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ISW News Roundup - July 15, 2009
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Iraq
Reuters - Suicide car bomb kills six in western Iraq
Times Online UK - Iraqi interpreters employed by British to sue over lack of protection, by Deborah Haynes
Washington Times - EXCLUSIVE: U.S. held Iranians as 'hostages,' officials say, by Barbara Slavin
Reuters - Iraq Shi'ite militants little threat in Basra: U.S.
Times Online UK - Geoff Hoon could be called to inquiry on abuse of Iraqi detainees, by Deborah Haynes
Associated Press - Army units ordered to Iraq for changing mission, by Pauline Jelinek
Associated Press - Baghdad's antique shops tell city's sad story, by Hamza Hendawi
RFE/RL - Iraq Expects Highest Monthly Oil Exports Since '03
Afghanistan
RFE/RL - Obama Calls For Facts On Mass Killing Of Taliban At Sheberghan, by Ron Synovitz
New York Times - Afghan War's Buried Bombs Put Risk in Every Step, by James Dao
Department of Defense - Coalition, Afghan Forces Reclaim Village, Disrupt Taliban
BBC - Afghan helicopter crash kills six
New York Times Lede Blog - Q. and A. on the War in Afghanistan
RFE/RL - Six Suspected Of Planning Bombings Arrested In Kabul
LA Times - 6 killed in Afghanistan helicopter crash are Ukrainian, reports say, by Laura King
Washington Post - A Tribute, as the Death Toll Rises, by Karla Adam
Wall Street Journal - British Coffins Raise Ire Over Afghan Push, by Alistair Macdonald
Times Online UK - British Army chief forced to use US helicopter in Afghanistan, by Michael Evans and Philip Webster
Pakistan
Long War Journal - Tribal force kills 23 Pakistani Taliban, by Bill Roggio
RFE/RL - Clashes in Pakistan's Swat Valley As Displaced Start To Return
BBC - 'Insurgents killed' in Swat clash
BBC - Swat diary: 'Taliban defeated'
Associated Press - Al-Qaida No. 2: US threatens Pakistan's destiny, by Maamoun Youssef
Long War Journal - South Waziristan offensive 'punitive,' not counterinsurgency, by Bill Roggio
Region
Israel
Associated Press - Israeli soldiers say reckless force used in Gaza, by Matti Friedman
Reuters - Israel to test Arrow missile on U.S. Pacific range, by David Morgan
Reuters - Israel revives bill that could hamper Golan pullout
Reuters - Palestinians ban Al-Jazeera over plot allegations
Associated Press - Veil lifts on Mossad, by Matti Friedman
Iran
LA Times - Supreme leader Khamenei diminished in Iranians' eyes, by Borzou Daragahi
RFE/RL - Iran Could Have Atomic Bomb Within Six Months
New York Times - 168 Feared Dead After Plane Crashes in Iran, by Robert F. Worth and Nicola Clark
Somalia
Washington Post - 2 French Advisers Kidnapped In Somalia, by Edward Cody
Reuters - Driven by Somalia, piracy attacks double this year
Al Qaeda
Christian Science Monitor - China warns citizens in Algeria of Al Qaeda threat, by Liam Stack
Chechnya
Associated Press - Russian rights group says leader activist kidnapped from her home in Chechnya