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ISW News Roundup - September 16, 2009
Sep 16, 2009 - Anonymous
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Afghanistan
New York Times - Military Chief Suggests Need to Enlarge U.S. Afghan Force, by Thom Shanker
Washington Post - Mullen: More Troops 'Probably' Needed, by Ann Scott Tyson
Wall Street Journal - Call for an Afghan Surge, by Yochi J. Dreazen
Reuters - U.S. needs shrewder Afghan strategy, say experts, by Luke Baker
CNN - Poll: Support for Afghan war at all-time low, by Paul Steinhauser
Associated Press - NATO Says 3 U.S. Service Members Die in Afghan Blast
Reuters - Al Qaeda calls for foreign kidnappings in Afghanistan, by Michael Perry
Times Online UK - Japan ready to withdraw support for Afghanistan war, by Richard Lloyd Parry
Washington Post - Diplomat in Kabul Leaves in Dispute, by Pamela Constable and Karen DeYoung
Reuters - U.N. says Afghan envoys differ in style, not substance, by Patrick Worsnip
New York Times - Afghan Recount Presents Huge Task, by Richard A. Oppel Jr. and Sangar Rahimi
Associated Press - Full preliminary results expected from Afghan vote, by Heidi Vogt
Reuters - Europe Says One Third of Karzai's Votes Suspect
Reuters - Karzai camp calls EU vote fraud claim irresponsible
Iraq
Wall Street Journal - Biden, on Iraq Trip, Will Meet Maliki, by Gina Chon
Washington Post - Biden Makes Unannounced Trip to Iraq, Is Welcomed By Mortar Fire, by Scott Wilson
New York Times - 3 Arrested in Iraq Attack on Embassy, by Steven Lee Myers
Reuters - Iraqi Green Zone attack suspects released
Washington Post - In Checkpoint Scrawl, Reality's Counterpoint, by Anthony Shadid
Washington Post - Iraqi Shoe Thrower Is Out of Prison, by Nada Bakri
Associated Press - Iraqi official: Talks with Syria over attacks fail, by Qassim Abdul-Zahra
Pakistan
Associated Press - Guard at Pakistani oil terminal slain by attackers
BBC - Pakistani Taliban leader arrested, by Syed Shoaib Hasan
Region
Somalia
Christian Science Monitor - Obama's first Somalia strike hits Al Qaeda suspect, by Scott Baldauf
Long War Journal - Commando raid in Somalia is latest in covert operations across the globe, by Bill Roggio
LA Times - U.S. careful of civilians in Somalia raid, official says, by Julian E. Barnes and Edmund Sanders
Reuters - Somali rebels call for foreign reinforcements, by Mohamed Ahmed
Wall Street Journal - U.N. Probes if Somali Contractors Are Diverting Aid, Funding Rebels, by Sarah Childress
Lebanon
New York Times - Billion-Dollar Pyramid Scheme Rivets Lebanon, by Robert F. Worth
Reuters - Hariri to try forming Lebanon government again, by Tom Perry
Iran
New York Times - Clinton Lays Out Iran Requirements, by Mark Landler
Washington Post - U.N. Panel Accuses Israel, Hamas of War Crimes, by Colum Lynch
U.S. Intelligence
Wall Street Journal - Spy Chief Says U.S. Hunting al Qaeda More Effectively, by Siobhan Gorman