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ISW News Roundup - August 24, 2009
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Iraq
Associated Press - New Shiite Alliance Excludes Iraqi Prime Minister
Washington Post - Iraq Shiite Parties Form Coalition Without Maliki, by Ernesto Londono
LA Times - U.S. anxious over Shiite-Sunni relations in Iraq, by Julian E. Barnes
BBC - Can Iraqis move past sectarian divides? by Roger Hardy
New York Times - Iraq Military Broadcasts Confession on Bombing, by Steven Lee Myers
Christian Science Monitor - Baghdad governor: Sunni MPs may be arrested for bombing, by Jane Arraf
Washington Post - Iraqi Official Says Security Forces May Have Colluded in Bombings, by Zaid Sabah
Associated Press - Iraqi suspect: It cost $10,000 to pass checkpoints, by Sinan Salaheddin
Reuters - Iraq intelligence chief retired before major blasts, by Suadad al-Salhy
LA Times - In Iraq's capital, fear of violence makes for a quiet beginning to Ramadan, by Liz Sly
Associated Press - Dead soldier's family reacts to Iraq cruelty probe, by Meghan Barr
Afghanistan
New York Times - U.S. Military Says Its Force in Afghanistan Is Insufficient, by Helene Cooper
Christian Science Monitor - More US troops to Afghanistan? Why Mullen won't answer, by Mark Sappenfield
Wall Street Journal - Afghanistan Contractors Outnumber Troops, by August Cole
Reuters - NATO commanders press for more resources in Afghanistan, by Adam Entous
LA Times - More troops needed in Afghanistan, allies tell U.S. envoy, by Paul Richter and Julian E. Barnes
Washington Post - Afghan War Conditions 'Deteriorating,' Mullen Says, by Karen DeYoung
Washington Times - Mullen: Afghanistan 'vulnerable' to Taliban, by Tom LoBianco
RFE/RL - Afghan Journalist Killed In Pakistan's Khyber Pass
Times Online UK - Doctors in Helmand face appalling sights in battle to save soldiers' lives, by Anthony Loyd
Washington Post - Karzai Opponent Alleges 'Widespread' Voter Fraud, by Pamela Constable and Joshua Partlow
Times Online UK - Hamid Karzai accused by rival candidate of rigging Afghanistan election, by Jeremy Page
Reuters - Afghan challenger says election "widely rigged", by Paul Tait and Sayed Salahuddin
Wall Street Journal - U.S. Seeks Overhaul in Kabul After Vote, by Peter Spiegel and Jay Solomon
LA Times - Afghan election observers report finger amputations, by Laura King
Associated Press - HURST: Afghan vote shows Taliban fight is far from over, by Steven R. Hurst
Reuters - U.N. urges calm in wait for Afghan poll result
Christian Science Monitor - Afghan elections: What might happen next, by Ben Arnoldy
Associated Press - Afghan elections seen as a setback for women, by Nahal Toosi and Noor Khan
New York Times Blog - Night Vision in the Korengal Valley, by Tyler Hicks
LA Times Photos - Addicts in the land of the poppy
Pakistan
Christian Science Monitor - Pakistani Taliban name another new chief, by Issam Ahmed
Long War Journal - Taliban leader challenges appointment of Hakeemullah Mehsud as group's leader, by Bill Roggio
Associated Press - Series of raids by Pakistan police foil attacks, by Asif Shahzad
New York Times - Pakistan Police Say Arrest of 13 Militants Prevents Terror Attacks, by Salman Masood and Mark McDonald
Christian Science Monitor - Pakistan foils three suspected terror plots in two days, by Huma Yusuf
Reuters - Pakistanis rally to support war-affected populations
Region
US Prisons
New York Times - Justice Dept. Report Advises Pursuing C.I.A. Abuse Cases, by David Johnston
CNN - Sources: Report to detail alleged abuse inside CIA secret prisons
Times Online UK - US military to give Red Cross names of terror suspects
Washington Post - New Unit to Question Key Terror Suspects, by Anne E. Kornblut
Iran
Washington Post - Iranians Seek Out Abuses By U.S., by Thomas Erdbrink
Egypt
LA Times - EGYPT: How guilty are those in the 'Hezbollah cell'?
U.A.E.
Associated Press - Emirates prosecutor says US man on terror trial had links to al-Qaida group in Iraq, by Barbara Surk
Yemen
BBC - Yemeni troops 'kill 100 rebels'
North Korea
Voice of America - US Pushes to Enforce N. Korea Sanctions, by Kurt Achin