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ISW News Roundup - July 30, 2009
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Iraq
New York Times - U.S. Adviser's Blunt Memo on Iraq: Time 'To Go Home,' by Michael R. Gordon
Associated Press - Gates Eyes Early Exit for Some Iraq Troops, by Anne Gearan
Associated Press - Iraq: Ruling Parties Keep Power in Kurdish Vote, by Yahya Barzanji
Associated Press - Ruling Parties Win Majority in Kurdish Elections, by Yahya Barzanji
Reuters - Iraq Kurds Keep Parties in Power, Opposition Gains
Los Angeles Times - Iraq Says Raid on Militant Group's Camp Wasn't Iran's Idea, by Liz Sly
Wall Street Journal - Iraq to Close Iranian Exiles' Camp, by Charles Levinson and Peter Spiegel
Associated Press - Iraq: 6 Iranian Exiles Killed in Clashes at Camp
New York Times - Explosions in Iraqi Political Office Kills at Least 5, by Timothy Williams
BBC - Deadly Bomb at Iraq Party Office
VOA News - Iraq Bombing Targets Political Party Office
New York Times - Britain Says it Fears 2 Hostages in Iraq are Dead, by John F. Burns
Reuters - British Minister Says Likely Hostages Dead in Iraq
Los Angeles Times - Iraq in throes of Environmental Catastrophe, Experts Say, by Liz Sly
Afghanistan
VOA News - More US Troops May Be Needed in Afghanistan, Says Pentagon Advisor, by Al Pessin
Los Angeles Times - U.S. Shifting Drones' Focus to Taliban, by Julian E. Barnes
Reuters - Britain and U.S. Defend War Effort in Afghanistan
BBC - Bomb Tests Aid Troops in Afghanistan
Reuters - Taliban Vow to Disrupt Afghanistan Election, by Sayed Salahuddin
AFP - Taliban Call for Boycott of Afghan Polls, 'Jihad,' by Nasrat Shoiab
AFP - Campaigning Karzai Makes Security Priority, by Sardar Ahmad
Reuters - Afghanistan, Russia Top Challenges for New NATO Head, by David Brunnstrom
VOA News - Britain Will Stick with Afghan Combat Mission, Says Envoy, by David Gollust
New York Times - Spain is Open to Bolstering Forces in Afghanistan, by Victoria Burnett and Rachel Donadio
Reuters - Afghan, Pakistan Leaders Discuss C. Asia Security, by Roman Kozhevnikov
Washington Times - Taliban Field Manual: A Kinder, Gentler Militant?, by Claude Salhani
Associated Press - Former Danish Leader to Take Over as NATO Chief, by Slobodan Lekic
VOA News - NATO Secretary General Hands Over Reins, by Jennifer Glasse
Pakistan
Christian Science Monitor - Holbrooke Casts Doubt on Success of Pakistan's Swat Valley Offensive, by Liam Stack
Associated Press - US Officials Warned Pakistan on Taliban Spillover, by Robert Burns
Department of State - Special Briefing on July 2009 Trip to Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Brussels
New York Times - Pakistan Injects Precision into Air War on Taliban, by Eric Schmitt
Long War Journal - Anti-Taliban Tribal Militia Leader Assassinated in Pakistan's Northwest, by Bill Roggio
Department of State - The Humanitarian Crisis in Pakistan, by Eric P. Schwartz
VOA News - US Officials Urge More Help for Pakistan's Internally Displaced, by Michael Bowman
AFP - US Disappointed by Paltry Pakistan Aid, by Shaun Tandon
Reuters - Threat Forces UN to Scale Back in SW Pakistan
Region
Nigeria
New York Times - Nigerian Troops Storm Sect Compound, by Adam Nossiter and Alan Cowell
Associated Press - Islamist North, Oil-Rich Delta are Fronts of Tension, by Njadvara Musa and Michelle Faul
Turkey
Department of Defense - U.S.-Turkish Relationship 'Exceptionally Strong,' Mullen Says, by Gerry J. Gilmore