Small Wars Journal

6 January SWJ Roundup

Thu, 01/06/2011 - 8:28am
Afghanistan

U.S. Boosts Afghan Surge - Wall Street Journal

U.S. to Send 1,400 Extra Troops to Afghanistan - Reuters

Plans for Major Taliban Attacks are Foiled in Afghanistan - Los Angeles Times

U.S., Afghan Forces Displace Taliban in Eastern Afghanistan - AFPS

Corrupt Leaders Trump Taliban - Washington Post

Allies Plan to Spend $11.6 Billion this Year for Afghan Security - Washington Post

NATO: $20 Billion over 2 Years for Afghan Training - Associated Press

U.S. Military Suspends Two U.S. Contractors in Afghanistan - Voice of America

Pakistan

Thousands Attend Funeral of Slain Pakistan Governor - Voice of America

As Politician is Mourned, Suspected Killer is Lauded - Washington Post

Assassination Deepens Divide in Pakistan - New York Times

Pakistan Killer Had Revealed Plans - Wall Street Journal

Catch-22 in Pakistan - Washington Times opinion

Iraq

Radical Cleric Returns to Iraq After Years in Iran - New York Times

Cleric al-Sadr Returns to Iraq after Self-imposed Exile - Washington Post

Shiite Cleric Sadr Returns to Iraq - Wall Street Journal

Anti-U.S. Cleric Muqtada Sadr Returns to Iraq - Los Angeles Times

Moqtada Sadr, anti-US Cleric, Returns to Iraq from Iran - BBC News

Backers Flock to See Returned Iraqi Cleric - Associated Press

U.S. Downplays Concerns Anti-U.S. Cleric's Return to Iraq - Bloomberg

With the PKK in Iraq's Qandil Mountains - New York Times

Iran

Iran Says American Woman Detained on Spy Charges - Associated Press

Islam

Islam's Blasphemy Murders - Washington Times editorial

Christians Under Siege - New York Times editorial

Korean Peninsula

China and U.S. Have 'Useful' Talks on North Korea - New York Times

U.S. Envoy Seeks Chinese Help to Ease Korea Crisis - Associated Press

U.S., South Korea Discuss Response to North - Voice of America

N. Korea Calls for Unconditional Talks with South - Associated Press

Seoul Rejects North Korea's Talks Offer as "Propaganda" - Reuters

U.S. Department of Defense

Gates Expected to Announce Budget Details, Cuts - ExecutiveGov

The Final Gates Defense-Budget Showdown Begins - Wired

Gates Hopes to Preempt Congress on Budget - Politico

Pentagon Is Poised to Cancel Marine Landing Craft - New York Times

Gates Wants to Drop $14 Billion EFV Program - Washington Post

Gates Aims to Shift Pentagon Spending, Avoid Cuts - Associated Press

Gates Moves to Preempt U.S. Defense Budget Cuts - Agence France-Press

Pentagon Cuts to Reflect Gates, White House Tussle - Reuters

How to Cut $1 Trillion from the Pentagon - CNN News opinion

Who Will Fill Bob Gates' Pentagon Office? - Time

Wars, People, Balancing Risk Top Chairman's 2011 Guidance - AFPS

Navy Intel Chief: Information Dominance Must Balance Firepower - AFPS

Army Efforts Don't Stem Fort Hood Suicides - USA Today

Military Needs Response Plan to Genocide - CNN opinion

United States

Obama Administration Building a Network to Hit Militants - Associated Press

Senators Seek Data on Gitmo Detainee Transfers - Washington Times

New U.S. Congress Convenes - Voice of America

Obama Turning to Experienced Hands as He Remakes Staff - New York Times

Big Changes Coming to Obama's Asia Team - Washington Post

Islamic Group is CIA Front, ex-Turkish Intel Chief Says - Washington Post

United Nations

New U.N. Security Council to Reflect 21st Century - Associated Press

A Bloated U.N. Bureaucracy Causes Bewilderment - New York Times

U.N. Group Warns of Possible Food Crisis - Washington Post

U.N. Data Notes Sharp Rise in World Food Prices - New York Times

World

Microlenders, Honored With Nobel, Are Struggling - New York Times

Copts on Global High Alert After Egypt Bombing - Voice of America

Africa

Southern Sudan Chooses: Unity or Secession? - Voice of America

US. .Confident of Successful Referendum Vote in Southern Sudan - VOA

1 Hand or 2? S. Sudan to Vote on Unity, Split - Associated Press

Southern Sudan Makes Peace Deal - Associated Press

Sudan 'Needs New Deal over Oil' - BBC News

Sudan on the Brink - Washington Post editorial

Southern Sudan's Shaky Future - Los Angeles Times opinion

U.S.: Gbagbo Stole Ivory Coast Election, Should Cede Power - VOA

Ivory Coast Leader's Rival Remains Under Blockade - New York Times

Threat of Force Remains in Ivory Coast Negotiations - Voice of America

Ivory Coast: U.N. Plans More Peacekeepers - BBC News

Ouattara Says Rival Gbagbo Ordered Ivory Coast Violence - Reuters

Morocco Says It Foiled Terror Cell in Sahara - New York Times

Mali: French Embassy Attacker Claims Al-Qaida Link - Associated Press

Americas

Venezuela Convenes New Parliament - BBC News

Chavez Backers, Foes Rally For Venezuela Parliament - Reuters

Brazil: For Rio Slum Residents and Police a Mixed Blessing - Associated Press

Relief Agency Slams Haiti Quake Recovery "Quagmire" - Reuters

Asia Pacific

China's Push On Military Is Beginning To Bear Fruit - New York Times

China's Ability to Effectively Use Expanding Arsenal? - Stars and Stripes

China Newspaper Refers to New Stealth Jet - Wall Street Journal

China Stealth Plane Still 'Years Away', Says Pentagon - BBC News

China Backs Policy of No Pre-emptive Nuke Strikes - Associated Press

U.S. Protests Vietnamese Police Attack on Diplomat - Reuters

Europe

A Russian Woman Stands, Alone, for Her Rights - Washington Post

Poland Supports Belarus Opposition - New York Times

Israel Says Turkey Like Iran Before Revolution - Reuters

Hijacker Overpowered on Norway-Turkey Flight - Reuters

Middle East

Idled Peace Talks Threaten to Break Israeli Coalition - Washington Times

Israeli, Egyptian Leaders to Discuss Peacemaking - Associated Press

Netanyahu And Mubarak to Mull How to Renew Peace Talks - Reuters

Israeli Army Investigating Tear-gas Incident in West Bank - Washington Post

2 Palestinians Killed Along Gaza-Israel Border - Associated Press

Tight Security for Egypt's Copts - BBC News

Jordan Clamps Down on Rioting in South - Los Angeles Times

Jordan Police Quell Anti-government Riots in Maan - BBC News

Detained American Says He Was Beaten in Kuwait - New York Times

South Asia

Four Die in India Tribal Clashes - BBC News

Lawmakers: Violence Returns to Northern Sri Lanka - Associated Press