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ISW Weekend News Roundup - December 6-7, 2008
Dec 8, 2008 - Anonymous
Iraq Security
December 6
Reuters -Iranian artillery pounds remote area in Iraq-mayor
Washington Post - Police: Attacks targeting security kill 6 in Iraq, by Sameer N. Yacoub
New York Times - Troop Pullout to Leave U.S. and Britain as Iraq Force, by Alissa J. Rubin
BBC - Iraq translators' mask ban dropped, by Humphrey Hawksley
Reuters - U.S. to unveil charges in Blackwater shooting in Iraq, by James Vicini
Washington Times - Advocates seek safety for Iranians in Iraq, by Michael Drost
Long War Journal - Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle Update: December 2008, by DJ Elliott
Long War Journal - In Mosul, Americans felled by rogue Iraqi soldier, by Wesley Morgan
New York Times - Gen. Odierno's Letter to Troops About the Security Agreement
December 7
New York Times - 6 Are Killed Amid Violence Across Iraq
Associated Press - Iraq: New security for Central Bank, ancient sites, by Qassim Abdul-Zahra
LA Times - Baqubah a minefield of Iraqi sectarian tensions, by Ned Parker
Iraq Politics and Reconstruction
December 6
Wall Street Journal - Iraqi Oil Conference Draws Interest, by Gina Chon
Associated Press - An oil expo in Baghdad, by Kim Gamel and Sinan Salaheddin
Washington Post - In Iraq, 'A Prison Full of Innocent Men', by Amit R. Paley
LA Times - Bush: Iraq war longer, more costly than expected, from AP
December 7
Reuters - Referendum seen as way to "correct" U.S.: Iraq pact
Washington Post - Iraqi Women, Fighting for a Voice, by Sudarsan Raghavan
Associated Press - Iraq to resume oil sales to South Korean firm SK, by Sinan Salaheddin
Pakistan and Afghanistan
December 6
New York Times - Bomb Kills at Least 29 and Wounds 90 in Pakistan, by Pir Zubair Shah and Graham Bowley
LA Times - Car bomb kills 20 in northwest Pakistan's Peshawar, from AP
Long War Journal - US Predator hits Taliban safe house in North Waziristan, kills 4, by Bill Roggio
Radio Free Europe - 'No Reduction' Seen By U.S. In Pakistani Border Efforts, from Reuters
New York Times - Uprising at an Overcrowded Afghan Prison Leaves 8 Inmates Dead, by Kirk Semple
Wall Street Journal - U.S. Prepares for Troop Buildup in Afghanistan, from AP
December 7
New York Times - Revamping Pakistan Aid Expected in Report, by David E. Sanger
Wall Street Journal - Militants Torch NATO Vehicles in Pakistan, from AP
Long War Journal - Pakistan 'lost control' in Swat, by Bill Roggio
Long War Journal - Pakistan's Jihad, by the LWJ Editors
India Times - Pak agrees to 48-hour timetable for action against LeT: Report
Times Online UK - Gunmen had elite training from Pakistan, by Dean Nelson and Barney Henderson
Asharq Alaswat - The Two Faces of Lashkar-e-Taiba, by Umer Farooq
New York Times -U.S. Plans a Shift to Focus Troops on Kabul Region, by Kirk Semple
Agence France Presse - Taliban and civilians hit by bombardment
Region
Lebanon
Christian Science Monitor 12/7 - How a murder investigation could snarl Mideast peace, by Nicholas Blanford
Iran
Voice of American 12/7 - IAEA Chief: Efforts to Curb Iran's Nuclear Ambitions a 'Failure'
India
New York Times 12/6 - Police Foiled Earlier Plot Against Mumbai, by Robert F. Worth and Hari Kumar