Small Wars Journal

14 September SWJ Roundup

Wed, 09/14/2011 - 10:09am

US Naval Institute Daily - USNI

Afghanistan

Taliban Stage Brazen Assaults Against Western Targets in Kabul - VOA

Militants in Kabul Launch Attack on US Embassy - NYT

Taliban Attacks US Embassy in Kabul - WP

Last of US Embassy Attackers Killed - LAT

Troops End 20-hour Kabul Attack - BBC

Afghan Police: Kabul Attack Over, Assailants Dead - AP

Kabul Siege Ends After 20 Hours - Reuters

Taliban Attacks US Embassy in Kabul - WT

Insurgents Attack US Embassy in Kabul; No US Injuries - S&S

Kabul: Taliban Attack US Embassy and NATO HQ - TT

Taliban Attack US Embassy, Other Kabul Buildings - AP

Insurgents Target Western Power in Kabul Attack - LAT

US Ambassador: Haqqani Group Behind Kabul Attack - AP

Effort in Afghanistan Undeterred, Official Says - AFPS

Explaining Afghanistan: US Marines Find It Hard - AP

Kabul Battle Filmed From Inside NATO HQ - TT video

Videos From Kabul During Attacks on Western Targets - NYT video

What War? - WP editorial

 

Pakistan

Gunmen Attack School Van in Pakistan; 5 Dead - AP

 

Libya

Islamists Take Aim at Libya Rebels' Secular Leaders - LAT

Tripoli's New Normal: Bickering Politicians - Reuters

Residents Flee Libya's Bani Walid - VOA

Libya's Siege Town: Sniper Nests and Empty Shops - AP

Civilians Pour Out of Besieged Pro-Gaddafi Town - Reuters

Misrata Hospital Copes with Libya's War Wounded - VOA

Senior US Diplomat Holds Talks in Tripoli - Reuters

US Military Team Assesses Risk of Reopening Embassy - NYT

NATO Reaffirms Commitment to Libyan People - AFPS

Gaddafi Son Appeals for Ousted Tribe - TT

 

Iraq

Baghdad Assailed Over Attack in Anbar - NYT

Suspect Questioned in Killings of Iraqi Pilgrims - AP

Car Bomb Kills 13 Outside Iraqi Restaurant - AP

Car Bomb Kills at Least 15 in Southern Iraq - Reuters

 

Israel / Palestinians

Fatah Official Says Palestinians Will Seek Full UN Recognition - VOA

Palestinians Said to Favor General Assembly Vote - NYT

US Moves to Avert Showdown Over Palestinian Statehood - VOA

US Scrambles to Avert Palestinian Vote at UN - NYT

Turkish Leader Urges Vote for Palestinian Statehood - VOA

Turkish PM Pushes Palestine State - BBC

Turkey Backs Palestinian State - TT

Former President Carter Backs Palestinian UN Bid - AP

Israel Circles Wagons Ahead of Palestinian Vote - Reuters

US Envoys Hale, Ross to Head Back to Mideast - Reuters

UN Experts Say Israel's Blockade of Gaza Illegal - Reuters

Israel and the Arab Street - WP opinion

Keep the Peace Between Israel and Egypt - LAT opinion

 

Egypt

Egypt's Ex-Spy Chief Testifies in Mubarak Trial - AP

 

Yemen

UN Accuses Yemen of Using Deadly Force in Protests - NYT

UN Warns of Yemen Civil War Risk - BBC

UN Human Rights Officials Demand Probe of Yemen Violations - VOA

UN Calls on Yemen to Halt Attacks on Civilians - Reuters

7 Killed in Yemen Airstrikes North of Capital - AP

Yemeni Leader Stalls in Stepping Down - AP

 

Syria

Russia Resists Syria Sanctions, Assad Forces Kill 22 - Reuters

Armored Syrian Forces Thrust Into Region Near Turkey - Reuters

Arab League: End Syria Bloodshed - BBC

Arab States Call for End to Violence in Syria - Reuters

Syrian Troops Attack Funeral After US Envoy Visits - AP

 

Iran

Ahmadinejad Begins Annual Media Blitz - NYT

Iran Letter Shows 'Charm Offensive' - AP

Iran’s Judiciary Clouds Fate of American Hikers - NYT

Iran Judiciary Denies US Men's Release Is Imminent - Reuters

Iran Denies Decision on US Hikers - BBC

Iran Judiciary: Bail for 2 Americans Under Study - AP

 

Middle East / North Africa

Erdogan Presents Turkey as Model for Arabs - AP

Turkish PM Throws Weight Behind Arab Cause - Reuters

Job Purges Fuel Bahrainis’ Ire - AP

Latest Developments in Arab World's Unrest - AP

 

Al Qaeda

Intel Chiefs: Al Qaeda Offshoots More Menacing - WT

Petraeus: Al-Qaeda Aims to Carry Out Small Attacks - WP

Vickers: al-Qaeda Could Collapse in Two Years - WP

 

Cyber Warfare

Computer-based Attacks Threat of Future, General Says - WT

 

US Department of Defense

Senate Defense Bill Includes Deeper Cuts than House Version - S&S

Overseas Troop Reduction 'On the Table' During Budget Talks - S&S

Senate Panel Would Freeze FY 2012 Defense Spending - WP

Alexander Cites Need for Greater Cyber Defenses - AFPS

Look Inside National Guard Unit Known for Valor, Dysfunction - LAT

 

United States

NY: Inside the Brutal World of the Bloods Gang - TT

Nation’s Food Anti-Terror Plans Costly, Unwieldy - AP

US Cites Eight Countries for Religion Curbs - VOA

Veterans Affairs' Funeral Policy Inflames Veterans Groups - S&S

Ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty - LAT opinion

 

Africa

Nigeria Pursues al-Qaida Affiliated Terrorists Behind UN Bombing - VOA

Nigeria’s Boko Haram's Attacks Attract Speculation - LAT

Suspected Sect Members Charged in Nigeria Bombings  -AP

Nigeria Oil Delta Agency Under Scrutiny for Fraud - AP

Rwandan President Visits France, Meets Sarkozy - VOA

Kenya Denies Blame for Slum Fire - BBC

Somalia's Al Shabaab Says Not Behind Kidnap of Briton - Reuters

 

Americas

Venezuela's Chavez to Run Again in October 2012 - Reuters

Ex-Argentine Leader Menem Cleared of Arms Smuggling - BBC

Argentine Ex-Leader Acquitted of Arms Trafficking - AP

New Chief US Envoy to Cuba Takes Up Sensitive Post - AP

Richardson to Leave Cuba Bitter, With No Prisoner - AP

Richardson 'Disappointed' After Cuba Mission Flops - Reuters

Cuban Evangelicals Hole Up in Church, Police Watch - AP

 

Asia Pacific

US to North Korea: Cease Nuclear Activity - AP

Nine North Korean Defectors Rescued Off Japan - NYT

Nine North Korean Refugees Sail to Japan - BBC

Japan Weighs Request of Rare N. Korean Defectors - AP

Japan PM in Nuclear Restart Call - BBC

China Dissident Writer Free After 5 Years in Jail - AP

Indonesia's Ahmadiyah Sect Fears Religious Violence - VOA

US Envoy Says Burma Sanctions Will Remain - AP

 

Europe

3 EU States Insist on Control of National Borders - AP

Serbia, EU Extol Advantages of Possible Alliance - AP

Serbia Issues Warning Over Kosovo Border Plan - Reuters

German Leader Faces Key Choices on Rescuing Euro - NYT

Weighing a Greek Departure from the Eurozone - LAT

Greece, Europe Struggle to Contain Debt Crisis - AP

2nd Day of Trial Wednesday for Frankfurt Shooting Suspect - S&S

Frankfurt Shooter Radicalized Long Before Attack - AP

Danish Cartoonist Back Home After Possible Threat - AP

Sweden: Former Terror Suspect Detained for Murder Plot - AP

French Prosecutor to Probe Claim of Africa Cash to Chirac - AP

Spain Revives Rape Case Against Saudi Prince - NYT

 

South Asia

Indian Police Say Terror Chief Killed In Kashmir - NYT

Kashmir Police: Rebel Leader Killed in Gunbattle - AP

UN Rights Panel Gets Sri Lanka 'War Crimes' Report - Reuters

US Official Wants Sri Lanka War Crimes Probed - AP