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ISW News Roundup - July 13, 2009
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Iraq
New York Times - Seven American Soldiers Wounded in Iraq, by Timothy Williams
New York Times - Churches and Envoy Attacked in Iraq, by Steven Lee Myers
Associated Press - Car Bomb Kills at Least 4 Near Church in Baghdad, by Christopher Torchia
Reuters - Iraq curfew in some Christian areas after church bomb, by Aseel Kami
Associated Press - Britain investigates Iraqi man's death in custody, by David Stringer
Times Online UK - Abuse video shown at public inquiry into British Army interrogation of Iraqis, by Deborah Haynes and Jenny Booth
Associated Press - Iraq lashed by sandstorms and battling drought, by Deb Riechmann and Sinan Salaheddin
Afghanistan
New York Times - Blast Kills Afghan Police Chief in Model American District, by Carlotta Gall and Ruhullah Khapalwak
New York Times - Roadside Bomb Kills 2 Marines in Southern Afghanistan, by Carlotta Gall
Department of Defense - Joint Force Detains Suspected Militant in Afghanistan, by AFPS
LA Times Slideshow - Operation Khanjari in Afghanistan, photos by Joe Raedle
Reuters - Afghans turn to Taliban in fear of own police, by Peter Graff
Associated Press - American service member killed in Afghan attack
Associated Press - AP IMPACT: Crooked Afghan police challenge Marines, by Jason Straziuso and David Guttenfelder
BBC - Obama 'examining Afghan killings'
Reuters - British government criticized over Afghanistan equipment, by Luke Baker
Christian Science Monitor - Troop deaths in Afghanistan rattle Britain, by Ben Quinn
Times Online UK - Brown asks Afghans for more troops to help British war effort, by Philip Webster
Washington Post - For Karzai, Stumbles On Road To Election, by Pamela Constable
Christian Science Monitor - Afghan election: Can Karzai's rivals close the gap? by Issam Ahmed
Reuters - Afghan leader Karzai campaigns in Taliban heartland, by Ismail Sameem
Pakistan
Long War Journal - Mullah Fazlullah, Swat leadership safe: Taliban spokesman, by Bill Roggio
Department of Defense - Cooperation Key to Success Along Afghan Border, by Army Sgt. Matthew C. Moeller
New York Times - Refugees From Region in Pakistan Trickling Home, by Salman Masood and Sabrina Tavernise
Wall Street Journal - Pakistanis Return to Swat Valley, by Zahid Hussain and Matthew Rosenberg
Times Online UK - Swat Valley refugees reluctant to return home, by Zahid Hussain and Nico Hines
Reuters - Nine killed in bomb blast in central Pakistan
BBC - Amid the ruins of the Taliban conflict
Region
Israel
Washington Post - Britain Revokes Licenses for Arms Exports to Israel, by Howard Schneider
Iran
New York Times - Candidate Declares Iran may Face 'Disintegration', by Robert F. Worth
Christian Science Monitor - Next flash point in Iran face-off: Friday prayers, by Iason Athanasiadis
Washington Post - Iran's Invisible Nicaragua Embassy, by Anne-Marie O'Connor and Mary Beth Sheridan
Washington TImes - Times reporter recounts life in Iran prison, by Iason Athanasiadis
Central Asia
RFE/RL - U.S. Tells Uzbekistan It Wants Better Ties
Reuters - Russia's Medvedev visits South Ossetia, defying West
Washington Times - Abkhazia Welcomes Russian Troops, Help, by Nicholas Clayton