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ISW News Roundup - June 17, 2009
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Iraq
Associated Press - House Votes to Fund Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, by Jim Abrams
Washington Post - $106 Billion Bill Passes in House
VOA News - US House of Representatives Approves War Funding Bill, by Dan Robinson
Reuters - Iraq Submits $70 bln Infrastructure Rebuilding Plan
Associated Press - Iraq: Suspect Arrested in Sunni Lawmaker's Death, by Qassim Abdul-Zahra
Department of Defense - Iraqi Forces Take Lead on Missions
Associated Press - Iraqi Policemen to Face Charges of Prison Abuse
Reuters - Iraq to Investigate Suspected Abuse in Prisons, by Waleed Ibrahim
Associated Press - Iraq Says it Won't Delay First Postwar Oil Bidding, by Sinan Salaheddin
AFP - Brown Criticized Over 'Secret' Probe into Iraq War, by Katherine Haddon
Afghanistan
Reuters - Obama Hails Start of Afghan Election Campaign
Los Angeles Times - Afghanistan Election Campaign Gets Off to a Disorganized Start, by Laura King
Reuters - Pentagon Expected to Issue Report on Afghan Deaths, by David Morgan
AFP - 'Tough Fighting' Expected in Afghanistan: Petraeus
Times Online UK - German Soldiers 'Drink and Complain Too Much to Fight Taleban,' by Roger Boyes
Reuters - Russia, Afghanistan, Pakistan Pledge Taliban Fight, by Oleg Shchedrov
Department of Defense - Coalition, Afghan Forces Degrade Terrorist Networks in South, East Afghanistan
Pakistan
Long War Journal - Analysis: Waziristan Operation to Focus on Baitullah Mehsud, by Bill Roggio
Long War Journal - Al Qaeda Commanders Reported Killed, Wounded in Pakistan, by Bill Roggio
Washington Post - Cleric's Slaying Signifies a Shift, by Pamela Constable
Wall Street Journal - Leaders of Pakistan, India Move to Ease Tensions, by Matthew Rosenberg
Los Angeles Times - Pakistan Troops Battle Taliban in the Sakhra Valley, by Carolyn Cole
Associated Press - Skirmishing Ahead of New Pakistan Offensive, by Munir Ahmad
Reuters - EU to Pledge Humanitarian Aid for Pakistan
Associated Press - Pakistan's Army Set for Offensive, by Rohan Sullivan
Region
Reuters - General "90-percent-plus" sure on U.S. Missile Defense, by Jim Wolf
Washington Post - U.S. Weighs Integrating Russia Into Missile Plan, by Walter Pincus
Bangladesh
Christian Science Monitor - Are Terror Groups Finding a Haven in Bangladesh?, by David Montero
Iran
Christian Science Monitor - Was Iran's Election Rigged? Here's What is Known So Far, by Scott Peterson
New York Times - Bracing for New Protests, Iran Tightens Crackdown, by Nazila Fathi and Alan Cowell
New York Times - Iran's Latest Protests Seen as the Toughest to Stop, by Neil MacFarquhar
Los Angeles Times - Mideast Hanging on Every Text and Tweet from Iran, by Jeffrey Fleishman
Associated Press - Iranian Opposition Head Calls for Rally Thursday, by Ali Akbar Dareini
New York Times - Iran Wants Nuclear Weapon Technology: ElBaradei
Israel/Palestine
VOA News - Mitchell Hints of Possible Accord on Mideast Peace Talks Within Weeks, by David Gollust
Lebanon
BBC - EU's Solana Meets Hezbollah in Beirut
Mali
Reuters - Mali Army Clashes with Al Qaeda Suspects: Source, by Tiemoko Diallo
North Korea
New York Times - North Korea Says Journalists Admitted Crimes, by Choe Sang-Hun
Associated Press - N. Korea Warns U.S. of Military Retaliation, by Hyung-Jin Kim
VOA News - Pentagon: North Korea Missiles Threaten US Homeland
Syria
Reuters - Syrian Dissident Receives Rare Acquittal, by Khaled Yacoub Oweis