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ISW News Roundup - July 1, 2009
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Iraq
VOA News - Top US General Says Withdrawal Complete from Iraqi Cities, by Meredith Buel
Washington Times - Obama Lauds Troop Withdrawal, by Jon Ward
VOA News - Obama: US Pullback From Iraq 'Important Milestone,' by Kent Klein
Wall Street Journal - Iran's Hard Line Fuels Iraq Attacks, by Gina Chon
Reuters - Iraqi Politicians of All Stripes Laud U.S. Pullout, by Tim Cock and Khaid al-Ansary
Los Angeles Times - Iraq Holiday Marred by Bombing in Kirkuk, by Ali Windawi and Ned Parker
BBC - US Warns Iraq of 'Difficult Days'
New York Times - Few Bidders to Develop Iraqi Oil and Gas Fields, by Timothy Williams
Reuters - Ambition Turns to Anxiety at Iraq Oil Auction, by Missy Ryan
VOA News - Iraq Rejects New Foreign Oil Bids
Reuters - Iraq Approves BP Oil Deal, Rejects Other Bids
Los Angeles Times - Iraq Awards BP-Lead Consortium a Contract to Develop Oil Field, by Liz Sly
Afghanistan
RFE/RL - Interview: McChrystal Says Solution in Afghanistan is Developing Governance
Reuters - Obama Aide Says No More Troops to Afghanistan
Washington Post - Key in Afghanistan: Economy, Not Military, by Bob Woodward
Foreign Policy - The White House and Woodward, by Peter Feaver
AFP - US Seeks European Funds, Troops for Afghanistan, by Patrick Rahir
AFP - Two NATO Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan
VOA News - Air Strikes in Afghanistan Kill 12 Militants
Pakistan
Reuters - Pakistanis Turn on Taliban, But Resent U.S.: Poll, by Paul Eckert
Associated Press - Pakistan Tribes Request Army Aid Against Taliban, by Hussain Afzal
Associated Press - Pakistan Army Faces New Front to Stem Taliban, by Chris Brummitt
Times Online UK - 23 Soldiers Killed as Pakistan's Fight Against Taleban Spreads North, by Zahid Hussain
BBC - Pakistan Elder Killed by Gunmen
VOA News - UN Begins Bhutto Assassination Probe
Los Angeles Times - Pakistan Militants Turn Fruit Juice Bars into a Front Line, by Mark Magnier
Region
Comoros
Reuters - Comorans Protest Over Plane Crash, Black Box Located, by Ahmed Ali Amir
Iran
Reuters - Ahmadinejad's Rivals Defiant on Iran Vote, by Fredrik Dahl and Parisa Hafezi
Reuters - Iran's Mousavi Says New Government Illegitimate
VOA News - Iran's Reformist Leader Calls Election Illegitimate
New York Times -Europe Weighs Withdrawing Ambassadors from Tehran, by Alan Cowell and Stephen Castle
RFE/RL - Crackdown in Iran Spawns Creative Forms of Dissent
Washington Times - Clinton Urged Obama to Talk Tough on Iran, by Nicholas Kralev
Israel/Palestine
Reuters - Barak Links Settlement Freeze to Regional Peace Drive, by Jeffrey Heller
VOA News - As Violence Subsides, Concrete Pours in West Bank, by Luis Ramirez
Christian Science Monitor - How Israel's Naval Blockade Denies Gazans Food, Aid, by Mel Frykberg
North Korea
Reuters - Suspected North Korean Arms Ship Changes Course, by Jon Herskovitz
Times Online UK - UN Says Millions of North Koreans at Risk of Starvation, by Richard Lloyd Parry
Qatar
Associated Press - Qatar: Up to 30 Feared Dead as Ship Sinks Off Doha
Russia
Wall Street Journal - U.S. and Russia Seek More Extensive Weapons Cuts, by Jonathan Weisman