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ISW News Roundup - May 13, 2009
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Iraq
Christian Science Monitor - Spike in suicide attacks: Is Al Qaeda in Iraq coming back? by Jane Arraf
Reuters - Qaeda-linked group in Iraq denies head captured
New York Times - Violence Rises in Iraq's Tense North, by Campbell Robertson
BBC - Sunnis fearful of Iraq future, by Natalia Antelava
BBC - Iraqis tried for UK troop deaths
Reuters - US exit from Iraqi cities less risky than it looks, by Tim Cocks
Associated Press - Father: Army 'broke' soldier accused of killing 5, by Schuyler Dixon
LA Times - Suspect in Iraq attack recently had weapon taken away, by Liz Sly
Washington Post - EXCLUSIVE: Killings spur Army review of mental care, by Richard Tomkins
Times Online UK - David Kilcullen's Iraq invasion lesson for the US: don't do it again, by Bronwen Maddox
Afghanistan
New York Times - A General Steps From The Shadows, by Elisabeth Bumiller and Mark Mazzetti
Christian Science Monitor - US 'Afpak' strategy troubles US and Pakistan, by David Montero
Department of Defense - Coalition, Afghan Forces Detain Five, Seize Opium
Associated Press - 20 dead as U.S., Afghans battle suicide bombers, by Jason Straziuso
Reuters - Suicide bomber kills 7 Afghans at NATO base, by Kamal Sadat
Reuters - List of 140 Afghan dead includes 93 children, by Hamid Shalizi
Associated Press - Afghan official: 95 kids died in US-Taliban clash, by Rahim Faiez
Reuters - U.S. commander must enforce Afghan attack rules: U.N., by Robert Bisel
Pakistan
BBC - Pakistan conflict map
Long War Journal - Taliban launches complex assault in Haqqani country, by Bill Roggio
Washington Times - U.S. sends $5 million for Swat refugees, by Nicholas Kralev
BBC - Pakistan's 'displaced deluge'
RFE/RL - U.S. Envoy Urges Congress To Boost Aid To Pakistan, by Andrew F. Tully
Associated Press - Pakistan fighting kills 15; headless bodies found, by Riaz Khan
Reuters - Pakistani army ordered to avoid civilian casualties, by Robert Birsel
Times Online UK - Pakistan drops hundreds of commandos in Taleban's Swat strongholds, by Zahid Hussain
Washington Post - Pakistani Commandos Target Taliban Bases, by Pamela Constable
Long War Journal - US strikes again in South Waziristan, by Bill Roggio
LA Times - Pakistan gets a say in drone attacks on militants, by Julian E. Barnes and Greg Miller
Reuters - Information war key to U.S. Pakistan strategy: envoy, by Paul Eckert
New York Times Lede Blog - A Grand Conspiracy Theory From Pakistan, by Robert Mackey
Associated Press - Pakistan: Trucks torched at NATO supply terminal, by Riaz Khan
Region
Israel
Reuters - Israel hands over Lebanon cluster bomb maps: U.N.
LA Times - Pope couples compassion for Gaza with call to shun terrorism, by Richard Boudreaux
Iran
BBC - Saberi 'had classified document'
Russia
Christian Science Monitor - Russia plays up its international role - especially in Mideast peace, by Howard LaFranchi
Kyrgyzstan
RFE/RL - U.S. Senate Panel OKs Kyrgyzstan Air-Traffic Payment
Daghestan
RFE/RL - Counterterrorist Operation Under Way In Daghestan
NATO
Associated Press - U.S. Adm. James Stavridis named military commander of NATO
Mideast Christians
New York Times - Mideast's Christians Declining in Influence, by Ethan Bronner