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ISW News Roundup - April 30, 2009
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Iraq
LA Times - Five car bombings across Baghdad kill 48, by Saif Hameed and Liz Sly
Reuters - Death toll from twin Iraq car bombs rises to 51
BBC - UK combat operations end in Iraq
Associated Press - British end combat operations in Iraq, by Chelsea J. Carter
Reuters - U.S. hands oil terminal to Iraqi navy in first step, by Tim Cocks
Times Online UK - Few tears shed as Army leaves Basra, the city where it was never able to keep order, by James Hider
Associated Press - Major attacks in Iraq since Jan. 1
Associated Press - Iraq: US soldier charged in fellow soldier's death
Associated Press - Turkish warplanes hit Kurd rebel targets in Iraq
Afghanistan
Christian Science Monitor - Taliban announce 'countersurge' in Afghanistan, by Anand Gopal
Wall Street Journal - U.K. All but Rejects More Long-Term Troops, in Blow to U.S. Hopes, by Alistair Macdonald
Reuters - Afghan anti-drug effort needs big boost: U.S. general, by Andrew Gray
Wall Street Journal - U.S. Takes Dutch Military as Role Model in Afghan Operations, by Jay Solomon
Associated Press - 1 German soldier killed, 9 wounded in Afghanistan
RFE/RL - Strategic Affairs Analyst Takes Broad View Of 'Af-Pak' Strategy
Department of Defense - Afghan, Coalition Forces Kill More Than 40 Insurgents
Department of Defense - Marines Engineer Afghanistan-Worthy MRAP, by Fred W. Baker III
Department of Defense - Gains in Afghanistan Tied to Pakistan, Marine General Says, by Fred W. Baker III
Times Online UK - Defying threats, fighting oppression: the woman leading protests in Afghanistan, by Tom Coglan
Reuters - Afghan Presidential hopeful promises Taliban talks, by Sayed Salahuddin
Pakistan
Long War Journal - Taliban still in control in Dir, by Bill Roggio
Associated Press - Pakistan: Taliban holds town near capital hostage
LA Times - Pakistan wrests control of town from Taliban, by Mubashir Zaidi and Mark Magnier
Wall Street Journal - Pakistan Gains Against Taliban, by Zahid Hussain
New York Times - Civilians Flee as Pakistani Forces Hit Resistance, by Carlotta Gall and Salman Masood
Reuters - Pakistan says 50 Taliban killed in Bruner operation
Reuters - Ethnic violence erupts in Pakistani city; 18 dead
Reuters - Troops patrol Pakistan's Karachi after ethnic clashes
BBC - Karachi tense after fatal clashes
Reuters - Obama says Pakistan internal threat grave, by David Alexander and Augustine Anthony
Long War Journal - US strike kills 10 Taliban in South Waziristan, by Bill Roggio
World
Lebanon
Associated Press - Four generals freed in Hariri killing, by Sam F. Ghattas
Russia
Reuters - Russia takes control of rebel borders with Georgia, by Oleg Shchedrov
RFE/RL - Ingushetia Gun Battle Leaves Policeman, Presidential Bodyguards Dead
Reuters - NATO looks to beef up anti-piracy mission
BBC - Nato 'expels Russian diplomats'
Guantanamo Bay
Washington Post - Europe Seen Willing To Taking Detainees, by Craig Whitlock
New York Times - Credentials Challenged, Radical Quotes West Point, by Robert F. Worth
U.S. Department of Defense
Christian Science Monitor - Gates's next lever to reshape the Pentagon: QDR, by Gordon Lubold