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ISW News Roundup - July 9, 2009
Jul 9, 2009 - Anonymous
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Iraq
Washington Post - Bombings Kill Dozens in Iraq, by Nada Bakri
VOA News - Explosions in Iraq Kill, Wound Dozens, by Edward Yeranian
Christian Science Monitor - In Iraq, Twin Bombings Follow Insurgent's Renewed Call to Fight US, by Jonathan Adams
New York Times - Bomb Attacks in Iraq Kill at Least 41, by Steven Lee Myers and Timothy Williams
Associated Press - Bombings in Mosul, Baghdad Kill at Least 41, by Saad Abdul-Kadir
Los Angeles Times - Double Suicide Bomb Attack in Northern Iraq Kills at least 34, wounds 70, by Ned Parker and Usama Redha
Reuters - Bomb Attacks Kill Over 40 in Iraq, by Jamal al-Badrani
RFE/RL - Series of Large-Scale Bombings Kills Scores in Iraq
New York Times - Americans Release Iranian Detainees to Iraq, by Steven Lee Myers
Reuters - Iran: Five Iranians Held by US Handed Over to Iraq, by Hossein Jaseb
BBC - US 'Frees' Five Iranians in Iraq
Washington Post - U.S. Releases 5 Iranian Officials in Iraq, by Anthony Shadid
Department of Defense - Forces Detain Suspected Terrorists in Iraq
Washington Times - Iraqis Stay Silent on Protests in Iran, by Daniel W. Smith
BBC - Firms Challenge Iraqi Oil Auction, by Mark Gregory
U.S. Army - Forces Aid City, Improve Quality of Life in Iraq
Afghanistan
Washington Post - Massive Bomb Blast Kills 25 in Central Afghanistan, by Pamela Constable
VOA News - Bomb in Afghanistan Kills 25
Associated Press - Afghanistan: Up to 27 Killed in Fighting
Los Angeles Times - Truck Bomb in Afghanistan Kills 25, Many of Them Children, by Laura King
New York Times - Afghan Truck Blast Kills 16 Children, by Abdul Waheed Wafa and Alan Cowell
Reuters - Blast Outside School in Afghanistan Kills 25, by Mohammad Obaid
Times Online UK - Troops in Afghanistan Could Defeat Themselves, Says New Commander, by Tom Coghlan
Reuters - Taliban Kills Eight Police, Surround East Afghan Office
RFE/RL - Afghan, French Presidents Thank Kyrgyzstan For Base
Associated Press - US Strategist Helps Rival of Afghanistan's Karzai, by Fisnik Abrashi
Reuters - Karzai Pardons Five Afghan Heroin Traffickers, by Sayed Salahuddin
RFE/RL - Afghan-Pakistani Transit Deal Said to be Signed This Year
Wall Street Journal - DynCorp Up On Army Award For Afghanistan Work Worth Up To $7.5B, by Donna Kardos
Pakistan
Reuters - How Dangerous is Lashkar-e-Taiba to the West?, by Myra MacDonald
New York Times - Airstrikes Kill 43 Militants and Wound Taliban Chief, by Salman Masood
Wall Street Journal - Pakistani Attack Hits Swat Taliban Leader, by Zahid Hussain
Washington Post - Suspected U.S. Drones Kill at least 44 in Pakistan, by Joshua Partlow and Haq Nawaz Khan
Associated Press - Pakistani Officials: Jets Strike Militants, by Ishtiaq Mehsud
Long War Journal - US Kills 25 Taliban in Second Predator Strike in South Waziristan, by Bill Roggio
AFP - Mine Kills Five Pakistan Soldiers: Officials
Reuters - Pakistan to Begin Return of Displaced Next Week, by Zeeshan Haider
BBC - Pakistan Displaced 'Can Go Home'
AFP - India, Pakistani PMs to Meet in Egypt: Officials, by Masroor Gilani
AFP - Sarkozy Will Visit Pakistan by Year End: Interview
Region
Iran
New York Times - Iran Security Moves to Crush New Protests in Tehran, by Michael Slackman and Alan Cowell
Associated Press - Hundreds Protest in Iran, Defy Crackdown, by Nasser Karimi
Washington Post - Mousavi Promises to Continue Protests, by Thomas Erdbrink
New York Times - G-8 Nations Press Iran on Nuclear Program, by Peter Baker
Reuters - Iran Won't Back Down "One Step" in Atom Row
North Korea
Times Online UK - North Korea 'Launches Massive Cyber Attack on Seoul,' by Richard Lloyd Parry
Russia
Reuters - Russia Said to Seek New Military Base in Kyrgyzstan
Washington Post - U.S. and Russia Negotiate to Lift Trade Restrictions, by Philip P. Pan
Saudi Arabia
Associated Press - Saudi Arabia Issues Terror Verdicts
BBC - Saudi Terror Trials Reach Verdict
Turkey
Associated Press - Pirates Board Turkish Ship With 23 Crew on Board