Afghans Purge Hundreds of Top Cops as NATO Cheers - Danger Room
Lahore Suicide Attack Kills at Least Seven - The AfPak Channel
Lahore and Karachi Suicide Blasts: Shias Targeted - BBC
Bombers Target Shiites in Pakistan, Killing 12 - Yahoo News
How Short-Term Thinking is Causing Long-Term Failure in Afghanistan - The Atlantic
ComISAF Assessment - Michael Yon Online
Petraeus Skips Drawdown Talk in New Letter to Troops - Danger Room
More Afghan Children Attend School in Marjah - CENTCOM Public Affairs
Millions in Afghan Base Construction Funding at Risk - Washington Post
Middle East
Thousands Protest in Egypt - CNN
Iran Hangs Two Men Who Made Video of Post-Election Turmoil - CNN
Iran Opposition Activists Hanged - BBC
Lebanese Sunnis stage angry protests as Hezbollah-backed candidate is appointed PM - Washington Post
Hezbollah Nominee Made Lebanon PM - BBC
In Lebanon, Protesters Decry Rise of Hezbollah - NPR
Lebanon's Season of Hypocrisy - Foreign Policy Passport
What's Next for Iran Nuclear Talks? - NPR
Is the Arab World Ready for Regime Change? - NPR
Egypt Clashes on 'Day of Revolt' - BBC
Swarm Tactics Befuddle Police in Cairo - Foreign Policy Passport
Watching Egypt (But Not on al-Jazeera) - Foreign Policy
Russia
Criticism, Finger-Pointing After Russia Airport Attack -NPR
Medvedev Seeks Security Shakeup - BBC
China
We Realize You Have a Choice of Carriers, Mr. Hu - The Atlantic
China Says Stealth Technology Not From US Plane - New York Times
US Defense Department
First Lady to Visit Fort Jackson - Fort Jackson Public Affairs
Soldiers on Battlefield Turn Apps Into Arms - Washington Times
US Soldier Develops iPhone App to Target the Taliban - News.com.au
'All-Seeing Eye' Can See Just Fine, Air Force Insists - Danger Room
Alternative Fuels Don't Benefit the Military, RAND Study Shows - New York Times
The Return of the 'Beast of Kandahar' Stealth Drone - Danger Room
Seventh-Grader Named Honorary U.S. Marine - Shreveport Times
Around the Blogosphere
For Israel, Hizballah is Lebanon, Lebanon is Hizballah - Abu Muqawama
Medevac in the Vietnam War - Conflict Health
Wishful Thinking on Iraq and Afghanistan - Line of Departure
Audie Murphy Day - Great Satan's Girlfriend