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ISW News Roundup - June 20-22, 2009
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Iraq
Associated Press - Bombs Hit Baghdad, Killing at Least 13
Reuters - Death Toll from Iraq's Kirkuk Blast Rises to 73, by Mustafa Mahmoud
Reuters - Spate of Iraq Bombings Kill at Least 21, by Abdul Rahman
New York Times - Laws Lag in Iraq as Patience Wears Thin, by Timothy Williams and Suadad Al-Salhy
Reuters - ID for Slain Britons Taken Hostage in Iraq
Reuters - Brown Urges Iraq Hostage Takers to Release Britons
Washington Post - Rumsfeld Unapologetic About Iraq, by Bradley Graham
Times Online UK - Analysis: Iraq Deaths Undermine Foreign Office Credibility, by Deborah Haynes
Washington Post - Uneasy Iraq Weighs Implications of the Political Crisis Next Door, by Ernesto Londoño and Nada Bakri
Reuters - Suicide Truck Bomber Kills Dozens in Northern Iraq, by Khalid al-Ansary
AFP - US Hands over Sadr City Base to Iraq, by Mehdi Lebouachera
Stars and Stripes - 'We Are Ready,' Iraqi General Warns Militants at Sadr City Transfer, by Teri Weaver
Reuters - Iraqis Happy at U.S. Pull Out, but Fear More Attacks, by Mohammed Abbas
Los Angeles Times - Foreign Workers for U.S. are Casualties Twice Over, by T. Christian Miller
Afghanistan
Wall Street Journal - Taliban Chief Extends Control Over Insurgency, by Matthew Rosenburg, Yochi J. Dreazen, and Siobhan Gorman
VOA News - Bomber Kills 5 Civilians in Afghanistan
New York Times - U.S. Toughens Airstrike Policy in Afghanistan, by Dexter Filkins
RFE/RL - U.S. Says Afghan Strikes Broke Rules, Order Retraining
Reuters - Two Blasts Kill Eight in Afghan Town
New York Times - With a Plan and a Rope, Captives Fled From Taliban, by Adam B. Ellick
Christian Science Monitor - Before David Rohde Escaped, a Flurry of Efforts to Win His Release, by Ben Arnold and Dan Murphy
Wall Street Journal - U.S. and China Work Together to Rebuild Afghanistan, by Michael M. Phillips and Shai Oster
Associated Press - Rockets Kill 2 Troops at Bagram Base
Reuters - Suicide Bomber Kills Three Afghan Soldiers
Washington Post - A Personal Touch in Taliban Fight, by Greg Jaffe
New York Times - Corruption Crusader Aims for Afghan Presidency, by Adam B. Ellick
New York Times - A New Afghanistan Commander Rethinks How to Measure Success, by Thom Shanker
RFE/RL - Tajikistan to Base Army Unit in Afghan Border Region
Pakistan
Reuters - Al Qaeda Says Would Use Pakistani Nuclear Weapons, by Inal Ersan
Long War Journal - Pakistan Arrests Sufi Mohammed: Report, by Bill Roggio
Long War Journal - Pakistani Military Begins Ground Phase of South Waziristan Offensive, by Bill Roggio
Los Angeles Times - Pakistan Faces Challenge of Cementing Victory Against Taliban, by Mark Magnier
Associated Press - More Than 30 Militants Killed in Pakistan, by Paul Alexander
Christian Science Monitor - Pakistan Reports First Militants Killed in South Waziristan, by Liam Stack
Reuters - Pakistani Aircraft Hit Militants Near Afghan Border, by Hafiz Wazir
Long War Journal - Senior Al Qaeda and Afghan Taliban Leaders Meet with Baitullah, by Bill Roggio
Region
Iran
New York Times - Iranian Guards Issue Warning as Vote Errors Are Admitted, by Nazila Fathi and Alan Cowell
Wall Street Journal - Iran Council Finds Some Poll Irregularities, by Farnaz Fassihi
Reuters - Iran Guards Threaten Protest Crackdown, by Parisa Hafezi and Fredrik Dahl
New York Times - Iran Admits Possible Discrepancy in 3 Million Votes, by Nazila Fathi and Michael Slackman
Christian Science Monitor - At Stake in Iran Uprising: Trust in the Islamic Revolution, by Scott peterson
New York Times - Former President at Center of Fight Within Political Elite, by Michael Slackman
VOA News - Calm in Tehran; Authorities Confirm Hundreds of Arrests
Times Online UK - Obama Criticised for Being 'Timid and Passive' Over Iran, by Tim Baldwin
North Korea
New York Times - Test Looms as U.S. Tracks North Korean Ship, by Choe Sang-Hun
Reuters - Singapore Says Would Act if North Korea Ship has WMD
VOA News - Obama: US Ready for Any Threat From N. Korea
Russia
Associated Press - Suicide Bomber Wounds Russian Provincial President
Associated Press - Medvedev Ready for Deep Nuclear Arms Cuts
Somalia
Christian Science Monitor - Ethiopian Troops Return to Somalia, by Scott Baldauf