Small Wars Journal

9 October SWJ Roundup

Sun, 10/09/2011 - 5:05am

US Naval Institute Daily - USNI

Afghanistan

Special Ops Troops, CIA First In, Likely Last Out of Afghanistan - AP

Afghanistan Seeks Pakistan’s Help - WP

Lawmakers End Boycott of Parliament in Afghanistan - NYT

Suspect in Plot to Kill Karzai Not a Bodyguard - AP

Afghan Guard in Murder Plot Was Not Close to Karzai - Reuters

NATO: 2 Service Members Die in Afghanistan - AP

 

Pakistan

WFP Urges Pakistan to Enact Disaster Prevention Strategies - VOA

Pakistan Must Choose: Halt Terror, or Else - PI opinion

 

Syria

Democracy Activists Say Committed to Nonviolence - LAT

Iraq, Siding with Iran, Sends Essential Aid to Syria - WP

Syrian Forces Kill 5 During Funeral of Kurdish Leader - VOA

Syrian Forces 'Fire on Mourners' - BBC

At Least Nine Protesters Reported Killed - LAT

Tens of Thousands Mourn Kurd Opposition Figure - Reuters

Killing of Syrian Kurdish Leader Sparks Anger - AP

 

Iraq

Vacuum Feared as US Quits Iraq - NYT

US Revisits Iraq Training Plan - WP

State Dept. Readies Iraq Operation - WP

Iraq Army Delays Pullout From Cities Over Security - AP

Iraq Postpones Handover of City Security to Police - Reuters

 

Libya

Libyan Government Forces Continue Assault on Sirte - VOA

Libya NTC Fight Gaddafi Forces in Streets of Sirte - BBC

Fighters Make Gains in Gaddafi's Hometown - LAT

Resistance Weakens in Gaddafi's Hometown - TG

Snipers Defend Gaddafi’s Hometown - WP

Suicide Tank Driver Leads Charge for Gaddafi's Sirte - TT

Libyans Claim Gains in Gadhafi Hometown Offensive - AP

Libya’s Interest, and Ours - WS opinion

 

Yemen

Yemen's President Vows to Step Down Soon - VOA

Saleh Says He Wants to Resign - WP

Yemen's President Again Promises to Step Down - LAT

Yemen Leader to Resign 'in Days' - BBC

Yemen President Says Wants to Leave Power - AP

Saleh Keeps Yemenis Guessing With Talk of Step-Down - Reuters

 

Middle East / North Africa

Obama Holds First White House Meeting With Arab Spring Leader - VOA

Iran Tells Turkey: Change Tack or Face Trouble - Reuters

Iran Says Radar Can Detect Small Unmanned Drones - AP

Muslim, Christian Graves Desecrated in Israeli City - Reuters

Activists Attack Saudi Executions - BBC

Christians Fear Islamist Pressure in Egypt - AP

Tunisia Islamists Storm University Over Veil Ban - Reuters

 

US Department of Defense

Rumsfeld Meets His Fans, Signs Books at Navy Base in Japan - S&S

 

United States

Secret US Memo Made Legal Case to Kill a Citizen - NYT

The Secrets of Government Killing - NYT opinion

 

United Kingdom

UK PM Seeks Report on Defence Chief - AP

Defence Chief: I Have Nothing to Hide - TT

 

World

Coming Soon: The Drone Arms Race - NYT

 

Africa

British Police to Hunt Seychelles Pirates - TT

Hundreds Attend State Funeral of African Nobel Peace Laureate - VOA

South Sudan’s President Visits Khartoum - VOA

Archbishop Warned over Meeting with Zimbabwe's Mugabe - TT

Cameroon President Polls Open, Incumbent Seeks Win - AP

Zambia Leader Wants Malawi Apology for Deportation - AP

 

Americas

Fast and Furious Weapons Found in Mexico Enforcer's Home - LAT

Bitter Price to Pay for Mexico's Bloody Drugs War - TT

10 More Dead Found in Mexican Port of Veracruz - AP

Colombian City Demands Protection from Gangsters - LAT

Colombia Troops Seek Kidnap Girl - BBC

Leader of Cuban Dissident Group in Intensive Care - AP

Cuban Official: Let Spy Ring Member Come Home - AP

 

Asia Pacific

China's Hu Urges Unification With Rival Taiwan - AP

China Marks Century-Old Revolution Amid Controversy - Reuters

Protests in China over Local Grievances Surge - LAT

Dalai Lama Criticizes ‘Immoral’ Chinese Censorship - VOA

Dalai Lama in China Video Attack - BBC

Japan’s PM Says Will Visit N. Korea to Discuss Kidnappings - VOA

Japan Grounds Jet Fighter Fleet - BBC

South Korea Aims to Ratify Trade Deal - WP

2 Blasts Wound at Least 8 in Southern Philippines - AP

Philippines Row With US Amb. over Sex Tourism - BBC

Burma Shows Signs of Change - WP

 

Europe

France’s Sarkozy Meets IMF Chief on Debt - BBC

Putin Presidency Unlikely to Derail US-Russia Relations - VOA

Russia's Medvedev Echoes Stalin in Party Exhortation - Reuters

Russian Anger Grows Over Chechnya Subsidies - NYT

Russia's WTO Bid Threatened as Georgia Talks Fail - Reuters

100 Detained in Moscow Amid Nationalist Rally Call - AP

Poland Votes in General Election - BBC

Polish PM's Party Expected to Win Sunday Election - Reuters

Polish Ties With Germany, Russia at Stake in Vote - AP

Poland Arrests Ikea Bomb Suspects - BBC

 

South Asia

Three Killed In Political Violence in Sri Lanka - VOA

Poll Violence Erupts in Sri Lanka - BBC