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ISW News Roundup - March 5, 2009
Mar 5, 2009 - Anonymous
Pakistan
Associated Press - Opposition leader: Pakistan security has collapsed, by Rizwan Ali and Chris Brummitt
Times Online - Australian cricket umpires: 'Pakistan abandoned us in our hour of need', by Anne Barrowclough and Jeremy Page
Times Online - Lahore terror attack: the unanswered questions, by Jeremy Page
Long War Journal - Taliban violate Swat truce, kill two soldiers, by Bill Roggio
New York Times Documentary - Class Dismissed in Swat Valley
Afghanistan
Associated Press - Afghan board nixes early vote, by Rahim Faiez
Associated Press - Afghans: Country not safe enough for early vote, by Rahim Faiez and Jason Straziuso
Washington Post - Dispute Over Timing of Afghan Vote Turns Messy, by Pamela Constable
Associated Press - Kyrgyzstan says it's open to talks on US troops, by Leila Saralayeva
Reuters - Afghan candidates say Karzai should stand aside, by Simon Denyer
Reuters - Kandahar security worsened in late 2008: Canada
Associated Press - 1 million new Afghan students start school, by Rahim Faiez
New York Times - Another Karzai Forges Afghan Business Empire, by James Risen
Iraq
Washington Times - U.S. forces in Iraq remain focused, by Richard Tomkins
Associated Press - Bomb kills 10 in cattle market south of Baghdad, by Sinan Salaheddin
Associated Press - Suicide blast in Iraq kills 3
Associated Press - Iraq passes sharply reduced budget for 2009, by Qassim Abdul-Zahra
Associated Press - Iraqi lawmakers pass $58.6 billion budget after agreeing to sharp cuts amid falling oil prices, by Qassim Abdul-Zahra
Reuters - FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq
New York Times Baghdad Bureau - Sect and Race
RFE/RL - Iraqi Christians Returning To Mosul
RFE/RL - Iraq To Hold First Census In 22 Years
RFE/RL - Iraqi Officials Declare Financial Assets
World
Iran
Washington Times - Abbas warns Iran not to interfere, by Nicholas Kralev
Washington Times - Clinton accuses Iran of seeking to intimidate
Reuters - U.S. role seen in "deterrence" toward Iran, by Randall Mikkelsen
Washington Post - Iranian Leaders Fault Obama, Warn Israel Again, by Thomas Erdbrink
Israel
Associated Press - Palestinian driver killed after Jerusalem rampage, by Josef Federman
Times Online - Bulldozer driver rams police car in Jerusalem 'terror attack', by David Byers
Reuters - Israeli air strike kills three Gaza militants
Reuters - Israel kills Gaza rocket commander in air strike
Christian Science Monitor - Clinton visit: In a West Bank cafe, Palestinians ask how much will change, by Ilene R. Prusher
Arab Press
Washington Times - Headlines from the Arab press
Al-Shabab Terror Group
Associated Press - Terrorist group recruits in Midwest, by Lolita C. Baldor