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ISW News Roundup - March 9, 2009
Mar 9, 2009 - Anonymous
Iraq
Associated Press - US contractor protecting diplomats in Iraq killed
Reuters - Iraqi army called in to patch up a ruined nation, by Tim Cocks
Associated Press - Iraq's oil minister says OPEC hopes to raise oil prices
The Sunday Times - Blind bomb girl to get lessons in play, by Sara Hashash and Hala Jaber
Washington Post - 12,000 U.S. Troops to Leave Iraq, by Anthony Shadid
BBC - Iraqi women 'lack basic services'
Associated Press - Iraq: Women's minister to withdraw resignation
Afghanistan
Department of Defense - Afghan, Coalition Forces Kill 16 Enemy Fighters
Times Online UK - Obama says US is losing war in Afghanistan and hints at Taleban talks, by Tim Reid and Michael Evans
Reuters - Obama's call on moderate Taliban useless: analysts, by Sayed Salahuddin
Reuters - Iran says U.S. failing in Afghanistan, by Hashem Kalantari and Hossein Jaseb
BBC - Rebooting the Afghan mission, by Gordon Corera
Associated Press - Bomb kills 1 Canadian soldier in Afghanistan, by Fisnik Abrashi
BBC - Nato 'struggling in Afghan south'
Pakistan
Associated Press - Pakistani troops kill 15 militants in northwest, by Munir Ahamed
New York Times - Pakistan Regains Control of Remote Area, for Now, by Jane Perlez and Pir Zubair Shah
Christian Science Monitor - Pakistan's tenuous gains on Taliban, by Ben Arnoldy and Issam Ahmed
Reuters - Violence flares on Pakistani border with Afghanistan, by Sahibzada Bahauddin
Times Online UK - English cricket referee Chris Broad recalls the Pakistan terror attack, by Rosie Millard
LA Times - Interpol to aid Pakistan investigation of Mumbai attack, by Mark Magnier
Times Online UK - Military may have to step in, by Humayun Gauhar
LA Times - Pakistan sets roadblocks in U.S. hunt for extremists, officials say, by Josh Meyer
World
NATO
Reuters - France will receive top NATO posts: foreign minister
Israel
Associated Press - Israel: Iran can build nuclear weapons, by Mark Lavie
Syria
Reuters - Peace with Israel possible, says Syria's Assad
Iran
Reuters - Iran test-fires new missile: media
LA Times - Iran tests air-to-surface missile, by Borzou Daragahi
CNN - U.S. seeks clues 2 years after ex-FBI agent's disappearance, by Jill Dougherty
North Korea
Associated Press - N. Korea: War if satellite is shot down
Christian Science Monitor - North Korea warns of war over 'satellite test' interference, by Jonathan Adams
Russia
Washington Times - U.S., Russia aim to cut nukes, by Nicholas Kralev