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ISW News Roundup - January 12, 2008
Jan 12, 2009 - Anonymous
Israel-Hamas Conflict
Haaretz - IDF begins redeploying reservists into Gaza as part of ground op, by Anshel Pfeffer and Amos Harel
Washington Times - President Bush overrules Rice on Gaza, by Betsy Pisnik
Washington Post - Blair Says Mideast Cease-Fire Elements in Place, by Griff Witte
Christian Science Monitor - What's the endgame for Israel and Hamas in Gaza? by Illene R. Prusher
BBC - Israelis 'edge into urban Gaza'
LA Times - Battered by Israel, Hamas faces tough choice, by Jeffrey Fleishman and Rushdi abu Alouf
New York Times - Israeli Troops Push Into Gaza City, by Steven Erlanger and Ethan Bronner
New York Times - Crisis Imperils 2-State Plan, Shifting a Balance, by Matthew Slackman
Wall Street Journal - Israeli Troops Press Deeper Into Gaza City, from AP
Reuters - Lebanon U.N. force find explosives outside base
Iraq Security
Defenselink Mil - Combined Iraqi, Coalition Forces Seize Weapons in Baghdad, from AFPS
Washington Post - Bombs kill at least seven in Baghdad, from Reuters
Washington Post - Bombs aimed at security forces kill 9 in Baghdad, by Hamid Ahmed
BBC - Spate of bomb attacks in Baghdad
BBC - Iraqis 'capture leading militant'
Wall Street Journal - Bombs Kill at Least Nine in Baghdad, from AP
Washington Post - U.S. Troops Uneasy as Rules Shift in Iraq, by Ernesto Londono
Christian Science Monitor - As US withdraws, will Al Qaeda in Iraq find new openings? by Tom A. Peter
Iraq Politics
Associated Press - Vice President-elect Joe Biden arrives in Iraq
Associated Press - Iraq backs down from election code requirement, by Kim Gamel
LA Times - More Iraq parliament members pull out of Sunni bloc, by Kim Yoshino and Ali Hameed
New York Times - Iraqi Lawmakers Delay Naming a New Speaker, by Alissa J. Rubin
Afghanistan and Pakistan
Washington Post - Inexplicable Wealth of Afghan Elite Sows Bitterness, by Pamela Constable
Associated Press - Biden: US will help fight terror in Afghanistan, by Fisnik Abrashi
Long War Journal - Taliban assault military base in Mohmand, by Bill Roggio
LA Times - Afghan militants cross into Pakistan in bold attack, by Laura King
Wall Street Journal - Pakistani Forces Kill 40 Taliban in Battle, by Zahid Hussein
New York Times - 46 Die in Taliban Attack on Pakistani Troops, by Richard A. Oppel Jr. and Pir Zubair Shah