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ISW News Roundup - July 21, 2009
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Iraq
Wall Street Journal - U.S. Troops Complain of Limits in Iraq, by Yochi Dreazen
Washington Post - Soldiers Question the Defense Secretary About Long Deployments, by Walter Pincus
New York Times - Gates Says U.S. Army's Size Will Grow by 22,000, by Elizabeth Bumiller
Reuters - Gates Announces Temporary Increase in U.S. Army, by David Morgan
Washington Times - Gates Bolsters Army with 22,000 Troops, by Shaun Waterman
New York Times - Attack Kills 10 in Restive Iraqi Cities, by Sam Dagher
Reuters - Baghdad Commander Says U.S. Troops Not Needed
Reuters - Emergency Declared in Iraq's Ramadi After Bombings
Reuters - Baghdad Bombs Kill 11, Vehicle Ban in Anbar Region, by Muhanad Mohammed
Reuters - Iraq Slum Bombs Kill at Least 7, Wound Dozens, by Muhanad Mohammed
Associated Press - Iraq PM Flies to US to Meet Obama, Seek Investment
BBC - Iraq Cleric on Rare Public Visit
Afghanistan
Associated Press - Senate Heads Toward Vote on F-22 Jets, by Jim Abrams
Department of Defense - Gates: U.S. 'Sparing No Effort' to Locate Missing Soldier, by John J. Kruzel
Los Angeles Times - 2 Killed in U.S. Fighter Jet Crash in Afghanistan, by Laura King
New York Times - Coordinated Attacks in Afghanistan Kill 6, by Carlotta Gall and Ruhllah Khapalwak
Christian Science Monitor - Taliban Suicide Bombers Attack Two Afghan Cities, by Huma Yusuf
Reuters - Suicide Bombers, Gunmen Attack East Afghan Towns, by Sayed Salahuddin
VOA News - Suicide Attackers Hit Government, Military Buildings in 2 Afghan Cities
Wall Street Journal - Taliban Militants Attack Two Afghan Cities, by Anand Gopal
Reuters - Eight Killed in battle in Afghanistan's East
VOA News - Militants Attack Afghan Cities, 5 Officers Killed
Department of Defense - Coalition, Afghan Troops Thwart Suicide Attack
Reuters - Australia Wants Afghan Troops Ready in Five Years
AFP - Australia Out of Afghanistan in '3 to 4' Years, by Amy Coopes
Reuters - NATO's Scheffer Urges Allies to do More in Afghanistan
BBC - NATO Warning Over Afghan Mission
Reuters - Mongolia to Send Troops to Afghanistan, by William Kennedy
Pakistan
Reuters - Over 50 Militants Killed in NW Pakistan's Lower Dir
Washington Post - Tribe Members Held Accountable, by Joshua Partlow and Haq Nawaz Khan
Associated Press - 20 Dead in Clashes in Troubled Northwest Pakistan, by Riaz Khan
VOA News - Pakistan Military: 50 Militants Killed in Northwest, by Ayaz Gul
Associated Press - Military: 50 Die in Clashes in Northwest Pakistan
Associated Press - Clinton Says 9/11 Ringleaders are in Pakistan
AFP - Not Let-Up in US Drone War in Pakistan, by Dan De Luce
Long War Journal - US Predator Strikes in Pakistan: Observations, by Bill Roggio and Alexander Mayer
BBC - EU's Solana in Afghanistan Visits
Region
Wall Street Journal - Radical Islam Checks In, by Sadanand Dhume
Georgia
New York Times - Georgia Wants U.S. to Monitor Conflict, by Ellen Barry
Reuters - U.S. Vice President Traveling to Ukraine, Georgia
Iran
New York Times - Hard-Line Forces Extends Grip Over a Splintered Iran, by Michael Slackman
Wall Street Journal - U.S. Juggles Two Iran Timetables
Reuters - Senior Iran MP Calls on Ahmadinejad to Remove Deputy
VOA News - Iran's Police Chief Accuses Opposition of Provoking Instablility
Israel/Palestine
Reuters - Palestinians Stuck Near Iraq to Move to Slovakia: UN
New York Times - Signs of Hope Emerge in the West Bank, by Ethan Bronner
North Korea
VOA News - Top US Diplomat Concerned About North Korea-Burma Military Link
Ukraine
Associated Press - Biden Meets With Ukrainian President Yushchenko
RFE/RL - U.S. Vice President Biden Says 'Reset' Will Not Come at Ukraine's Expense