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ISW News Roundup - December 2, 2008
Dec 2, 2008 - Anonymous
Security
New York Times - Two Bombings Kill at Least 30 Iraqis, by Katherine Zoepf
LA Times - Blasts kill at least 15 cadets at Baghdad police academy, by Tina Susman
BBC - Dozens killed in Iraqi bombings
Washington Post - Bomb Attacks Kill at Least 27, Wound Dozens in Iraq, by Sudarsan Raghavan and Zaid Sabah
Christian Science Monitor - America's diminishing role in Iraq, by Jane Arraf
Reuters - Iraq civilian death toll up, U.S. deaths down
LA Times - Turkish warplanes bombing Kurdish separatists, from Reuters
BBC - New Chemical Ali death sentence
Associated Press- Obama still looks for Iraq pullout in 16 months
Associated Press - UN concerned over treatment of Iraqi detainees
Iraqi Politics and Reconstruction
Reuters - Iraq to revive dead farmland by sucking out salt, by Assel Kami
LA Times - U.S. - Iraqi accord shows Muqtada Sadr's diminished clout, by Tina Susman
Washington Post - As Turmoil Ebbs, Iraqi Women Seek Freedom of Road Again, by Mary Beth Sheridan
DefenseLink Mil - Colonel Notes Absence of Tensions as Iraqi Elections Near, by Army Staff Sgt. Michael J. Carden
New York Times - Kurds Defend Policies in Sharp Rebuke to Iraqi Government, by Riyadh Muhammed and Alissa J. Rubin
India/Mumbai Terrorist Attacks
LA Times - India pressures Pakistan to act on terrorism, by Mark Magnier and Laura King
Christian Science Monitor - Pakistan pressed on India attacks, by Mark Sappenfield
Asia Times - Al-Qaeda 'hijack' led to Mumbai attack, by Syed Saleem Shahzad
Telegraph UK - Mumbai attacks: Rift between Pakistani army and government, by Isambard Wilkinson
Afghanistan
New York Times - Afghan Strategy Poses Stiff Challenge for Obama, by Michael R. Gordon
Long War Journal - Taliban are 'patriots', says Pakistani Army official, by Bill Roggio
New York Times - Bomber Kills 7 in Violent Afghan Province, by Khalid Fazly and Kirk Semple
DefenseLink Mil - Afghan, Coalition Troops Curtail Terrorists, Destroy Drugs, Weapons, from AFPS
Region
Pakistan
Reuters - Seven killed in Pakistani suicide attack
Al Qaida
Associated Press - Al-Qaida's Zawahri praises executed Bali bombers, by Maamoun Youssef
Palestinians
Washington Times - Palestinians shift position on peace accord, by Nicholas Kralev
Lebanon
DefenseLink Mil - U.S. Forces Help Lebanese Military Assert Control, by Jim Garamone
U.S. Government
Reuters - Bush calls flawed Iraq intelligence biggest regret
Washington Post - Gates's Top Deputies May Leave, by Ann Scott Tyson
Washington Post - Nations prepare for cluster bomb accord, by Matt Siegel