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ISW News Roundup - May 8, 2009
May 8, 2009 - Anonymous
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Iraq
Associated Press - Ex-soldier could get death in Iraq rape, slayings, by Brett Barrouquere
Associated Press - Former Blackwater firm leaves Baghdad, by Kim Gamel
New York Times - Iraqi Forces: Rebuilt and Stronger, but Still Stumbling, by Steven Lee Myers
New York Times Slideshow - On Patrol With Iraq's Security Forces
Afghanistan
Wall Street Journal - U.S. to Appoint Top General to Kabul in Afghan Revamp, by Peter Spiegel
LA Times - In Afghanistan conflict, Pentagon considers structural changes, by Julian E. Barnes
RFE/RL - Suicide Bomber Kills 12 In Southern Afghanistan
Associated Press - US denies 147 civilians killed in Afghan violence, by Fisnik Abrashi
LA Times - Afghans protest civilian deaths as U.S. officials raise doubts, by Laura King
Christian Science Monitor - Pentagon admits US airstrike may have killed Afghan civilians, by Arthur Bright
Washington Post - Afghan Civilian Deaths Present U.S. With Strategic Problem, by Greg Jaffe
Washington Post - Pentagon Budget Devotes More to Afghanistan War Than to Iraq, by Ann Scott Tyson
Reuters - Two British soldiers among Afghan bombing deaths
BBC - Afghan diary V: Guerrilla warfare
Reuters - Huge U.S. camp arises in Afghan Desert of Death, by Andrew Gray
Reuters - Next U.S. -Afghan-Pakistan summit after Afghan poll: U.S.
Washington Post - Presidents of Pakistan, Afghanistan Meet With Senators Weighing Aid, by Karen DeYoung
Washington Times - Afghan Karzai likely to win reelection, by Jason Motlagh
Reuters - Unsafe, salvaged cars cause havoc in Kabul, by Hamid Shalizi
Pakistan
Long War Journal - Pakistani Army to 'eliminate' the Taliban in Swat: Prime Minister Gilani, by Bill Roggio
Washington Post - Pakistan Announces Army Offensive Against Taliban, by Pamela Constable
Associated Press - Pakistan says 140 militants killed in operation
Wall Street Journal - Pakistan Cleric, Once a Peacemaker, Backs Taliban, by Matthew Rosenberg and Zahid Hussain
Reuters - SCENARIOS: What next in Pakistan's battle with the Taliban? by Robert Bisel
LA Times - In Pakistan, Mardan anxiously awaits the Taliban, by Mark Magnier
Times Online UK - Pakistani planes bomb Taleban in Swat Valley
Washington Times - Refugees flee airstrikes, swell Pakistan tent cities, by Nasir Khan
CNN - Wounded overwhelm Pakistani hospitals
New York Times - Pakistan Fight Said to Cause 'Massive Displacement', by Dexter Filkins and Alan Cowell
Region
Iran
Associated Press - Conservative rival raps Iran president on economy, by Ali Akbar Dareini
RFE/RL - Iran Continues Shelling Kurds In Iraqi Territory
North Korea
Associated Press - Obama envoy warns NKorea on nuke test, urges talks, by Jae-Soon Chang
Russia
Reuters - Russia says it's ready to move forward on NATO ties, by Oleg Shchedrov
Singapore
Times Online UK - Terror suspect Mas Selamat Kastari recaptured after year on the run, by Anne Barrowclough