Small Wars Journal

24 January News Items of Interest

Sun, 01/24/2010 - 8:16am
Afghanistan / Pakistan

Karzai Urges West to Buy Off the Taliban - The Times

Afghan Parliamentary Elections Postponed - The Times

Afghanistan Delays Parliamentary Elections - Associated Press

Foot on Bomb, Marine Defies a Taliban Trap - New York Times

Two U.S. Soldiers Are Among 17 Afghan Deaths - New York Times

Roadside Bomb Kills Two U.S. Troops - Associated Press

Australian Weekend Warriors Facing Front Line in Afghanistan - The Australian

Gates Sees Fallout From Troubled Ties With Pakistan - New York Times

Militant Ambush Sparks Pakistan Gunfight - Associated Press

Militants Kill Six Pakistanis for Alleged Spying - Associated Press

More Guile Needed in the Afghan Game - The Times opinion

Iraq

Biden: U.S. Will Appeal Blackwater Case Dismissal - New York Times

Justice Department to Appeal Blackwater Dismissal - Washington Post

British Man Held for Fraud in Iraq Bomb Detectors - New York Times

Road back to Baghdad - Washington Post opinion

Haiti

More Than 150,000 Have Been Buried, Haiti Says - New York Times

Death Toll Growing at Port-au-Prince's Hotel Montana - Washington Post

With Plastic and Cardboard, Haitians Build - Christian Science Monitor

Haitians Tackle Aftermath Alone - The Times

What To Do About Haiti - Los Angeles Times editorial

American Capabilities and Vulnerabilities - Washington Times opinion

The Long War

Indian Hijack Plot Caused New U.K. Terror Alert - The Times

Bin Laden Takes Responsibility for Christmas Bomb Attempt - Los Angeles Times

'Bin Laden' Claims Christmas Day Bomb Plot - The Times

Details Emerge in Arrest of Christmas Day Bomb Suspect - Associated Press

Terrorists Take a Calculated Risk - Los Angeles Times opinion

Terror Warning: From Daft to Perplexing - The Times opinion

Islam's War Against Others - Washington Times opinion

Africa

Somali Pirates Will Die Before Releasing U.K. Couple - The Times

Americas

Venezuela: Tens of Thousands Protest Chavez's Rule - Associated Press

Venezuelan Cable Television Channel Taken Off Air - The Times

Cable Providers Dump Anti-Chávez TV Channel - Associated Press

Asia Pacific

In Japan, U.S. Losing Diplomatic Ground to China - New York Times

Future of Okinawa Base Strains Alliance - Washington Post

N. Korea Accuses Seoul of 'Open Declaration of War' - The Times

Middle East

Israel Poised to Challenge a U.N. Report on Gaza - New York Times