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ISW News Roundup - December 17, 2008
Dec 17, 2008 - Anonymous
Iraq Security
Reuters - Iraq to beef up policing of power facilities, by Missy Ryan
Reuters - FACTBOX - Foreign military forces in Iraq
New York Times - Brown Confirms Pullout From Iraq, by Campbell Robertson and Alissa J. Rubin
BBC - UK troops to leave Iraq 'by July'
Christian Science Monitor - As Iraq calms, Mosul remains a battle front, by Jane Arraf
Guardian UK - Sunni Muslim groups in Iraq, by Ian Black
New York Times - Bomb Kills 18 Near Baghdad Police Station, by Eric Owles and Campbell Robertson
Times Online UK - US takes greater Basra role as British troops prepare for exit, by Deborah Haynes
Associated Press - Algerian man jailed for 3 years for joining Iraq insurgency against US forces
Associated Press - Turkish jets attack suspected Kurdish rebel hideouts in northern Iraq
Global Security.org -Coalition, Iraqi Forces Kill Three, Capture 31 in Iraq, from AFPS
Iraq Politics and Reconstruction
Voice of America - Iraqi Envoy Urges Further US Support
Associated Press - US hands over 39 detainees, former members of Saddam Hussein's regime, to Iraq
Associated Press - Innocent until proven guilty: need for warrants may be main complication under US-Iraq pact, by Kim Gamel
Reuters - U.S. group blasts Iraq over religious minorities, by Ross Colvin
Associated Press - Turkey's president says Iran, Iraq could supply gas for Nabucco pipeline
New York Times - Iraqi Shoe-Hurling Journalist to Face Judge on Wednesday, by Timothy Williams and Abeer Mohammed
Associated Press - White House: Shoe-thrower punishment up to Iraq; Bush has no 'hard feelings' about incident
Pakistan and Afghanistan
New York Times - In Visits, British Prime Minister Tries to Defuse Tensions of India and Pakistan, by Richard A. Oppel Jr. and Salman Masood
BBC - Zardari rejects Mumbai 'claims'
Washington Post - Calls Shed Light on Gunmen's Motives, by Emily Wax
Long War Journal - Pakistan takes minimal steps against banned terror front, by Bill Roggio
Long War Journal - Taleban desecrate body of slain opposing tribal leader, by Bill Roggio
CTV Canada - Top Canadian general predicts rise in Afghan violence
Daily Times - NATO plays down attacks on supplies
World
Somalia
Christian Science Monitor - Should ground troops hunt pirates in Somalia? by Shashank Bengali
Washington Post - U.N. Authorizes Land, Air Attacks on Somali Pirates, by Colum Lynch
Iran
Associated Press - Arabs want regular meetings with international powers on Iran's nuclear program
Washington Times - World leaders clash on Iran sanctions, by Betsy Pisnik and Barbara Slavin
Middle East
Christian Science Monitor - Mideast awaits new leaders, direction in 2009, by Nicholas Blanford
Christian Science Monitor - New resolution on Mideast peace passes at UN, by Howard LaFranchi
US Military
Associated Press - Army rolls out revised training doctrine, incorporates stability into combat preparations, by John Milburn
Britain
Washington Post - British Physician is Convicted of 2007 Car-Bomb Plot, by Mary Jordan