
Associated Press - South Korea among countries ending Iraq deployment, by Chelsea J. Carter
Iraqi Reconstruction and Politics
Associated Press - Iran to back US-Iraq pact after referendum
Reuters - Iraq OKs construction of two new oil refineries
Reuters - Militants will try to disrupt Iraq election - UN, by Tim Cocks
Afghanistan
Reuters - Suicide bomber hits German embassy vehicle in Kabul, by Sayed Salahuddin
New York Times - Suicide Blast in Kabul Kills 2 Civilians, by Kirk Semple
Washington Times - Afghans wary of Taliban, U.S., by Jason Motlagh
Wall Street Journal - Suicide Bomber Kills 10 in Afghanistan, from AP
Region
Iran
Wall Street Journal - Tehran Welcomes U.S. Talks, by Jay Solomon
Britain
Telegraph UK - Islamic terrorist 'planned Mumbai-style massacre in Britain', by Duncan Gardham