Small Wars Journal

1 September SWJ Roundup

Thu, 09/01/2011 - 5:45am

US Naval Institute Daily - USNI

Libya

US, Europe Rule Out Key Postwar Role in Libya - LAT

Tripoli’s Rapid Fall Reveals Regime’s Hollow Core - WP

Libya Standoff Spurs Worries - WSJ

Islamists' Evolving Role in Libya - USAT

Russia Recognizes Rebels as World Leaders Meet - NYT

World Leaders Gather for Summit as 'Scramble for Oil' Begins - TT

Leaders Gather in Paris for Libya Summit - BBC

World Powers, New Libya Leaders to Map Out Rebuilding - Reuters

China Says It Will Attend Libya Meeting in Paris - AP

Western Diplomats Step Up a Gear - BBC

Gaddafi Spokesman Rejects Rebel Demand to Surrender - WP

Son Denies Rebels’ Claim That Qaddafi Is Cornered - NYT

Gadhafi Son Vows Fight Until Death - VOA

Defiant Gaddafi Son Vows to Fight - BBC

Gaddafi Sons Broadcast Confusion as Battle Looms - Reuters

One Gadhafi Son Set to Surrender, Rebels Say - WT

NATO Keeps Bombing pro-Kadafi Forces in Libya - LAT

Rebels Claim Gadhafi Foreign Minister Caught - AP

Libyans Mark Eid with Optimism, Sadness - VOA

EU Expected to Lift Libya Oil Sanctions - VOA

France Unblocks Libya Cash,' Unaware' of Oil - AP

Documents Shed Light on Gaddafi Lobbying - WP

Intel Papers Link US Diplomat to Gadhafi Propaganda - WT

What to Do With Qaddafi - NYT opinion

‘Thank You, America!’ - NYT opinion

 

Syria

Syrian Activists: Tanks, Troops Raid Hama, Make Arrests - VOA

Syria Hunts for Leaders of Protests in Hama - NYT

Top Official 'Resigns Over Mass Execution in Hama' - TT

Syrian Forces Raid Hama, Official Resigns in Protest - Reuters

US Calls Syrian Foreign Minister Assad's 'Shameless Tool' - AP

Activists: Syrian Attorney General Resigns - AP

Syria Official Rails at Killings - BBC

Isolating Assad - NYT editorial

 

Afghanistan

US Seizes 'Moment' to Flip Taliban - USAT

Afghan Police Casualties Soar - WP

ISAF Operations Roundup - AFPS

 

Pakistan

Pakistan, US Struggle to Define Their Relationship - AP

Pakistan Power Shortages Keep Growth Prospects Dim - LAT

Pakistani Fertilizer Fuels Afghan Bombs - AP

Deadly Blast Strikes Near Mosque in SW Pakistan - NYT

 

Iraq

War Marks First Month With No US Military Deaths - NYT

Police: Car Bomb Kills 5 in Baghdad - AP

Car Bomb Kills Three, Wounds 20 in Iraq - Reuters

The Forgotten Battlefield - WP opinion

 

Middle East / North Africa

Israel Girds for Palestinian UN Bid - WP

New Egypt Troops in Sinai a Gamble for Israel - LAT

Activists Aim to Revitalize Israeli Protests - NYT

Iran Concerned West Will Benefit From Arab Uprisings - NYT

Iran Leader: West Cannot `Confiscate' Arab Spring - AP

Three Soldiers, Six Militants Killed in South Yemen - AP

Boy 'Killed at Bahrain Protest' - BBC

Latest Developments in Arab World's Unrest - AP

 

Al Qaeda

Documentary Highlights Last-Minute Doubts on OBL Raid - S&S

 

WikiLeaks

WikiLeaks Prompts New Diplomatic Uproar - NYT

 

NATO

Praising NATO, and France’s Place in It - NYT

 

US Department of Defense

Military Retirement of GEN David Petraeus - SWJ roundup

Petraeus Warns Against Defense Cuts - WP

Petraeus Retires, with a Warning - NYT

Pentagon Ponders Budget Cuts in Face of 'Perfect Storm' - WT

Pentagon Personnel Chief Criticized - WP

Report: Up to $60 Billion Wasted in Iraq, Afghanistan - VOA

DOD Works to Improve War Zone Contracting - AFPS

Official Outlines Special Operations Needs - AFPS

DOD Groups Speed Equipment to Warfighters - AFPS

Active, Reserve Components on Target for Recruiting - AFPS

Guardsmen Heckled After Driving, Stalling, in Floodwaters - S&S w/ video

The Military and the Death Penalty - NYT editorial

Budget Crisis Threatens Defense - WT opinion

 

United States

Veterans Discover Allure of Jobs in Western Wilderness - NYT

Obama: ‘Will Not Balance Budget on Backs of Veterans’ - S&S

Details of Secret CIA Rendition Flights Revealed - WP

US Aviation Dispute Lifts Lid on CIA Rendition Flights - TT

Security Improvements Remain Incomplete - WT

US Security Intensifying as Sept. 11 Date Nears - AP

Suspicious-Package Reports Swamp Authorities - USAT

Ex-Cop Found Guilty of Helping Drug Dealers in PR - AP

Pricey Homeland Security - LAT editorial

Political Games Diminish the ATF - WP editorial

ATF: Plenty of Blame to Go Around - NYT editorial

 

Africa

Nigeria: al-Qaida-Linked Man Involved in UN Bombing - VOA

Al-Qaeda 'Linked' to Nigeria Bomb - BBC

Kenya Election Violence Suspects Face ICC Hearing - VOA

 

Americas

Mexican Casino Massacre May Be Rooted in Corruption - WP

Mexico Govt Opens Corruption Probe in Deadly Fire - AP

Colombia's Defense Minister Resigns as Violence Surges - LAT

Colombia ex-Minister Found Guilty in Murder Charge - BBC

Panama Officials Quit After Foreign Minister Fired - Reuters

Jamaica Drug Kingpin Admits US Charges - BBC

Bill Clinton Aide Named as Haiti's 3rd Pick for PM - AP

 

Asia Pacific

China Says Carrier Met Targets in First Sea Trial - AP

China: Attacks Thwarted in Xinjiang, Details Few - AP

Philippines, China Seek South China Sea Code of Conduct - Reuters

N. Korea Ghost Town Reflects Deeper Woes as It Woos Chinese - Reuters

 

Europe

Germany: Suspect Admits in Court to Killing US Airmen - AP

Kosovan Confesses to Shooting US Airmen in Germany - Reuters

Germany: Alarm Over Ex-Rapper’s New Message: Jihad - NYT

Croatian ex-PM Charged Over Loan - BBC

 

South Asia

India Measures Itself Against a China That Doesn’t Notice - NYT

Indian Anti-Corruption Campaigner Goes Back Home - BBC

New Sri Lanka 'Anti-Terror' Laws - BBC

Sri Lanka Imposes New Laws to Hold Terror Suspects - AP