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ISW News Roundup - May 4, 2009
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Iraq
LA Times - In Iraq's Anbar province, the Awakening grapples with a new role, by Liz Sly
Associated Press - Iraq: No extension of US pullback date from cities, by Hamid Ahmed
Associated Press - Iraqi soldier kills 2 Americans, by Brian Murphy
Times Online UK - Iraq bloodshed rises as US allies defect, by Ali Rifat, Hala Jaber, and Sarah Baxter
Times Online UK - Government to close lifeline for Iraqi interpreters in two weeks, by Deborah Haynes
Times Online UK - Families of murdered interpreters plead compensation as Britain leaves Iraq, by James Hider
Reuters - Iraqi forces arrest U.S. -allied militia leader
LA Times - Iraq police arrest high-ranking member of U.S. -allied movement, by Hameed Rasheed and Liz Sly
Associated Press - Arrests threaten sectarian violence, by Brian Murphy
Times Online UK - Pope Benedict XVI invited to visit Iraq as part of Middle East tour, by Richard Owen
RFE/RL - Iraq Issues Warrants For Trade Chiefs Over Corruption
RFE/RL - Iraqi President Says Kirkuk Will Not Be Bartered
LA Times Obituaries - Army 1st Lt. Daniel B. Modesto; killed in grenade attack in Iraq, by Rueben Vives
New York Times - Senators Accuse Pentagon of Delay in Recovering Millions, by James Glanz
Christian Science Monitor - My Iraq: a reporter's 20-year retrospective, by Jane Arraf
BBC - Pressures muzzling Iraqi journalists, by Natalia Antelava
Afghanistan
Reuters - Afghan presidential hopeful promises Taliban talks, by Sayed Salahuddin
Associated Press - Dropout boosts Karzai's chances, by Jason Straziuso
Times Online UK - Hamid Karzai gets clear road to re-election as challengers fall by wayside, by Tom Coghlan
Associated Press - Afghan President Karzai registers for re-election, by Rahim Faiez and Jason Straziuso
RFE/RL - Fraud Fears As Afghan Men Get Women's Vote Cards
Washington Times - Afghan refugees stuck at Europe's door, by Anne-Laure Buffard
Wall Street Journal - U.S. Aims to Unify Efforts on Afghan Border, by Jay Solomon and Peter Spiegel
Reuters - U.S. denies letting troops convert Afghans, by Peter Graff
RFE/RL - Italian Troops Kill Afghan Girl In Disputed Incident
BBC - Afghanistan attacks leave 25 dead
Voice of America - Militants Kill 18 in Eastern Afghanistan
Pakistan
Christian Science Monitor - Next Taliban conquest? A view from Pakistan's frontline, by Ben Arnoldy
Washington Post - U.S. Options in Pakistan Limited, by Karen DeYoung
New York Times - Pakistan Strife Raises U.S. Doubts on Nuclear Arms, by David E. Sanger
Reuters - FACTBOX: Facts about conflict in Pakistan's Swat
Reuters - Taliban behead two Pakistani officials in Swat, by Junaid Khan
Times Online UK - Taliban terror holds 2,000 villagers as human shields, by Daud Khattak
BBC - Taleban face human shields charge
Reuters - Pakistan battles Taliban, by Kamran Haider
Long War Journal - Malakand Accord 'practically stands dissolved' - Taliban spokesman, by Bill Roggio
Associated Press - Taliban Resumes Patrols in Swat, by Zarar Khan
Associated Press - Pakistan peace deal under fire amid attacks, by Zarar Khan
Washington Times - Islamic court set up to satisfy Taliban, by Raza Khan
Long War Journal - Swat Taliban reject Islamic courts, refuse to disarm, by Bill Roggio
New York Times - Pakistan's Islamic Schools Fill Void, but Fuel Militancy, by Sabrina A. Tavernise
Washington Times - Pakistanis flee Taliban battles, by Nasir Khan
Region
Iran
Associated Press - Journalist group: US reporter hospitalized in Iran, by Jason Keyser
Associated Press - Gates seeking to reassure Gulf on outreach to Iran, by Lara Jakes
Reuters - U.S. sanctions will not halt nuclear work: Iran
Israel
Reuters - Israel considers pullout from Lebanon border village
BBC - Gaza patients questionings 'rise'
New York Times - Israel Faces a Hard Sell in Bid to Shift Policy, by Ethan Bronner
Piracy
Times Online UK - Doh! Pirates captured after attacking the wrong ship, by Anne Barrowclough
Bangladesh
Reuters - U.S. says Islamist militancy a concern in Bangladesh
Yemen
Associated Press - Fears of Yemen turning into another Afghanistan, by Donna Abu-Nasr