Small Wars Journal

2 November SWJ Roundup

Tue, 11/02/2010 - 5:25am
Afghanistan

Marines Begin to Hand Over Small Bases to Afghan Army - Washington Post

Afghan Police Unit Defects en Masse to Taliban Side - New York Times

Taliban Fighters Briefly Overrun Afghan District - Los Angeles Times

Afghan Civilian Deaths Caused by Allied Forces Rise - Los Angeles Times

'More Missions, More Contact' for Task Force Shadow - Stars and Stripes

Hamid Karzai Bid to Split Taliban Tribe - Associated Press

Afghan And NATO Troops Seize 24 Tonnes Of Bomb Material - Reuters

Bomb Kills 2 NATO Service Members in Afghanistan - Associated Press

Officials in Afghanistan Provide Details of Operations - AFPS

Training Center Launches Fledgling Afghan Pilots - AFPS

U.S. Military Medics Use Old and New Techniques - Washington Post

Pakistan

Drone Strike, Convoy Attack in Pakistan - Voice of America

U.S. Drone Attack Kills Five 'Militants' in Pakistan - BBC News

Yemen / Al Qaeda

Western Nations Halt Air Cargo From Yemen - New York Times

Air Freight from Yemen and Somalia Banned in U.K. - BBC News

Air-cargo Screening Back on Hill's Radar after Yemeni Plot - Washington Times

Governments Tighten Air Security After Yemen Plot - Reuters

Pentagon Denies Report of Plan for U.S. Military Teams in Yemen - VOA

Yemen's al-Qaida Seeking to Recruit Westerners - Associated Press

Bombs More Lethal than in Dec. 25 Attempt - Washington Post

Earlier Flight May Have Been Dry Run for Plotters - New York Times

Former al-Qaida Followers Foiled Mail Bomb Plot - Voice of America

Bombs Tip-off 'Came from Former al-Qaeda Member' - BBC News

Yemen: Al-Qaida Turncoat Alerted Saudis to Plot - Associated Press

Germany: Bombs Could Have Had 'Significant' Effect - Associated Press

Parcel Bomb Plotters 'Used Dry Run', Say U.S. Officials - BBC News

Officials Suspect Sept. Dry Run for Bomb Plot - Associated Press

U.S. Issues Mail Advisory, Tightens Cargo Scrutiny - Associated Press

U.S. Concerned About Former Gitmo Prisoners in Yemen - Los Angeles Times

How Serious a Threat is Yemen Explosive to Air Travel? - Christian Science Monitor

5 Reasons Hard for Yemen to 'Destroy' AQ Franchise - Christian Science Monitor

Stopping al-Qaeda in Yemen - Washington Post editorial

Disaster Averted - New York Times editorial

Staying Nimble to Fight al-Qaeda's Shifting Threat - Washington Post opinion

How to Keep Terrorism Grounded - New York Times opinion

Saudi Friends and Foes - Washington Times opinion

Iraq

Death Toll Higher in Baghdad Church Attack - Voice of America

Church Attack Seen as Strike at Iraq's Core - New York Times

Iraqi Survivors Tell of Hiding in Priests' Dressing Room - Los Angeles Times

Iraq Church Raid Ends With 52 Dead - Reuters

Iraq Government Defends Deadly Church Raid - BBC News

Iraqi Christians Mourn After Church Siege Kills 58 - Associated Press

Premonitions of Danger at Baghdad Church Held Hostage - New York Times

Exercise Hones IA Rural Fighting Skills - U.S. Forces-Iraq

Iran

Iran Envoy: Atom Bomb Would Be Strategic Mistake - Reuters

Freed U.S. Hiker Blames Iranian Guard for Border Miscue - VOA

Guard Led 3 Americans Across Iran Border, Released Hiker Says - New York Times

Iran Postpones Trial of 2 American Hikers - Washington Post

Iran Postpones Trial of U.S. Hikers Accused of Spying - BBC News

Iran Postpones Start of Trial for 3 Americans - Associated Press

Iranian Lawyer Committed to Winning U.S. Hikers' Freedom - Los Angeles Times

U.S. Department of Defense

Additional Costs Expected for Lockheed's F-35 Fighter - New York Times

Military Policy on Gays to Stand, Pending Appeal - New York Times

Appeals Court Indefinitely Extends Life of Gay Military Policy - Associated Press

United States

The War the Election Forgot - Los Angeles Times

Symbolic Term for Ex-Qaeda Soldier Omar Khadr - New York Times

Judge Questions DOJ Suit Against Ariz. Law - Washington Post

Appeals Court Weighs Immigrant Law - New York Times

United Kingdom / France

U.K., France Move Closer on Defense - Wall Street Journal

British Combat Troops to Come Under French Command - Daily Telegraph

U.K., France to Pool Defense Assets, Share Costs - Associated Press

France, U.K. Agree to Unprecedented Military Cooperation - Reuters

Britain and France to Seal Defence Pact - The Guardian

Britain, France Embark on New Defence Partnership - Sydney Morning Herald

U.K., France to Share Nuclear-Test Facilities, Carriers - Bloomberg

Cameron and Sarkozy to Sign Nuclear Deal - The Times / Australian

PM and Sarkozy to Unveil New Defence Era - Financial Times

Anglo-French Deal Rewrites Military History - The Independent

Fox: Anglo-French Military Force Makes 'Perfect Sense' - Daily Telegraph

U.K. and France Agree to Joint Nuclear Testing Treaty - BBC News

Will Franco-British Cooperation on Defence Lead to an E.U. Army? - BBC News

What U.K.-France Defence Link Means - BBC News

Closer Alliance with France Good for Britain - Daily Telegraph opinion

Africa

Vote Counting Underway in Ivory Coast Presidential Election - Voice of America

Ivory Coast Presidential Election: Result Awaited - BBC News

U.N. Calls on Ivory Coast to Accept Poll Results - Associated Press

Tension Mounts In Tanzania Over Delayed Vote Results - Reuters

Suspect in Rwandan Church Massacre Found Guilty - Associated Press

Rwanda Genocide: Kanyarukiga Guilty of Church Massacre - BBC News

Americas and Caribbean

4 U.S. Citizens Killed in Separate Attacks in Mexico - Associated Press

Three Americans Killed in Mexico's Murder Capital - Agence France-Presse

CIA Role Is Faulted in Air Crash Over Peru - New York Times

5 Men Rob Plane From Military at Honduras Airport - Associated Press

Costa Rica Denounces Alleged Nicaraguan Incursion - Associated Press

Cuba Sets Up Framework for Jobs Market, Small-Business - Washington Post

Cuba to Send 3 More Prisoners to Exile in Spain - Associated Press

Cuba to Release Longest-Held Political Prisoner - Reuters

Venezuelan Steel Maker to Challenge State Takeover - Associated Press

Brazil's Rousseff Starts Market-Friendly Transition - Reuters

Uruguay's High Court Annuls Dictatorship's Amnesty - Associated Press

Beleaguered Haiti Braces for Possible Hurricane - Associated Press

Asia Pacific

U.N. Leader Ban Meets With Chinese President Hu - Associated Press

U.N. Chief Attacked Over 'Silence' on China Rights - BBC News

China Census Aims to Chart Shifting Population - New York Times

U.N. Chief Criticized for Failing to Press China - Associated Press

Russia Angers Japan With Visit to Disputed Islands - New York Times

Medvedev Visit Stokes Japan Row - BBC News

Japan Recalls Moscow Envoy Amid Kuril Islands Row - BBC News

Japan Says PM to Meet Russian President Despite Row - Reuters

Vietnam's Cam Ranh Base to Welcome Foreign Navies - Associated Press

Clinton Urges Cambodia to Strike a Balance with China - Washington Post

Hillary Clinton Endorses U.N. Human Rights Office in Cambodia - VOA

Cambodia: Clinton Urges Khmer Rouge Trials - New York Times

Press Freedoms Narrow in Thailand, 'Easy Target' Fights Back - New York Times

Clinton Pushes Tolerance in Malaysia - Associated Press

New Eruption Drives More Indonesians to Shelter - New York Times

East Timor President's Clemency Extends to His Attackers - New York Times

President Obama, Asia is Calling - Washington Post opinion

Central Asia

Final Kyrgyz Election Results Out - BBC News

Europe

Parcel Bombs Found in Greece, Addressed to Sarkozy, W. Embassies - VOA

Nicolas Sarkozy 'Among Targets of Greece Parcels Bombs' - BBC News

Greece: Suspects Carried Letter Bomb for Sarkozy - Associated Press

Greece Intercepts Parcel Bomb Addressed to Sarkozy - Reuters

Kurdish PKK Denies Istanbul Bomb, Extends 'Truce' - BBC News

PKK Denies Responsibility For Sunday's Istanbul Bomb - Reuters

Albania to Extradite Murder, Kidnap Suspect to U.S. - Associated Press

Berlusconi Scandal Could Threaten Italy's Government - New York Times

Middle East

Syria Must Wield Influence in Lebanon to Help U.S. Relations - Washington Post

Stability in West Bank Transforms a City of Chaos - New York Times

Israeli Security Head: Terrorists Using Technology - Associated Press

Rights Groups: Israel Abused Palestinian Detainees - Associated Press

Israeli Soldier Sentenced for Shaming Palestinian - Associated Press

South Asia

Indian Politicians Get Homes Meant for War Widows - Associated Press