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ISW News Roundup - June 30, 2009
Jun 30, 2009 - Anonymous
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Iraq
BBC - Deadly Market Bomb Hits Iraq City
Reuters - Bomb Kills 25 in Iraq as U.S. Troops leave, by Tim Cocks and Muhanad Mohammed
Department of Defense - Withdrawal Marks Historic Day for Future of Iraq, General Says, by Army Staff Sgt. Dave Lankford
Christian Science Monitor - Iraqi Cities: Could Violence Bring US Forces Back?, by Dan Murphy
Reuters - U.S. Combat Troops to Withdraw from Iraq Cities, Tim Cocks
New York Times - U.S. Pullout From Iraqi Cities Marked by Holiday, by Alissa J. Rubin
New York Times - U.S. Leaves Iraqi District Where Anger Lingers, by Marc Santora
Associated Press - 4 Soldiers Killed During Iraq Cities Pullout, by Patrick Quinn
Associated Press - Iraqi Forces Take Control in Baghdad
Washington Post - Jubilation in Iraq on Eve of U.S. Pullout, by Ernesto Londoño
Los Angeles Times - Good Signs Jostle with Doubts in Iraq, by Ned parker and Raheem Salman
Washington Post - Iraq: Mission Not Yet Accomplished, by Jawad Al Bolani
Wall Street Journal - Foreign Firms Bid for Iraqi Oil Licenses, by Gina Chon
New York Times - Iraq Begins Major Oil and Gas Auction, by Campbell Robertson and Alissa J. Rubin
Washington Post - Companies Balk at Iraq Oil Auction Terms, by Ernesto Londoño and K.I. Ibrahim
New York Times - As Iraq Stabilizes, China Bids on Its Oil Fields, by Keith Bradsher
VOA News - Iraq Opens Bids for Oil Fields
Reuters - Iraq Receives One Bid for Kirkuk Oilfield
Washington Times - Deployed Army Retirees Downsized, Disappointed, by Shaun Waterman
Afghanistan
Department of Defense - Stavridis Assumes Top European Command Post from Craddock, by Donna Miles
New York Times -For a Post in Europe, a Renaissance Admiral, by Thom Shanker
VOA News - New US Commander Takes Over at Key Moment, by Al Pessin
Reuters - Several Wounded in Afghan-Pakistani Border Blast
New York Times - Afghan Security Guards are Blamed in a Gun Battle That Killed a Police Chief, by Richard A. Oppel Jr.
Long War Journal - Coalition Strikes at Haqqani Network in Eastern Afghanistan, by Bill Roggio
VOA News - Coalition Air Strikes in Afghanistan Kill 12 Militants
Pakistan
Christian Science Monitor - Pakistani Militants in North Waziristan Abandon Peace Deal, by Huma Yusuf
New York Times - Pakistan Militant Group Scraps Truce, by Salman Masood
Associated Press - Taliban Scrap Peace Deal in Pakistan Tribal Area, by Rasool Dawar
VOA News - Pakistan Militants Abandon Peace Pact
BBC - Banned Pakistani Groups 'Expand,' by Syed Shoaib Hasan
New York Times - U.S. Resumes Surveillance Flights Over Pakistan, by Eric Schmitt and Mark Mazzetti
VOA News - Anti-Taliban Campaign in Pakistan's Swat Valley Enters Final Phase, by Catherine Maddux
Christian Science Monitor - US Changes Course on Afghan Opium, Says Holbrooke, by Liam Stack
Region
Iran
New York Times - Iran Council Certifies Ahmadinejad Victory, by Michael Slackman
Washington Times - Vote in Iran Called Valid After Recount, by Jim Heintz
Israel/Palestine
New York Times - Report Criticizes Israeli Drone Strikes, by Christopher Drew
Times Online UK - At Least 29 Killed Unlawfully by Israeli Drones in Gaza, Report Says, by Sheera Frenkel
Washington Post - In the West Bank, Suburb or Settlement?, by Howard Schneider
Nigeria
Wall Street Journal - Militants Hit Oil Supplies in Nigeria, by Will Conners and Michael Allen
North Korea
Wall Street Journal - U.S. Pursues Financial Leverage Over North Korea, by Jay Solomon
Reuters - North Korea Trying to Enrich Uranium, South Says, by Jon Herskovitz
Russia
New York Times - Russian in Extradition Battle Says U.S. Agents Violated Law, by Thomas Fuller
Yemen
Wall Street Journal - Yemen Plane Crashes in Indian Ocean With 153 Aboard, by Stephania Bianchi
Associated Press - Plane with 153 Crashes Off Comoros, Child Rescued, by Tom Maliti and Ahmed Al-Haj
VOA News - Yemeni Airliner Crashes Near Comoros, by Edward Yeranian