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ISW News Roundup - February 23, 2009
Feb 23, 2009 - Anonymous
Iraq
Washington Times - U.S. starts to leave key Iraq bases, by Richard Tomkins
Associated Press - Restored Baghdad museum dedicated, by Sameer N. Yacoub
Reuters - Iraq gives glimpse of looted National Museum, by Aseel Kami
New York Times - Iraq's War Widows Face Dire Need With Little Aid, by Timothy Williams
LA Times - Sunni lawmaker linked to 2007 parliament bombing, Iraq officials say, by Tina Susman
Afghanistan and Pakistan
Associated Press - Double suicide bombing kills Afghan police officer, by Noor Khan
Associated Press - Citizens to get guns to battle militants, by Asif Shahzad
Associated Press - Taliban talks progressing in Pakistan's Swat, by Sherin Zada
New York Times - U.S. Unit Secretly in Pakistan Lends Ally Support, by Eric Schmitt and Jane Perlez
Reuters - Kidnappers say U.S. hostage in Pakistan still alive
New York Times Slideshow - Commandos in the Tribal Areas
Reuters - Taliban free kidnapped Pakistani official
Long War Journal - Taliban exchange Swat official for prisoners
Israel
Times Online UK - War of the spies as Israel and Hezbollah prepare for confrontation, by Nicholas Blanford
Reuters - Israel replaces envoy to Egypt talks, Hamas irate, by Dan Williams
Reuters - Al Qaeda's Zawahri tells Hamas don't accept truce, by Inal Ersan
Reuters - Gulf states launch Arab aid plan to rebuild Gaza
BBC - Gaza case studies: Weapons use
Reuters - Amnesty calls for arms embargo of Israel and Hamas, by Adam Entous
Region
Egypt
Associated Press - French teen killed by Cairo bomb was on class trip, by Maggie Michael
BBC - Suspects detained in Cairo blast
Somalia
Reuters - Insurgents kill 11 peacekeepers in Somalia, by Ibrahim Mohamed
Algeria
Associated Press - Rebels kill 9 security guards in Algeria: witnesses, by Lamine Chikhi
Russia
Reuters - Russia "will respond" to military moves in Arctic
Iran
LA Times - Iran plans test run of nuclear plant, by Borzou Daragahi
Released Militants
Washington Post - A 'Ticking Time Bomb' Goes Off, by Rajiv Chandrasekaran