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ISW News Roundup - September 29, 2009
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Afghanistan
Reuters - It's up to Obama to decide on Afghanistan, by Steve Holland
Washington Times - Musharraf: Afghan debate shows U.S. weak, by Sara A. Carter
Voice of America - NATO Secretary-General Defends Alliance's Afghanistan Contributions, by Michael Bowman
Christian Science Monitor - If McChrystal gets his Afghan surge, how many troops will be there? by Dan Murphy
Times Online UK - Tories would send 2,500 more troops to Afghanistan, says Liam Fox, by Tom Coghlan
Washington Post - In Building Afghan Army, It's Back to Basics, by Walter Pincus
Times Online UK - US accepts Hamid Karzai as Afghan leader despite poll fraud claims, by Giles Whittell
RFE/RL - Two Perspectives On Resolving The Afghan Postelection Crisis, by Zarghona Mangal and Abubakar Siddique
New York Times - 30 Killed in Southern Afghan Bus Explosion, by Abdul Waheed Wafa and Taimoor Shah
Associated Press - 30 Afghan civilians killed in roadside bomb blast, by Noor Khan
Department of Defense - First M-ATVs Deploy to Afghanistan
Iraq
Wall Street Journal - Iraq Is Struggling to Buy Equipment, by Gina Chon
Washington Post - Bombings Across Iraq Kill 15, Wound Dozens, by Nada Bakri
Associated Press - Suicide Bombing Kills 7 in Western Iraq
Reuters - Iraq bomb attacks end Ramadan lull
Reuters - FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq, Sept 28
BBC - Iraq's drought: Eden drying out, by Hugh Sykes
Pakistan
Washington Post - U.S. Says Taliban Has A New Haven in Pakistan, by Pamela Constable
New York Times - Now Playing in Swat, by Jason Tanner
Long War Journal - Taliban, Frontier Corps clash in North Waziristan, by Bill Roggio
Associated Press - Officials: Missile strike kills 6 in NW Pakistan, by Ishtiaq Mehsud
Region
Iran
Washington Post - U.S. Aims To Isolate Iran if Talks Fail, by Glenn Kessler
Associated Press - Iran parliament warns against foreign pressure, by Nasser Karimi
Reuters - Iran warns West against "past mistakes", by Parisa Hafezi and Fredrik Dahl
Associated Press - Iran put nuclear site near base in case of attack
Christian Science Monitor - Iran's secret site is the missing piece in its nuclear puzzle, by Peter Grier
New York Times - Nuclear Debate Brews: Is Iran Designing Warheads? by William J. Broad, Mark Mazzetti and David E. Sanger
Washington Post - Iran Test-Fires Its Most Advanced Missiles, by Willian Branigin, Thomas Erdbrink and Walter Pincus
Christian Science Monitor - Why Iran's missile tests may not play well in Tehran, by Tara Mahtafar
Associated Press - A breakdown of Iran's missile arsenal
Philippines
Associated Press - 2 US soldiers killed in Philippines blast, by Jim Gomez
Al Qaeda
Christian Science Monitor - Al Qaeda takes multiple hits from US forces, by David Montero
Wall Street Journal - Al Qaeda in Yemen Worries the West, by Margaret Coker and Sarah Childress