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ISW News Roundup - July 28, 2009
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Iraq
New York Times - In Battle, Hunches Prove to be Valuable, by Benedict Carey
New York Times - U.S. Defense Chief Visits Iraq, by Elisabeth Bumiller
VOA News - US Defense Secretary Makes Unannounced Visit to Iraq
Associated Press - Defense Secretary Gates Arrives in Iraq, by Ann Gearan
Reuters - Gates in Iraq, Says U.S. Urban Withdrawal Going Well, by Jim Wolf
BBC - US Praises Iraq's Security Gains
BBC - US Troops Back on Patrol in Iraq, by Gabriel Gatehouse
Wall Street Journal - Iraqi Kurds Split by Regional Vote, by Charles Levinson
Reuters - Incumbents Ahead in Iraq Kurd Vote, but Challenged, by Shamal Aqrawi
AFP - Kurd Opposition Party Eyes Big Gains in Iraq Vote, by Abdel Hamid Zebari
RFE/RL - Viable Opposition Emerges in Iraq's Kurdish Region Elections, by Ron Synovitz
Associated Press - Turkey Urges Iraq to Stop Kurdish Rebel Attacks, by Selcan Hacaoglu
AFP - Six Killed in Iraq Violence
Associated Press - Audit Finds Contractor Oversight Improving in Iraq, by Lara Jakes
Reuters - Iraq Starts Privatization Drive, but Progress Slow, by Mohammed Abbas
Reuters - UN Backs "Alternative" Iraq War Reparation Schemes, by Louis Charbonneau
Afghanistan
New York Times - Iraq Veterans Find Afghan Enemy Even Bolder, by Richard A. Oppel Jr.
Associated Press - Karzai Would Talk with Taliban, by Robert H. Reid
New York Times - Bomb Kills 8 Afghans Escorting NATO Convoy, by Taimoor Shah and Alan Cowell
BBC - Mapping Operation Panther's Claw
Los Angeles Times - 7 Arrested in North Carolina on Terrorism Charges, by Josh Meyer
Washington Post - Seven Face Terrorism Charges in N.C., by Carrie Johnson and Spencer S. Hsu
Christian Science Monitor - Seven North Carolinians Charged in Terror Plot, by Warren Richey
Reuters - Donkeys, Guns and Trucks - Elections Afghan-Style, by Paul Tait
AFP - Nine Killed as UN Urges Taliban Not to Scupper Vote, by Charlotte McDonald-Gibson
Reuters - Afghan Insurgent Tolls Not Needed, U.S. Military Says
AFP - Italy Denies Plans to Pull Out of Afghanistan
ABC News - TRANSCRIPT: Holbrooke: We Have 'Enough Troops' in Afghanistan, by Nick Schifrin
Pakistan
New York Times - Police Officer is Found Beheaded in Pakistan's Swat Valley, by Pir Zubair Shah
Wall Street Journal - Islamabad Tells of Plot by Lashkar, by Zahid Hussain
Reuters - Pakistan Rescues Boys Trained as Suicide Bombers, by Augustine Anthony
New York Times - Landowners Still in Exile from Unstable Pakistan Area, by Jane Perlez and Pir Zubair Shah
Reuters - Holbrooke Seeks More EU Support for Swat Refugees, by David Brunnstrom
Long War Journal - Pakistan Strikes Taliban Camps in Khyber, by Bill Roggio
Christian Science Monitor - Pakistan Says India's Nuclear Sub Threatens Regional Peace, by Huma Yusuf
Wall Street Journal - Singh Defends Effort to Improve Ties With Pakistan, by Ketaki Gokhale and Paul Beckett
BBC - Rifts Emerge Over Tackling the Taliban
Region
Africa
New York Times - Scores Die as Sect Fights Nigeria Police, by Adam Nossiter and Sharon Otterman
Iran
New York Times - Gates Says U.S. Overture to Iran is 'Not Open-Ended,' by Elisabeth Bumiller
Wall Street Journal - U.S., Israel Divide on Iran Nuclear Program, by Yochi Dreazen
Washington Times - U.S.-Israel Gap on Iran Narrows, by Joshua Mitnick
Associated Press - Khamenei Closes Prison Where Protestors Were Held Over Abuses
Washington Times - Ahmadinejad Struggles With Crisis of Authority, by Barbara Slavin
VOA News - Iran to Release 140 Post-Election Detainees
Lebanon
Reuters - Hezbollah Sees Progress on Lebanon Government
Syria
Wall Street Journal - U.S. Woos Damascus by Easing Export Ban, by Jay Solomon