Small Wars Journal

12 March SWJ Roundup

Sat, 03/12/2011 - 3:47am
Afghanistan

Pentagon's Quiet Shift on Afghanistan War - Christian Science Monitor

Gates Warns NATO Allies About 'Precipitous' Exit - Los Angeles Times

NATO Endorses Afghan Forces Plan - Washington Post

Gates Warns Coalition Not to Abandon Afghanistan - Voice of America

Winning Hearts While Flattening Vineyards Is Tricky - New York Times

Pakistan

Pakistan Says Drone Strikes Have Been Effective - Voice of America

Pakistani Intel: U.S. Missiles Kill 5 Militants - Associated Press

Pakistan Court Ruling Sparks Karachi Violence - BBC News

Middle East / North Africa Unrest

Gaddafi Forces Recapture Strategic Western Town - Washington Post

Rebels Struggle to Regroup Against Confident Regime - Wall Street Journal

Libyan Rebels Defiant but in Disarray - New York Times

Battered Libyan Rebels Try to Keep Spirits Up - Los Angeles Times

Libyan Rebels Put Responsibility on U.S. - Washington Times

Gadhafi Forces Show Growing Confidence - Associated Press

E.U. No Longer Recognizes Gaddafi as Libya's Leader - Washington Post

U.S. and E.U. Call for Gaddafi to Go - BBC News

European Leaders Don't Rule Out Armed Intervention - New York Times

E.U.: Military Action Would Need U.N., Arab Support - Associated Press

Libya: Cameron Warns 'We Cannot Stand By' - Daily Telegraph

Obama Says Noose is Tightening on Gaddafi - Washington Post

U.S. Will Keep Working for Kadafi Ouster - Los Angeles Times

Obama Says Gaddafi Squeezed, Libyan Rebels Want More - Reuters

U.S. to Name a Liaison to Libyan Rebels - New York Times

Obama Offers Tempered Support for Libya Rebels - Washington Post

In Libya Revolt, Youth Will Serve, or at Least Try - New York Times

Protesters Stage Huge Rally in Yemen's Capital - Los Angeles Times

Yemen Protesters Demand President's Ouster - Washington Post

Yemen Police Storm Protest Camp, One Dead - Reuters

Gates Visits Bahrain Amid Huge Protests - New York Times

Gates' Bahrain Stop Signals Importance of Gulf Nation - Stars and Stripes

U.S. Defense Chief Urging Reforms in Ally Bahrain - Associated Press

Gates Visits Bahrain to Urge Reform Dialogue - AFPS

Police, Protesters Clash Near Bahrain Palace - Associated Press

Bahrain Protesters 'Facing Death Threats' - BBC News

Saudi Arabia Calm on Planned 'Day of Rage' - Washington Post

Saudi Arabia 'Day of Rage' Protest Fizzles - Los Angeles Times

As Protests Roil Neighbors, Saudis Quash Rallies - Associated Press

War, What is it Meant For? - Los Angeles Times editorial

No War on Libya - Washington Post opinion

Culture of Tolerance - Washington Post opinion

Backlash Against Democracy - Washington Post opinion

Israel / Palestinians

Palestinian 'Kills Five Israelis' in West Bank Attack - BBC News

5 in West Bank Family Fatally Stabbed - Associated Press

Gaza Engineer Being Held in Israeli Prison - Washington Post

Lebanon

Lebanon: Hariri Indictment Grows - New York Times

Prosecutor Expands Secret Hariri Murder Indictment - Associated Press

Prosecutor Files Expanded Indictment in Hariri Probe - Agence France-Presse

Iraq

Iraqi Prime Minister Softens Tone On Protests - NPR

Iraq Protesters Call for Jobs, Better Services - Agence France-Presse

Iraq Kurds Protest, Man Tries to Set Himself Ablaze - Reuters

Iraq Protesters Accuse Security Troops of Beatings - Associated Press

Iran

Iran's Battered Opposition: A Leadership Neutered - The Economist

Ayatollahs Battle 'Jasmine Revolution' Infection - Vancouver Sun

Rafsanjani May Have Fought His Last Battle - Radio Free Europe

London Olympics: Cameron Says Iran Would Not Be Missed - BBC News

Iran Expels AFP Journalist - Agence France-Presse

Japan Earthquake / Tsunami

Maps: Reach of the Japanese Quake and Tsunami - New York Times

Japan Quake Damage Mounts; Reactor Watched - Wall Street Journal

Japan Reeling After Quake - Washington Post

Japan Struggles to Reach Survivors - New York Times

Quake Leaves Apocalyptic Scene in Japan - Los Angeles Times

5 Nuclear Reactors in Peril - Washington Post

Japan Orders Evacuation Near 2nd Nuclear Plant - New York Times

Huge Quake, Tsunami Kill Hundreds in Japan - Voice of America

Japan Begins Quake Relief Mission - BBC News

Japan Quake, Tsunami Said to Kill Hundreds - Washington Post

U.S. Offers Japan 'Immediate' Earthquake Aid - Voice of America

U.S. Military, Aid Groups Prepare to Assist - Washington Post

Gates Pledges U.S. Help for Japan - AFPS

Military Gears Up to Help Japan - AFPS

Piracy

Federal Judge Won't Acquit Convicted Pirates - Associated Press

WikiLeaks

Government Can Get Records from Twitter for Probe - Washington Post

Demand for Twitter Details in Wikileaks Probe Upheld - BBC News

U.S. Official: Manning'sTreatment 'Stupid' - Washington Post

DoS Spokesman Crowley: Manning's Treatment 'Stupid' - BBC News

Obama Defends Manning's Detention Conditions - New York Times

Obama: Treatment of WikiLeaks Suspect Appropriate - Associated Press

U.S. Department of Defense

DOD, Governors Bridge Gaps in Disaster Response - AFPS

Retired General to Review Religion at AF Academy - Associated Press

United States

U.S. Mayor, Police Chief Charged with Smuggling - Washington Post

Blackwater Contractors Convictedin Va. Trial - Washington Post

U.S. Approved $40 Billion in 2009 Private Arms Sales - Associated Press

U.S. Inquiry on Military Family Foreclosures - New York Times

Iraq, Afghanistan Veterans Struggle to Find Jobs - Associated Press

Muslim Hearing: Much Drama, Little Substance - Washington Post

Africa

Ivory Coast Government Criticizes A.U. For Recognizing Ouattara - VOA

Ouattara Scores A.U. Victory but Faces Death Threats - Associated Press

Ivory Coast Crisis: 'Nearly 450,000 Refugees' - BBC News

Militia Fighters Attack South Sudan Oil Town - Reuters

Zimbabwe PM Morgan Tsvangirai Wants Mugabe 'Divorce' - BBC News

Charles Taylor's Sierra Leone War Crimes Trial Closes - BBC News

Americas

Honduras: Mexican Cartel May Be Behind Cocaine Lab - Associated Press

Mexico's Drug War Intrudes on Monterrey - Washington Post

Mexican Army Raid Drug Camp, 8 Gunmen Killed - Associated Press

Cuba Frees Well-known Dissident - BBC News

Aristide Returning to Haiti in Days - Associated Press

Asia Pacific

Human Rights Advocates Vanish, China's Crackdown - New York Times

China Cyber-warfare Capability a 'Formidable Concern' - BBC News

How N. Korea Skillfully Exploited Defector Standoff - Christian Science Monitor

Bomb Blast Kills 3, Wounds 9 in South Philippines - Associated Press

Europe

European Leaders Agree on Closer Economic Coordination - Associated Press

French Police Arrest 4 Basque ETA Suspects - Associated Press

Vice President Biden's Moscow Visit - Washington Post editorial

South Asia

Sri Lanka PM Retracts India Rebel Training Camp Claim - BBC News

Jailed Nepal TV Chief Mohammed Ansari 'Shot by Hitman' - BBC News