Small Wars Journal

22 July SWJ Roundup

Fri, 07/22/2011 - 5:14am
Afghanistan

Alleged Army Ringleader in Afghan Murders Faces Accuser - Reuters

ISAF Operations Roundup - AFPS

Pakistan

Pakistan Fights Polio in Shadow of CIA Scheme - WP

Musharraf Says Pakistan Not Complicit on Bin Laden - Reuters

Pakistan Accuses US of Slander Over 'Agent' Arrest - BBC

Pakistan Protests Arrest of Alleged Agent in US - AP

Islamist Student Group Said to Terrorize Pakistan Campuses - LAT

Iraq

Iraq Likely to Miss Deadline on US Troop Decision - WP

Syria

Syrian Forces Crack Down in Restive City With Raids and Gunfire - NYT

Crackdown on Homs 'Intensifies' - BBC

As Unrest Grips Syria, Soldiers Flee - USAT

Lyrical Message for Syrian Leader: 'Come on Bashar, Leave' - NYT

Libya

Diplomacy Struggles to Break Libya Standoff - Reuters

Libyan Rebels Ask France for Weapons to March on Tripoli - VOA

Pentagon Mulls NATO Request for More US Drones - LAT

Gaddafi Turns to Tribes to Fight Rebels- AP

Libya's Gaddafi Rules Out Talks - Reuters

Libya Rebels: Brega Oil Installations Boobytrapped - AP

Getting Kadafi to Leave is Libya's Best Option - LAT editorial

Yemen

Yemen Says Senior al-Qaida Member Killed - AP

Yemen Says Kills Two Qaeda Leaders, Critics Voice Doubt - Reuters

Iran

Iran Cautiously Welcomes Russia's Nuclear Proposal - AP

Sanctions Aren't Slowing Iran's Nuclear Progress - WP editorial

Israel / Palestinians

Palestinians Face Dangerous UN Clash on Statehood - WP opinion

Egypt

Egypt Swears in New Cabinet, Protests Continue - VOA

New Egypt Cabinet Sworn in Amid Continuing Protests - BBC

New Egypt Cabinet to Placate Protesters Sworn In - Reuters

Saudi Arabia

Proposed Law Would Mandate Jail for Critics of Saudi King - NYT

Amnesty: Saudi Terror Law 'Would Strangle Protest' - BBC

Freed Saudi Woman Driver Vows to Continue Campaign - BBC

Al Qaeda

Bin Laden's Tora Bora Escape, Just Months After 9/11 - BBC

AQ Cartoon: Terrorists Might Not Be Coming For Your Kids - WP

NATO

Anonymous Claims it Hacked NATO - WP

US Department of Defense

Wars Not Only Reason for Rise in Defense Spending - WP

DOD Continues to Study Dust, Burn Pit Health Effects - AFPS

Formal End of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Expected - WP

Military Ban on Gays Likely to End Soon, Pentagon Says - LAT

Let Deaf Americans Serve Their Country - WP opinion

United States

Obama, Boehner Push for Ambitious Debt Plan - WP

Challenge to a Budget Deal: Selling It to Democrats - NYT

HASC Chairman at 'Gang of Six' Defense Cuts - NJ

HASC Chairman Rips Calls for Deep Defense Budget Cuts - AFT

Congress Demands Cyber Details While DOD Aims for Ambiguity - S&S

DEA Nabs 1,985 Nationwide in 'Strike' on Cartel - HC

ATF Sought to Downplay Guns Scandal - LAT

After the Space Shuttle - NYT editorial

Send Suspected Terrorists to Guantanamo - WP opinion

Canada

Ottawa Seeks 'War Criminals' Hiding in Canada - BBC

Former Canadian Afghanistan Commander Enters Guilty Plea - AP

New Zealand

US Marines to Visit New Zealand Next Year - AP

Africa

UN to Open New Routes to Somalia's Famine-Stricken Areas - VOA

Somali Rebels Accuse UN of Exaggerating Drought - WP

Somali Rebels Say Famine Label Used for Politics - Reuters

UN: We Can't Allow Somalia to Starve - LAT opinion

New Nigerian Cabinet Faces High Expectations - VOA

8 Killed in Malawi Anti-Government Protests - VOA

10 Gunned Down in Malawi Protests - AP

Malawi Army Deployed Over Anti-Mutharika Protests - BBC

Ivory Coast Inquiry Investigates Post-Election Violence - BBC

Senegal's President Wade Bans Demonstrations - BBC

Americas

Corruption Charges for 111 Officials at Mexico AG - AP

Mexico Seizes Huge Warehouse of Meth Precursors - AP

Battered Mexican Left Stumbles Towards 2012 Election - Reuters

Prominent Ex-Police Official Freed in Venezuela - AP

Leftist Humala Picks Centrists for Peru Cabinet - Reuters

UN Officials Concerned About Haiti's Displaced - AP

Asia Pacific

ASEAN: Clinton Praises South China Sea Deal - BBC

Asian Nations Move to Calm Tensions, US Commends - AP

China, US Play Down Tensions at Asian Security Summit - Reuters

Clinton Promises Decision on F-16 Sales to Taiwan - WP

US Decision on Taiwan F-16 Sales Oct. 1 - AP

Canada to Deport Chinese Fugitive Lai Changxing - BBC

China Hails Canada Court Decision to Extradite Fugitive - Reuters

China Prepares to Ordain 7 More Bishops Amid Vatican Rift - AP

Reading Between North Korea's Lines - NYT

North Korea Names New Envoy for Stalled Nuke Talks - AP

Two Koreas Meet to Discuss Nuclear Issue - Reuters

Clinton Says Burma Has to Do More - AP

Europe

Heads of Europe Back Broad Plan to Rescue Greece - NYT

New Greek Rescue Plan Approved - WP

Eurozone Hails Greece Aid Package - BBC

Amid Unemployment, Spain Aims to Limit Romanian Influx - NYT

Latvians to Fire Parliament, Head to New Election - Reuters

Hadzic May Be Leaving Serbia for Hague Tribunal - AP

Islamic Healers Treat Wounds in Russia's Chechnya - Reuters

South Asia

Struggling Indian Economy Hardens Case to End Policy - Reuters

India Ministers 'in Mining Scam' - BBC

War Over, Fear Still Stalks Polls in North Sri Lanka - Reuters

Bangladesh Floods Kill 6, Displace Thousands - AP