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ISW News Roundup - April 20, 2009
Apr 20, 2009 - Anonymous
Iraq
Associated Press - Bomber strikes US soldiers meeeting Iraqi officials, by Brian Murphy
Washington Post - Suicide Bomber Kills Three Iraqi Policemen, by Ernesto Londono
Department of Defense - Engineers in Iraq Defeat Tunnel Terrorists, by Army 1st Lt. Stephen Clements and Army 1st Lt. Janeene Yarber
Associated Press - Justices skeptical on allowing Iraq to be sued, by Jesse J. Holland
Department of Defense - Iraqi Government Continues Progress Toward Paying All 'Sons of Iraq'
Reuters - Iraq parliament gets new speaker
LA Times - Iraq elects parliament speaker after 4-month impasse, by Liz Sly
New York Times - Critic of Maliki Is Chosen to Lead Iraq's Parliament, by Timothy Williams
New York Times - Old Order Is Back in Northern Iraq
Times Online UK - US risks fanning violence as it opens gates of Iraqi detention camps, by Deborah Haynes
Afghanistan
Washington Times - U.S. helps snare top Afghan drug lords, by Sara A. Carter
Reuters - U.S. troops train to advise Afghan forces, by Andrew Gray
New York Times - Pinned Down, a Sprint to Escape Taliban Zone, by C.J. Chivers
New York Times - An Ambush and a Comrade Lost (Photo Documentary) by Tyler Hicks and C.J. Chivers
Associated Press - Attacks kill 3 Afghan police, 3 civilians, by Noor Khan
Associated Press - NZ wants exit plan for commandos in Afghanistan, by Ray Lilley
Associated Press - Bin Laden deputy slams Obama plan for Afghanistan
CNN - Senior Taliban commander escapes Pakistan airstrike, by Ivan Watson
Reuters - Suicide bomber killed in Afghan governor's compound
Department of Defense - U.S., Afghan Forces Kill Four, Detain Four
Reuters - Made homeless by Taliban, Afghans shelter in caves, by Emma Graham-Harrison
RFE/RL - Karzai Objects To Direct U.S. Talks With Taliban
BBC - Soldier's 'lucky' bullet escape
Pakistan
Washington Post - Extremist Tide Rises in Pakistan, by Pamela Constable
Associated Press - Missiles demolish Taliban compound, by Nahal Toosi
Reuters - Pakistan attacks militants after bomb; 20 dead, by Javed Hussain
Reuters - Pakistan offers farmland to foreign investors, by Amena Bakr
Region
Iran
Times Online UK - Walkout at UN conference after Iran president calls Israel 'racist', by Philippe Naughton
Associated Press - UN chief condemns Ahmadinejad speech on Israel
Associated Press - Iran orders probe of jailed US journalist's case, by Ali Akbar Dareini and Nasser Karimi
Gaza
Associated Press - Report: Hamas killed, maimed dozens of opponents, by Karin Laub
Tajikistan/Afghanistan
Reuters - Tajikistan, U.S. Afghan transit deal expected soon
Russia
RFE/RL - Russia To Boost Military Presence In Central Asia
Reuters - Russia may cancel military talks with NATO: Ifax, by Oleg Shchedrov
North Korea
Associated Press - UN: NKorea could restart nuke facilities in months, by Jae-Soon Chang
Al Qaeda
Times Online UK - September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed 'waterboarded 183 times'