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ISW News Roundup - March 3, 2009
Mar 3, 2009 - Anonymous
Pakistan and Afghanistan
Associated Press - Gunmen attack Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan, by Rizwan Ali
Long War Journal - Pakistani terrorists assault Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, by Bill Roggio
Reuters - India uses Lahore attack to put pressure on Pakistan, by Bappa Majumdar and Krittivas Mukherjee
Times Online UK - All 14 gunmen escape after deadly attack on Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore, by Jeremy Page, Rhys Blakely and Jenny Booth
Reuters - Russia allows through U.S. supplies for Afghanistan
Reuters - Ghani says Afghanistan must take its "second chance", by Simon Denyer
New York Times - Afghan Women Slowly Gaining Protection, by Kirk Semple
Times Online UK - World Agenda: is South Asia falling apart?, by Michael Binyon
Iraq
Associated Press - Iraq struggles with spending plan as oil dips, by Sameer N. Yacoub
BBC - Iraqis detain al-Qaeda 'minister'
New York Times - Iraqi Court Acquits Hussein Aide in 1999 Crackdown on Shiite Protest, by Steven Lee Myers
New York Times - Analysis: Provincial Elections Outcome, by Suadad Al-Salhy
Associated Press - US commanders hone battlefield diplomacy in Iraq, by Lara Jakes
Christian Science Monitor - Americans' lasting mark on Iraq: colorful, complex tattoos, by Tom A. Peter
Iran
Reuters - Iran to start presidency vote registration in May
RFE/RL - Western Filmmaker Tackles Iranian President's Peculiar Brand of Populism, by Peter Lom
Christian Science Monitor - Iran turns up pressure on rights activists, by Scott Peterson
LA Times - Clinton says U.S. diplomacy unlikely to end Iran nuclear program, by Paul Richter
LA Times - U.S. commits to arms control, engaging with Iran, by Borzou Daragahi
Reuters - U.S. - Iranian writer held in Elvin jail, official says, by Fredrik Dahl
Region
Washington Times - U.S. to send two envoys to Syria, by Nicholas Kralev
Missile Shield
Associated Press - Obama hints missile shield flexibility, by Steven R. Hurst
Times Online UK - Barack Obama 'offers to abandon missile defence shield', by Tony Halpin
Washington Post - Mendevev Calls Obama's Letter a 'Positive' Step, by Michael A. Fletcher
Israel
Associated Press - Clinton: US to support Palestinian state
BBC - US Israel support 'unshakeable'
Washington Post - U.S. Talks Tough on Gaza Aid, by Glenn Kessler
Yemen
Long War Journal - Yemen: New terror camps as a city falls to jihadists, by Jane Novak