ISW News Roundup - January 31, 2009
Iraq Provincial Elections
Washington Post - Iraqis Stream to the Polls Amid Tight Security, by Sudarsan Raghavan
Reuters - Iraq voting ends without attacks, by Wisam Mohammed and Peter Graff
Washington Post - For Prominent Iraqi Cleric, a Test of Influence, by Sudarsan Raghavan
Reuters - Iraqi PM and U.N. hail peaceful Iraq election, by Aseel Kami and Missy Ryan
LA Times - Iraq election: Last-minute campaigning in Najaf, by Ned Parker and Usama Redha
Associated Press - Facts about Saturday's Iraqi election
Associated Press - Major political forces in Iraqi elections
LA Times - IRAQ: Voices from Iraq's provincial elections
Washington Post - Iraqis Stake Hopes on Election, by Anthony Shadid
Washington Times - Iraq tightens security on eve of election, by Brian Murphy of AP
LA Times - Iraq elections: Security tight for provincial vote, by Tina Susman
Reuters - Mortar shells near Iraq voting centers, no one hurt
Washington Post - US says 2 Iraqi police dead in shooting, from AP
LA Times - US says American soldiers kill 2 Iraqi policemen near Mosul, from AP
LA Times - Iraq's Sunnis turn toward the ballot, by Ned Parker
Washington Post - In Book, Insider Recounts Hunt for Hussein's Weapons, by Colum Lynch
Afghanistan
Reuters - New Afghan security unit to police dangerous areas
Reuters - New U.S. strategy needed in Afghanistan: Oxfam, by Jonathan Burch
Reuters - U.S. eyeing plan for fifth brigade in Afghanistan, by David Morgan
Reuters - The other Guantanamo, by Sanjeev Miglani
Region
North Korea
Washington Times - Power struggle suspected in N. Korea, by Andrew Salmon
Somalia
Long War Journal - Former Islamic Courts Leader elected president of Somalia, by Bill Roggio
Israel
Reuters - Egypt installing cameras, sensors at Gaza border
Blackwater