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ISW News Roundup - June 9, 2009
Jun 9, 2009 - Anonymous
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Iraq
Long War Journal - U.S. Releases Iraqi Shia Terror Group Leader, by Bill Roggio
Reuters - Iraqi Cops Train to Hunt Militants with DNA Dogs, by Aseel Kami
New York Times -Faces of Attacks in Iraq Turns Younger, U.S. Says, by Marc Santora
Reuters - U.N: Iraq's Security Better, But Militants Pose Threat
Department of Defense - Security Transition Command Makes Progress in Iraq, by John J. Kruzel
Department of Defense - Iraqi, U.S. Forces Destroy Weapons Cache Near Taji
Afghanistan
Wall Street Journal - Focus Shifts to Afghanistan, With Fleet Designed for Iraq, by Yochi J. Dreazen
Wall Street Journal - U.S. Reports Errors in Afghan Airstrikes, by Yochi J. Dreazen
Reuters - Blast Near U.S. Convoy Kills One Afghan, Wounds Many, by Amin Jalili
Reuters - World Bank Approves New Afghanistan Aid Strategy, by Lesley Wroughton
Washington Times - 7,000 U.S. Marines Patrolling Southern Afghan Desert, by Chris Brummitt
Times Online UK - British Campaign in Afghanistan 'Crippled by Spending Cap,' by Michael Evans
Times Online UK - World Agenda: The Taleban? They're Puppets of the U.S., by Jeremy Page
VOA News - 60 Taliban Killed in Afghanistan as U.S. Deploys More Troops, by Ayaz Gul
Pakistan
Reuters - Pakistani Army Backs up Militia Fighting Taliban, by Kamran Haider
Reuters - U.S. Envoy Sees Pakistanis Backing Fight vs Taliban, by William Schomberg
Reuters - U.S. Intel Chief Cites Pakistan Army Gains in Swat
BBC - Pakistan 'to Target Waziristan'
Region
Reuters - Global Arms Spending Hits Record in 2008: Think Tank
Israel/Palestine
New York Times - U.S. Envoy Meets Israeli Officials, by Isabel Kershner and Alan Cowell
VOA News - Four Palestinians Killed in Border Battle with Israeli Troops
Kyrgyzstan
RFE/RL - Kyrgyz President Confirms Exchange with Karzai on Manas
Lebanon
New York Times - Hopeful Signs for U.S. in Beirut Vote, by Michael Slackman
Washington Post - Lebanese Victor's Toughest Dilemma, by Howard Schneider
Thailand
Reuters - Gunman Kill 10, Wound 12 in Thai Mosque Attack
Uzbekistan
Reuters - Uzbekistan Accepts Obama's Call for "New Beginning," Maria Golovnina