Small Wars Journal

18 December SWJ Roundup

Sat, 12/18/2010 - 9:02am
Afghanistan

Chairman Says Afghanistan Strategy, Resources Now Match - AFPS

Pentagon Spokesman Addresses Strategy Review, Budget - AFPS

Petraeus: All Strategy Aspects Contribute to Progress - AFPS

Partnered Forces Target Taliban in Helmand - American Forces Press Service

Bravo Company Bids a Tearful Goodbye to Fallen Friends - Stars and Stripes

Suicide Bombing Targets Afghan District Chief - Associated Press

Germany's Merkel Visits Afghanistan - Associated Press

2011 to 2014: What a Difference Momentum Makes - National Review opinion

5 Ways to Win the War in Afghanistan - Foreign Policy opinion

Pakistan

Pakistani Role Is Suspected in Revealing U.S. Spy's Name - New York Times

Top U.S. Spy in Pakistan is Removed after Threats - Washington Post

U.S. Official Expresses Confidence in Pakistan - New York Times

CIA Recalls Pakistan Station Chief After Named Publically - Los Angeles Times

Pakistani Spy Agency Denies it Unmasked CIA Chief - Associated Press

Mullen: Eliminating Pakistani Safe Havens is Key - Washington Post

Flournoy: U.S.-Pakistan Relations 'Central' to Fight - AFPS

Deadly U.S. Missiles Target Pakistani Militant Bases - Voice of America

Chinese Premier Visits Pakistan to Reinforce Ties - New York Times

China, Pakistan Ink Trade Deals During Wen's Visit - Associated Press

Korean Peninsula

N. Korea Says Live-Fire Drill Will Prompt Another Attack - VOA

South Korea Drilling Plans Bring New Threats from North - Washington Post

North Korea Threatens Another Attack on Island - Los Angeles Times

U.S. Will Take Part in South Korea Live-fire Drill - Stars and Stripes

S. Korea to Hold Firing Drills Despite N. Korea Threat - Associated Press

U.S.: 'No Justification' for N. Korean Response to S. Korean Exercises - VOA

U.S. Troops to Observe South Korean Live-fire Drills - AFPS

Saber Rattling Leaves South Korean Peninsula on Edge - Voice of America

China Says Korean Situation 'Extremely Precarious' - Associated Press

Iran

Top U.S. Officer Says Iran Still Driving for a Bomb - Associated Press

Iran Nuclear Chief Takes Over as Foreign Minister - Associated Press

Iraq

Maliki to Name Iraq Government Monday - Reuters

Iraqi Lawmakers Lift Ban on Sunni Politicians - Associated Press

Al Qaeda

Has al-Qaida Targeted Christmas? -Stars and Stripes

WikiLeaks

WikiLeaks, Round Three - Small Wars Journal (post-release - cutoff 10 Dec)

SWJ WikiLeaks Roundup - Small Wars Journal (pre-release)

U.N. Chief Says WikiLeaks Makes Diplomacy Difficult - Associated Press

From WikiLeaks Founder, a Barrage of Interviews - New York Times

Pentagon Denies Mistreating WikiLeaks Suspect - Associated Press

Make Julian Assange Irrelevant - Washington Post opinion

U.S. Department of Defense

Activists Anticipate Successful Senate Vote to End "DADT" - Washington Post

Senate Nears Repeal of Military's Curbs on Gays - Associated Press

Department Prepares for 'Don't Ask' Repeal - American Forces Press Service

Army's New Tracking System to Debut in 2012 - Stars and Stripes

Bobsledder Chose War to Repay the Army - New York Times

United States

House Passes Defense Authorization Bill - Washington Post

Senate GOP's Concerns on Nuclear Treaty Indicate Close Vote - Washington Post

White House Delayed Rule Meant to Stop Gun Flow to Mexico - Washington Post

Philippine Terrorist Sentenced for 1995 Christmas Kidnapping - Washington Post

House Armed Services Committee Reorganizes - Army Times

Former Blackwater Bought by Investment Group - Associated Press

Canada

Canadian Court Hikes Terrorists' Sentences - Associated Press

Holbrooke No Hero to Canadian General - Ottawa Sun opinion

Africa

Southern Sudan Focuses on January Referendum - Voice of America

Ivory Coast Tense Amid Political Showdown - Voice of America

Global Pressure Grows to End Ivory Coast Impasse - Associated Press

New Calls for Ivory Coast President to Concede Defeat - Washington Post

Americas

Mexican Leader's Crime Effort Fails to Advance - New York Times

Mother Shot Dead at Anti-crime Vigil in Mexico - Los Angeles Times

Mexico Outraged by Killing of Anti-Crime Crusader - Associated Press

Mexican Police Drone Plane Crashes Near El Paso Home - New York Times

Mexico Outraged by Killing of Anti-Crime Crusader - Associated Press

141 Inmates Escape Mexican Border Prison - Associated Press

Venezuela's Congress Gives Chávez Decree Powers - Associated Press

Cable Shows Nations Going Easy on Cuba - New York Times

Cholera and Haiti - New York Times editorial

Asia Pacific

Japan Shifts Defense Strategy Toward N. Korea, China - Stars and Stripes

Japanese PM Says Marines Must Stay on Okinawa - Stars and Stripes

Europe

E.U. Opts for Permanent Mechanism to Help Troubled Members - VOA

E.U. Nations That Pay the Most Plan to Call Timeout - New York Times

Kosovo PM Named in Human Organ Scandal - Voice of America

Belarus Looks East and West as Elections Near - Washington Post

Middle East

U.S. Plays Down Tensions With Yemen - New York Times

Official: CIA Officers Escape Yemen Attack - Associated Press

Violence Mars Shiite Commemoration in Saudi Arabia - Associated Press

A Freer and Fairer Egypt - Washington Post opinion

South Asia

U.S. Fears Biowarfare Stemming From India - Voice of America

India Seeks Lower Trade Barriers With China - Voice of America

Sri Lanka Allows U.N. to 'Share' War Crime Evidence - Associated Press