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ISW News Roundup - June 25, 2009
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Iraq
Department of Defense - Increased Violence Expected as U.S. Troops Leave Iraqi Cities, by Donna Miles
Reuters - Angry Iraqis Demand Protection from Bombings, by Muhanad Mohammed
VOA News - Violence Rocks Iraq as US Prepares to Withdraw from Cities
Times Online UK - Security Fears Over US Pullout as Market Bomb Kills More than 60 in Baghdad, by Alice Fordham
Reuters - Roadside Bomb Kills at Least Seven in Iraq
Washington Times - Iraqis Rebuilding Lives in War-Torn Areas, by Richard Tomkins
Washington Post - In Iraq, a Different Struggle for Power, by Anthony Shadid
VOA News - Pentagon Expects Growing Violence in Iraq, by Meredith Buel
Los Angeles Times - Baghdad Bombing Kills at Least 78, Injures 145, by Saif Hameed and Ned Paker
CNN - More Killed in Iraq as U.S. Nears Combat Troop Exit
RFE/RL - Iraq Bombing Meant to Rattle Authorities as U.S. Pulls Out, by Breffni O'Rourke
AFP - US Urges Gulf States to Support Iraq, Counter Iran
Afghanistan
Reuters - NATO Chief Says Central Asia Must Decide on Ties
VOA News - US Envoy Grilled by Lawmakers on Afghan, Pakistan Strategy, by Dan Robinson
New York Times - Afghan Leader Outmaneuvers Election Rivals, by Dexter Filkins
Department of Defense - Rodriguez Assumes New Afghanistan Post
Department of Defense - Afghanistan Strategy Fuels 'Unprecedented' Government Cooperation, by John J. Kruzel
Boston Globe - US Sharpens Focus on Afghanistan, Farah Stockman
Associated Press - McChrystal Urges Greater Protection of Afghan Civilians
Reuters - Britain Defends Army's Performance in Afghanistan
AFP - British Troops 'Clear Taliban Stronghold'
BBC - Helmand 'Not a Losing Campaign'
RFE/RL - Afghanistan Focus of NATO's First Central Asia Talks
Reuters - "Cultural Shift" Needed in Afghan Combat - Commander, by Jonathon Burch
BBC - 'Shift Needed' in Afghan Combat
Times Online UK - Drug Cultivation Plummets in Afghanistan as Demand Falls, by James Bone
Pakistan
Reuters - U.S. Senate Approves Bill to Triple Aid to Pakistan, by Paul Eckert
BBC - Key US Aide in Pakistan for Talks
Reuters - U.S. Adviser Hails Pakistani Attack on Militants, by Augustine Anthony
VOA News - India's Military Concerned About Emerging Taliban Threat from Pakistan, by Steve Herman
Associated Press - Taliban Chief in Pakistan Eluded Strike, Officials Say, by Munir Ahmad
Washington Times - Waziristan Battle Key in Fighting Taliban, by Sara A. Carter
AFP - Nervous Wait in Pakistan Tribal Belt for Army Assault, by Anwar Shakir
Associated Press - Pakistan Urges US to End Drone Attacks, by Ryan Lucas
New York Times - Strike Reportedly Missed Chief of Pakistani Taliban by Hours, by Pir Zubair Shah and Sabrina Tavernise
Los Angeles Times - In Pakistan, the Displaced Yearn for Home, by Mark Magnier
Region
Iran
Christian Science Monitor - Iran Arrests 70 Professors Who Met With Mousavi, by Dan Murphy
Christian Science Monitor - Will Iran's Turmoil Change the Middle East?, by Liam Stack and Dan Murphy
New York Times - Ahmadinejad Reaps Benefits of Stacking Agencies With Allies, by Neil MacFarquhar
Washington Post - Ahmadinejad Tells Obama Not to Interfere in Iran, by Thomas Erdbrink, William Branigin, and Debbi Wilgoren
Washington Times - Iran Protesters Alter Tactics to Avoid Death, by Eli Lake
New York Times - Ahmadinejad Assails Obama as Opposition Urges Defiance, by Nazila Fathi and Alan Cowell
RFE/RL - Iran's Opposition Vows to go on Challenging Poll
BBC - Iran's Mousavi Defies Crackdown
Reuters - Swiss to Destroy Papers in International Nuke Smuggling Case
Kyrgyzstan
Reuters - Kyrgyz Parliament Approves U.S. Base Deal
New York Times - Kyrgyzstan Ratifies U.S. Base Accord, by Michael Schwirtz
North Korea
VOA News - North Korea Warns of Nuclear Retaliation