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ISW News Roundup - April 24, 2009
Apr 24, 2009 - Anonymous
Iraq
Associated Press - Iraqi police: 60 dead in double bombing, by Hamid Ahmed
New York Times - At Least 60 More Die in New Attacks in Baghdad, by Steven Lee Myers and Timothy Williams
Times Online UK - Rape, beatings and bribery: Iraqi police out of control, by James Hider
Department of Defense -Iraqi Provincial Council Members Meet With U.S. Soldiers, by Army Spc. Jazz Burney
Reuters - FACTBOX - Security developments in Iraq, April 23
Long War Journal - Islamic State of Iraq leader reported captured, by Bill Roggio
New York Times Baghdad Bureau - Muqdadiya: "Don't Spend Too Long", by Alissa J. Rubin
Associated Press - Iraqi officials: Top insurgents captured, bombs kill 54, by Chelsea J. Carter
Associated Press - AP IMPACT: Secret tally has 87,215 Iraqis dead, by Kim Gamel
BBC - Iraqi bloggers: Security worries
Afghanistan and Pakistan
Reuters - Taliban mean nothing to Afghanistan's hungry farmers, by Emma Graham-Harrison
Department of Defense - Combined Forces Capture Seven, Kill Two in Afghanistan
Department of Defense - Afghans Bid on Brighter Future, by Army Pfc. Andrya Hill
RFE/RL - Islamic Militancy And Pakistan's Rogue Generals
Associated Press - Pakistani Taliban pull back to Swat stronghold, by Riaz Khan
Reuters - Pakistani Taliban withdraws from key valley
Long War Journal - Rangers deployed to secure Islamabad outskirts, by Bill Roggio
Reuters - Germany worried over Taliban advance in Pakistan
LA Times - Taliban militants edge closer to Pakistan capital, by Mark Magnier and Mubashir Zaidi
Long War Journal - Taliban advance eastward, threaten Islamabad, by Bill Roggio
Associated Press - Pakistan makes 'last' appeal to defiant Taliban, by Riaz Khan
Christian Science Monitor - Pakistan makes show of force against Taliban, by Issam Ahmed
New York Times - U.S. Questions Pakistan's Will to Stop Taliban, by Carlotta Gall and Eric Schmitt
BBC - Disarray on Pakistan Taleban threat
Washington Times - Clinton warns of Pakistan nuke risk, by Nicholas Kralev and Barbara Slavin
Reuters - Pakistan diplomat faults U.S. strategy, by Adrian Croft
Region
Israel
BBC - Israel 'risking support on Iran'
North Korea
Associated Press - 2 US journalists to be tried in North Korea, by Jean H. Lee
Russia
RFE/RL - Russians Expand Chechen Counterterror Effort
US Military
LA Times - U.S. to reveal alleged prison abuse photos, by Peter Wallsten, Julian E. Barnes, and Greg Miller
RFE/RL - U.S. Scrambles For Civilian Crisis Management In Afghanistan, Iraq, by Ahto Lobjakas