Small Wars Journal

25 August SWJ Roundup

Wed, 08/25/2010 - 7:15am
Why links only? - Because we desire to avoid this.

Afghanistan

Pakistan Flooding Disrupts Afghan War Supplies - New York Times

Top Marine Says Afghan Deadline May Help Taliban - New York Times

Conway: Taliban May be Misleading Forces on U.S. Timetable - Washington Post

Conway: U.S. Withdrawal Deadline Boosts Taliban - Wall Street Journal

Afghan Exit is Unrealistic, Says U.S. Marines Chief - Daily Telegraph

Marines Likely to Stay in Afghanistan for Years - Associated Press

Top Marine: Obama's Afghan Withdrawal Date Bolsters Enemy - Reuters

Marine Corps Commandant: It'll be 'Years' Before Afghans Take Over - CNN News

General Warns on Afghan Deadline - BBC News

A Blunt View of Afghan Deadline - BBC News

Conway Predicts Security Transfer for Afghan South Will Take Years - VOA

Conway: Corps will be in Afghanistan Past 2011 - Marine Corps Times

Conway Predicts Ongoing Marine Presence in Afghanistan - AFPS

General Says US May Be Needed in Afghan South for Years - Voice of America

Afghan Airmen Qualify for Night Vision Flights - American Forces Press Service

Afghan Police Recruit Kills 2 Spanish Officers - Associated Press

Rogue Afghan Policeman Kills Three Spaniards - Reuters

Pakistan

Pakistan Flooding Stirs U.S. Fears - Washington Times

Pakistani, U.N. Officials Report Rise in Infectious Disease Due to Flood - VOA

U.S. to Divert Aid Package to Flood Reconstruction - Associated Press

U.N. Appeals For More Helicopters For Pakistan Flood Aid - Reuters

Marines Support Pakistan Flood Relief Efforts - American Forces Press Service

Iraq

U.S. Troop Count Dips Below 50,000 in Iraq - New York Times

U.S. Soldiers Head Home, Hope Iraq on Track - Reuters

At Least 13 Dead in String of Attacks in Iraq - Associated Press

Death Toll In Iraq's Kut Bomb Rises to 26 - Reuters

A Kurdish Village Governed by None - New York Times

For Eric Schwartz and Iraqi Refugees, a Second Act - Washington Post

Iran

Iran Hard-liners Skirt Sanctions - Los Angeles Times

Iran Says It Test-Fires New Missile - Associated Press

Iran's Ambassadors of Death - Washington Times editorial

WikiLeaks

WikiLeaks Plans to Release CIA Paper on Wednesday - Reuters

U.S. Department of Defense

Defense Official Discloses Cyberattack - Washington Post

Senate Panel To Hold Hearing on JFCOM Closure - Defense News

Missions Show U.S. Commitment in Pacific, Latin America - AFPS

United States

Job-seekers with Clearances Connect with Intelligence Firms - Washington Post

U.S. Visa Violators Unlikely to be Fingered - Washington Times

U.S. Human Rights Report Hails Obama Practices - Washington Times

Australia

Australian Independents Huddle as Vote Remains Deadlocked - New York Times

Africa

Al Shabaab Push Towards Somali President's Palace - Reuters

More Than 30 Killed in Mogadishu Hotel Attack - Voice of America

At Least 30 Killed in Somalia Hotel Attack - New York Times

Somali Militants Kill Scores in Hotel Attack - Washington Post

'Massacre' at Somalia Hotel Leaves at Least 31 Dead - Los Angeles Times

Attacker Attempts to Blow Up Mauritanian Barracks - Associated Press

U.N.'S Ban Sends Top Aide to Congo After Mass Rape - Reuters

Americas and Caribbean

Mexico Buys Drones, May Use For Marijuana Search - Reuters

72 Bodies Found in Northern Mexico - Associated Press

Mexico: Zetas Gang Ordered Killing of Mayor - Associated Press

Colombia's Drug War Spills Across Ecuador Border - Washington Times

Argentine President Moves to Control Newsprint - Associated Press

Wyclef Can't Appeal Haiti Poll Exclusion - Reuters

Asia Pacific

N. Korea: Ex-President Carter Arrives in Pyongyang - Associated Press

Jimmy Carter In North Korea to Free U.S. Prisoner - Reuters

Officials Admit Failings in Manila Hostage Standoff - New York Times

Philippines Probes Blame For Botched Hijack Bus Rescue - Reuters

After Upheaval, Not All Is Well With Thai Youth - New York Times

Khmer Rouge Figure Appeals War Crimes Conviction - Associated Press

Europe

Northern Ireland Flares, But Will it Ignite? - Los Angeles Times

Northern Ireland Priest's Role in Bombing Covered Up - Los Angeles Times

Austria Indicts 3 in Killing of Chechen Exile - New York Times

Middle East

CIA Sees Increased Threat from al-Qaeda in Yemen - Washington Post

Amnesty Wants U.S. To Clarify Role In Yemen Killings - Reuters

Mideast Talks Give Obama Risky Chance - Washington Post

Israel Rejects U.N. Council Flotilla Investigation - Voice of America

Lebanese Army Deploys in Beirut After Clashes - Associated Press

Senior Hezbollah Member Killed In Beirut Clashes - Reuters

Hezbollah: Iran Can Equip Lebanese Army - Associated Press

Lebanon Tribunal Asks Hezbollah For More Evidence - Reuters

Egypt: To Catch Cairo Overflow, 2 Megacities Rise in Sand - New York Times

South Asia

India Will Take "Counter-measures" to Protect Security - Washington Times

Nepal Struggles Amid Political Turmoil - Associated Press