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ISW News Roundup - March 27, 2009
Mar 27, 2009 - Anonymous
Iraq
Christian Science Monitor - US general: American forces may not leave key Iraqi cities, by Jane Arraf
Department of Defense - Growing Iraqi Navy Crucial for Economic, National Security, by Tim Kilbride
Associated Press - Sunni Arab cleric killed in Iraq's Diyala province, by Hamid Ahmed
Reuters - North Baghdad car bomb death toll rises to 20
Washington Post - After Bombing, Iraqi Police Face Local Ire, by Anthony Shadid
Reuters - Iraq elections watchdog says January poll results final
The Times Online UK - Baghdad gets set for 'Big Bang' with a difference, by Deborah Haynes and Wail al-Hafoth
Christian Science Monitor - Jihadi dispute points to deeper radicalism among youths, by Carlye Murphy
Afghanistan
Associated Press - First Afghan community policing force graduates, by Heidi Vogt
Reuters - New Afghan local force to guard against Taliban, by Jon Hemming
BBC - Afghan attack kills nine police
Associated Press - US, Afghan troops kill 11 militants in south, by Heidi Vogt
Reuters - Obama's new Afghan plan to target al Qaeda havens, by Ross Colvin
Christian Science Monitor - Obama overhauls US Afghan strategy, by Gordon Lubold
Washington Times - U.S. boosting force in Afghanistan, by Stephen Dinan
Washington Post - Obama Plans More Funding For Afghan War, by Karen DeYoung
Reuters - Obama to send 4,000 military trainers to Afghanistan, by Ross Colvin and Susan Cornwell
Times Online UK - President Obama to bolster troop surge with civilian officials in radical strategy for Afghanistan, by Tom Baldwin
Times Online UK - UN welcomes US 'civilian surge', by James Bone
RFE/RL - Afghan Authorities Say Thousands Of Rebels Have Joined Peace Process
Reuters - Canada warns Taliban bombs bigger, deadlier
LA Times - Taliban leader looks to reclaim Afghanistan, U.S. says, by Julian E. Barnes and Greg Miller
LA Times - Iran to join talks on stabilizing Afghanistan, by Borzou Daragahi and Ramin Mostaghim
Pakistan
Reuters - Bomber kills at least 50 in Pakistan mosque, by Ibrahim Shinwari
Long War Journal - Taliban suicide bomber kills 50, destroys mosque in Pakistan, by Bill Roggio
Times Online UK - Pakistan: a world of realpolitik, by Jeremy Page
LA Times - In Pakistan, fighting terrorists the five-star way, by Mark Magnier
New York Times - Pakistani and Afghan Taliban Unify in Face of U.S. Influx, by Carlotta Gall
Region
Iran
RFE/RL - Iran and NATO Officials Hold First Talks In 30 Years
Israel
Associated Press - Sudanese official: Israel behind raids, by Sarah El Deeb
BBC - Israel army punishes Gaza soldier
Associated Press - Israel successfully tests anti-rocket system, by Matti Friedman
Hezbollah
Washington Times - EXCLUSIVE: Hezbollah uses Mexican drug routes into U.S., by Sara A. Carter
Kyrgyzstan
Associated Press - US official: talks on Kyrgyzstan base continue, by Steve Gutterman
Yemen
Reuters - Qaeda says hit Koreans in Yemen over U.S. ties
Syria
New York Times - With Isolation Over, Syria Is Happy To Talk, by Robert F. Worth
Russia