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ISW News Roundup - March 7 and 8, 2009
Mar 8, 2009 - Anonymous
Pakistan
Washington Times - Pakistani girls seek better education, by Betsy Pisnik
Washington Times - Attack exposes a vulnerable Pakistan, by Raza Khan
Reuters - Bomb attack on Pakistani police kills eight, by Alamgir Bitani
Long War Journal - Car bomb kills eight in Peshawar, by Bill Roggio
Reuters - Pakistani militants seen most likely behind attack, by Simon Cameron-Moore
Reuters - U.S. drone believed crashed in Pakistan, by Sheree Sardar
Associated Press - Pakistan searches for reported wrecked US drone, by Zarar Khan
Reuters - Pakistan frees 12 Taliban militants in Swat valley, by Junaid Khan
Afghanistan
Reuters - Afghan leader Karzai backs Obama's call on Taliban, by Sayed Salahuddin
New York Times - Obama Ponders Outreach to Elements of the Taliban, by Helen Cooper and Sheryl Gay Stolberg
Reuters - Obama mulls reaching out to moderate Taliban: report
Reuters - FACTBOX: Security developments in Afghanistan
Reuters - UK ex-commander says Afghanistan mission "worthless"
Associated Press - Struggle continues for Afghan women years after Taliban's ouster, by Heidi Vogt
Washington Post - Karzai Agrees to Delay Election, by Pamela Constable
Washington Post - U.S. Troops Face a Tangle Of Goals in Afghanistan, by Pamela Constable
Iraq
Reuters - Suicide attack kills 28 at police academy in Iraq
New York Times - US and British Forces in Iraq Are Reduced, by J. David Goodman
Associated Press - 12k US troops to leave Iraq by fall; bomb kills 32
Washington Post - Solicitation for Media Team in Iraq Hints at Contracting-Overhaul, by Walter Pincus
Washington Post - Experts Warn of Troops' Loss of Logistical Support, by Ann Scott Tyson
LA Times - Show of Sunni-Shiite unity in Iraq, by Hamid Rasheed
Reuters - Iraqis resilient but mental health care lacking, U.N.
Long War Journal - Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle Update March 2009, by DJ Elliott
Region
Clinton Trip
Reuters - Clinton rolls out foreign policy approach in trip, by Sue Plemming
Turkey
Reuters - Turkey trying to ease U.S.-Iran tension: Babacan
Israel
Associated Press - Palestinian leader seeks reconciliation with Hamas, by Dalia Nammari
Iran
Reuters - Iran says open to Afghan meeting offer from U.S., by Hossein Jaseb and Zahra Hosseinian