ISW News Roundup - January 22, 2009
Israel-Hamas Conflict
New York Times - On Palestinian Question, Tough Choices for Obama, by Steven Erlanger
Wall Street Journal - Israel Completes Gaza Pullout and Aid Trickles In, by Charles Levinson and Joshua Mitnick
LA Times - Israel works to reinforce Gaza cease-fire, by Richard Boudreaux and Sebastian Rotella
Christian Science Monitor - After Israeli withdrawal, Hamas asserts victory in Gaza, by Sashank Bengali
BBC - Israeli warning on Gaza tunnels
Washington Post - As Constraints on Gaza Ease, New Reports of Misery, by Jonathan Finer and Craig Whitlock
Washington Times - Gaza offensive jeopardizes Israel's relations with Turkey, by Iason Athanasiadis
Washington Times - Rebuilding Gaza set back by Hamas, by Elliot D. Woods
Iraq Security
New York Times - A Top Sunni Survives an Attack in Iraq, by Sam Dagher
Associated Press - Sunni politician escapes bombing in Baghdad, by Kim Gamel
Reuters - Security Developments in Iraq, Jan 21
Long War Journal - Iraqi Field Artillery: The missing link, by DJ Elliott
Associated Press - Obama asks Pentagon for responsible Iraq drawdown, by Anne Gearan and Lolita C. Baldor
New York Times - Obama Meets With Officials on Iraq, Signaling His Commitment to Ending War, by Peter Baker and Thom Shanker
Iraq Politics
LA Times - Iraq governor looks back on troubled tenure, by Ned Parker
Reuters - Iraq religious parties may face election backlash, by Missy Ryan
Washington Post - Iraqi Voters Getting a Taste of Retail Politics, by Ernesto Londono
Afghanistan and Pakistan
New York Times - Taliban Fill NATO's Big Gaps in Afghan South, by Dexter Filkins
Associated Press - Foreign and Afghan troops kill 28 militants, by Fisnik Abrashi
Long War Journal - Taliban commander killed in Kandahar, by Bill Roggio
Christian Science Monitor - Taliban warn Obama: Leave Afghanistan, by David Montero
New York Times - Pakistan Seizes Terror Suspect, by Richard A. Oppel Jr.
Long War Journal - Saudi al Qaeda operative involved in London bombings detained in Pakistan, by Bill Roggio