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ISW News Roundup - December 15, 2008
Dec 15, 2008 - Anonymous
Iraq Security
Reuters - FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq, Dec. 15
Reuters - U.S. faces increasing challenge training Iraqi forces, by Missy Ryan
Reuters - Japan air force begins return from Iraq mission
Reuters - Nine Iraqi policemen killed in suicide attack: police
Reuters - Gunmen kill seven from Iraqi family: police
LA Times - US military: Detainee dies in custody at Camp Cropper in Iraq, autopsy scheduled, from AP
BBC - Yazidis targeted in Iraq attack
Iraqi Politics and Reconstruction
Washington Post - Official Report Faults Iraq Reconstruction, by Karen DeYoung
Reuters - Iraq shoe-throwing reporter becomes the talk of Iraq, by Waleed Ibrahim
Christian Science Monitor - Bush's final Iraq visit marks gains, meets contempt, by Jane Arraf
Reuters - Iraqi justice system falls short: report
LA Times - Bush in Iraq defends the war but says it's 'not over', by Tina Susman and Caesar Ahmed
New York Times - Brother Explains Shoe-Tossing Iraqi Journalist's Anger, by Riyahd Muhammad
New York Times - Iraqis Pick Up Their Shoes: Reaction From Around the Country, by Eric Owles
Washington Post - Across Mideast, Arabs hail shoe-hurling journalist, by Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Omar Sinan
Afghanistan and Pakistan
Wall Street Journal - A New Tack in Kashmir, by Yaroslav Trofimov
BBC - Drivers halt Afghan supply route, by Syed Shoaib Hasan
New York Times - Afghanistan and Neighbors Discuss Close Cooperation, by Steven Erlanger
Reuters - Bush talks with Karzai on surprise Afghan visit, by Matt Spetalnick
Washington Post - Gov't: 40 Taliban killed in Afghan-NATO operation, by Noor Khan
Washington Post - Brown Offers Pakistan Anti-Terror Aid, by Candace Rondeaux
Region
Israel
BBC - Crowds greet freed Palestinians
New York Times - Hamas, Showing Split, Hints It May Extend Truce, by Taghreed El-Khodary and Isabel Kershner
Reuters - Palestinians celebrate release from Israeli jails, by Ali Sawafta
Lebanon
LA Times - In Lebanon, rivals unconvinced by warlord's apology, by Borzou Daragahi
Syria
BBC - Syria's own 'war on terror', by Martin Asser
Al Qaeda
Christian Science Monitor - Ideological clash of two Jihadi titans shakes Al Qaeda, by Caryle Murphy
Turkmenistan
Wall Street Journal - Oil-Rich Turkmenistan Holds Key Parliamentary Vote
Mumbai Attacks
New York Times - In Visits, British Prime Minister Tries to Defuse Tensions of India and Pakistan, by Richard A. Appel Jr. and Salman Masood
Reuters - Mumbai attackers stole credit cards, money: police, by Bappa Majumdar
Yemen
LA Times - Foreign Ministry confirms 3 Germans missing in Yemen, presumed kidnapped, from AP