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ISW Global News Roundup - April 8, 2010
Apr 8, 2010 - Anonymous
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Afghanistan
Los Angeles Times- Hamid Karzai ousts 2 Afghan officials linked to vote fraud by Laura King
Washington Post- U.S. now focused on getting rid of Taliban instead of opium crops in Afghanistan by Karen DeYoung
BBC- Taliban release new video of captured US soldier
Associated Press- US Treasury beefing up staff in Afghanistan by Lolita Baldor
BusinessWeek- Al-Qaeda Turns to Extortion as Funds Cut, U.S. Says
Foreign Policy- Treasury official: al Qaeda is broke, but the Taliban is flush by Josh Rogin
Radio Free Europe- More Georgian Troops Leave For Afghanistan
Associated Press- Afghan police: 5 suicide bombers arrested in Kabul by Amir Shah
Reuters India- Afghan supply flights suspended from Kyrgyz base - NATO
Pakistan
BusinessWeek- Pakistan’s Lower House Passes Law to Reduce President’s Powers by Khalid Qayum
Media Monitors- US pushes for Pakistan's Central Role in Afghanistan by Ehsan Ezari
Iraq
The New York Times- Psychologists Explain Iraq Airstrike Video by Benedict Carey
BBC- Total faces Iraq bribery investigation
Associated Press- 2 US soldiers killed in northern Iraq
Christian Science Monitor- Sadr followers snub Allawi and Maliki. Who will lead Iraq? by Scott Peterson
The New York Times- Iraq: Influential Shiite Bloc Picks Side Not on the Ballot
World
US/Russia
Los Angeles Times-U.S., Russia sign nuclear arms treaty by Christi Parsons
Kyrgyzstan
Reuters- Kyrgyz opposition seizes power, dissolves parliament by Dmitry Solovyov
Iran
Reuters- Iran will strike U.S. troops if attacked: army chief