US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

DOD Seeks Authority to Train and Equip Militaries - Thom Shanker, New York Times
Obstacles to Adaptability… - Don Vandergriff
Rumsfeld's Memoirs: Fact or Fiction? - Intel Dump
The Navy Blogging Discussion, Again - Information Dissemination

US DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Diplomats Warned of Mandatory Service - Karen DeYoung, Washington Post
Secretary Rice Comments on S/CRS - MountainRunner

US CONGRESS

Destructive Overreaction - Richard Rahn, Washington Times

THE LONG WAR

Penalty for Crossing an Al Qaeda Boss? - Sebastian Rotella, Los Angeles Times
Nuclear Attack on D.C. Hypothetical Disaster - Gary Emerling, Washington Times
Ship Piracy up 20 Percent - Reuters
Nigeria Overtakes Indonesia in Piracy - Associated Press
Wartime Malpractice - National Review Q&A
What Price Freedom? - Lawrence Kudlow, Real Clear Politics
Al-Qaeda's Arithmetic of Response - Abu Muqawama
Counterinsurgency? Or Counterterror? - Abu Muqawama
Ideology in COIN - Blackfive
Time Running Out for bin Laden? - Westhawk
New Intel on Al Qaeda's Western Recruits - Counterterrorism

IRAQ

Dozens Killed in Iraq Attacks - Ernesto Londoño, Washington Post
Dozens Killed in Bombings in Four Cities - Alissa Rubin, New York Times
Dozens Dead as Iraq Cities Bombed - BBC News
Airstrike Kills 4 Gunmen; 2 Marines Killed in Anbar - Associated Press
Iraqi Unit Flees Post - Michael Gordon, New York Times
Turkey Strikes PKK in Northern Iraq - Reuters
Warplanes hit Kurdish Rebels in N. Iraq - Associated Press
Iraq Navy Tests Sea Legs - Associated Press
How This Can End - Gildroy and O'Hanlon, Washington Post
Iraq's Moment of Truth in Baghdad and Basra - Iraq the Model
Behind the Surge's Success - Intel Dump
Iraqi, US Troops Press Against the Mahdi Army - The Long War Journal
When Sons of Iraq Grow Up - The Long War Journal
Leaked: Insurgents' New Rockets More Deadly - Danger Zone
War Without Consequences - Insurgency Research Group
The Blogging Genius of Iraq - Abu Muqawama

IRAN

Ahmadinejad Casts Doubt on 9/11 - Associated Press
Proxy War in the North - The Belmont Club
Understanding the Fight Against Iran Inside Iraq - The Belmont Club
Ayatollah Rising? Iran, Iraq, Sadr and Qom - Threats Watch
Iran, Neocons and Owning A War - Threats Watch
Mapping the Iranian Blogosphere - MountainRunner

AFGHANISTAN

Opposition Says it's Been Talking to Taliban - Associated Press
Marines Mired in NATO Red Tape in Afghanistan - The Captain's Journal
India, Afghanistan: Price of Reconstruction - Counterterrorism
Canadian Inquiry Derailed - Toronto Star editorial

AFRICA

Military Making Decisions in Zimbabwe - Foreign Service, Washington Post
Protest by Zimbabwe’s Opposition Falters - Celia Dugger, New York Times
Zimbabwe Court Rejects Votes Plea - Thornycroft and Berger, London Daily Telegraph
Mugabe Rival Sets Run-off Terms - BBC News
Mbeki Will be Taken to Task over Zimbabwe - Bone and Walker, London Times
Zimbabwe Blind Spot Shames Mbeki - London Daily Telegraph editorial
The Zimbabwe Impasse - Washington Times editorial
Endgames for Zimbaqbwe's Mugabe - Christian Science Monitor editorial
You Got Mugabe In, Help Kick Him Out - Hal G.P. Colebatch, The Australian
Kenya Gang Protests for Second Day - C. Bryson Hull, Reuters

MIDDLE EAST

Clash Follows Incursion into Gaza - BBC News
Israeli Forces Kill Gaza Militant - Reuters
Carter Embraces Hamas Official - Josef Federman, Associated Press
Carter to Meet Two Hamas Officials - Reuters
Jimmy Carter and Hamas - Washington Times editorial
Carter's True Colors - New York Post editorial
Three Police Die in Yemen Explosion - Reuters
Egyptians Jail 25 Brotherhood Men - BBC News
Arab Shame/Honor Dynamics - Forward Movement
Looking for a Photo-op in Lebanon - Westhawk

ASIA

N. Korea Faces Potential Food Crisis - Associated Press
N. Korea: Six-Party Giveaway - Wall Street Journal editorial
12 Stand Trial in Australia Terror Plot - Associated Press
Philippine Rebel Clash Leaves 3 Dead - Associated Press
Information Operations From an Asian Perspective - MountainRunner

EUROPE

Putin Adds Party Chief To Portfolio - Steve Gutterman, Associated Press
Putin to Become United Russia Chief - Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor

AMERICAS

Sabotaging Colombia - Helle Dale, Washington Times
Mexico: Drug War Causes Blood Bath - James McKinley Jr., New York Times
Haitians want Exiled Aristide Back - Jonathan Katz, Associated Press
Price of Rice Prompts Anger in Haiti - Joseph Guyler Delva, Reuters

SUGGESTED READING

Stuff to Read That is Not Stuff by Me - Abu Aardvark
Insurgency and Counterinsurgency - Zenpundit
Documents of Note - Insurgency Research Group