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24 May SWJ Roundup

Tue, 05/24/2011 - 3:40am
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Afghanistan

A Slice of Afghanistan Well Secured by Afghans - NYT

Changing the Face of the War One High-value Target at a Time - S&S

Afghan Security Forces Grow in Numbers, Quality - AFPS

Five Arrests In Attack On Hospital In Kabul - NYT

Afghan Intel Agency: Taliban Chief Has Disappeared - AP

Mullah Omar Dead? Widespread Sources Skeptical - LAT

Taliban Say Their Leader Isn't Dead - NYT

Omar Missing, But is He Dead? - AP

NATO Troops Die in Afghan Blast - BBC

Still No Details on July Troop Drawdown - S&S

Afghan Official Escapes Attempted Suicide Bombing - AP

Soldiers Describe Life in Paktika Province - AFPS

Pakistan

Pakistan's Military Faces New Questions After Raid - NYT

US Intensifies Drone Attacks in Pakistan - GP

Karachi Siege Exposes Pakistan Military's Vulnerabilities - LAT

Pakistan Retakes Naval Base After Militant Attack - VOA

Troops End Pakistan Base Attack - BBC

Pakistan Quashes Taliban Attack - WP

Report: Pakistan Wants Chinese to Have Naval Base - S&S

Terror Trial Witness Ties Pakistan to 2008 Attacks in India - NYT

Pakistan 'Link to Mumbai India Attack' - BBC

Israel / Palestinians

Netanyahu Speaks to Pro-Israel Group in Washington - VOA

Netanyahu Says No 1967 Borders in Peace Deal - VOA

Netanyahu Defiant on 1967 Borders - BBC

Palestinian UN Bid Enters Unknown Territory - AP

Palestinian PM Fayyad Had Heart Attack in US - Reuters

Syria

Syrian Leader Hit With European Sanctions - NYT

Syria Hits Back at EU Sanctions - BBC

Syria Acknowledges Sanctions Will Hurt - AP

Libya

NATO Bombs Tripoli in Heaviest Strikes Yet - NYT

NATO Launches Largest Airstrike Against Gaddafi - WP

NATO Warplanes in New Bombing Campaign on Tripoli - VOA

NATO Steps Up Libya Air Strikes - BBC

NATO Airstrikes Hit Tripoli, Heaviest Bombing Yet - AP

Senators Introduce Legislation to Support Force - WP

US Senate Democrats, GOP Agree on Libya Resolution - AP

Clinton: More NATO Nations Must Join Libya Mission - AP

Yemen

After Talks Collapse, Violence Flares in Yemen - NYT

US, Allies Weigh Support for Yemen - WP

Gun Battles in Yemeni Capital Kill Six - VOA

Three Die in Yemen Street Battle - BBC

Yemen President's Forces Battle Tribe - AP

Reneging on Goodbye - WP editorial

Iran

Blast, Fire at Iran Refinery as Ahmadinejad Visits - Reuters

Saudi Arabia

Saudis Arrest Woman Leading Right-to-Drive Campaign - NYT

Al Qaeda

Study Ties New al Qaeda Chief to Murder of Journalist Pearl - Reuters

U.S. Department of Defense

Supreme Court Declines to Hear Army Crime Lab Case - McClatchy

Thousands of Air Force Civilian Jobs Won't be Filled - S&S

Gates's Final War - WP opinion

United States

Pentagon, Homeland Security Collaborate on Cybersecurity - AFPS

Visiting Guantanamo - WP editorial

United Kingdom

U.S., Britain to Form Joint Security Board - VOA

Obama to Get Royal Welcome to UK - BBC

Africa

AFRICOM in the Congo (Part 1) - S&S

UN Sudan Mission Condemns Looting in Abyei - VOA

Sudan Gunmen 'Burning Abyei Town' - BBC

Sudan's Flashpoint Town Looted - AP

Border Town Incursion Poses Big Risk for Sudan - NYT

Nigerian President Prepares for Inauguration - VOA

Nigeria's President Prods UN Chief on Security Council Seat - VOA

Ivory Coast in Mercenary Warning - BBC

Americas

Mexico Detains 16 Police Who Protected Drug Gang - AP

Colombian Cocaine Shipment Seized - BBC News

Colombia Shifts From Drugs to Food in Farm Expansion - Reuters

Gunmen Wound Manager of Honduran Newspaper - AP

Asia Pacific

Japan: Tepco Confirms Meltdowns of 2 More Reactors - Reuters

Seoul Tightens Rules on Cash Flow to North Korea - KH

US Team Flies to North Korea as Kim Visits China - AP

US Envoy Makes Groundbreaking Trip to North Korea - Reuters

Burma Inmates 'On Hunger Strike' - BBC

Europe

President Obama in Europe - WP

Rifts Widen Over Greece's Bailout - NYT

Discontent Over EU Foreign Policy Chief Goes Public - NYT

Georgia: Anti-Saakashvili Protesters Vow to Continue - BBC

Volcanic Cloud Sweeps Across Europe - WP

Flights Cancelled Over Ash Cloud - BBC

South Asia

Pakistan 'Link to Mumbai India Attack' - BBC

Terror Trial Witness Ties Pakistan to 2008 Attacks in India - NYT

Sri Lanka Prisoners 'Refuse Food' - BBC