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ISW News Roundup - May 15, 2009
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Iraq
Washington Post - Combat Medal Awarded for Frenzied Iraq Battle, by Ann Scott Tyson
LA Times - Even in custody, Abu Omar al Baghdadi proves elusive, by Liz Sly
Department of Defense - Iraqi Special Operations Forces Rescue Kidnapped Boy, by Army Spc. Jeffrey A. Ledesma
Reuters - U.S. targets al Qaeda in Iraq operative
Afghanistan
New York Times - Afghan Villagers Describe Chaos of U.S. Strikes, by Carlotta Gall and Taimoor Shah
Washington Times - U.S. air strike victims say Taliban long gone, by Jason Motlagh
Reuters - Rights group: U.S. must change air strike drill, by Peter Graff
Wall Street Journal - New Strikes Against Taliban Are Expected, by Yochi J. Dreazen
Times Online UK - Soldier Zachary Boyd caught fighting Taleban in pink underpants, by Sophie Tedmanson
New York Times Video - Stalemate in Korangal Valley, by C.J. Chivers
New York Times Slideshow - Photographer's Journal: A Lense Through Night Vision Goggles, by Tyler Hicks
Reuters - FACTBOX: Security developments in Afghanistan
Times Online UK - Half of supplies to Afghanistan troops fail to arrive in time, by Deborah Haynes
Associated Press - 2 NATO troops killed in eastern Afghanistan
Times Online UK - British Royal Marine is sixth Afghanistan fatality in days, by Deborah Haynes
Associated Press - Insurgents attack prison in eastern Afghanistan, by Amir Shah
Reuters - Bloody summer for British troops in Taliban country, by Jonathan Burch
Reuters - Next hot tourist destination: Afghanistan? by Emma Graham-Harrison
RFE/RL - Afghan Hopes To Provide 'Land Bridge' Still Hampered, by Abubakar Siddique
RFE/RL - Afghanistan Opens First Honey Processing Plant
Pakistan
Associated Press - Pakistan says 55 Taliban, 3 troops killed in Swat
Reuters - Taliban "shaving beards" to flee Swat: army, by Junaid Khan
Wall Street Journal - Pakistan Army Lifts Curfew, Urges Refugees to Flee
LA Times - Pakistan hospitals, camps are overwhelmed, by Mark Magnier
New York Times - Pakistan Eases Curfew in Swat, by Salman Masood
Reuters - Pakistan will defeat Taliban, must win hearts: PM, by Robert Bisel
Reuters - U.S. drones tracked militants in Pakistan: officials, by David Morgan
Region
Israel
BBC - Leon Panetta's mission to stop Israel bombing Iranian nuclear plant, by James Hider
New York Times - Netanyahu to Meet Obama as U.S. Priorities Shift, by Mark Landler
New York Times - Jordan Tells Israel to Accept Two-State Solution, by Isabel Kershner
Syria
Long War Journal - Senior al Qaeda leader in Syria sanctioned by US Treasury, by Bill Roggio
Egypt
Wall Street Journal - Muslim Brotherhood Falters as Egypt Outflanks Islamists, by Yaroslav Trofimov
U.S. Military
Washington Post - Pentagon's Gates Keeps Single-Minded Focus on Dual Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, by Greg Jaffe
LA Times - Obama's extra war funding wins House approval, by Janet Hook
Associated Press - US Navy detains 17 suspected pirates, by Barbara Surk