US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Gates Assails Pentagon on Resources - White and Branigin, Washington Post
Gates Advises on Disagreeing With Leaders - Thom Shanker, New York Times
Air Force Under Fire From Gates - Peter Spiegel, Los Angeles Times
Why the Air Force Bugs Gates - Mark Thompson, Time
Air Force Must do More for War, Gates Says - Associated Press
Military Waivers for Ex-Convicts Increase - Ann Scott Tyson, Washington Post
Propaganda at Home - Boston Globe editorial
Pentagon Payola - Ralph Peters, New York Post opinion
The Problem with Culture (Ours) - Abu Muqawama, Abu Muqawama
The Ghost of Boyd Invoked - John Robb, Global Guerrillas
Gates: Air Force Must Do More - Sharon Weinberger, Danger Room
Stop the Presses! - Max Boot, Contentions
What's Behind the Hidden Hand... - Matt Armstrong, MountainRunner
What The Times Was Up To - John Podhoretz, Contentions
The Military's Talking Heads - Sharon Weinberger, Danger Room
Smith-Mundt: A Symposium... - Matt Armstrong, MountainRunner
Army's M4 Carbine Controversy Rages - Dan Dupont, Danger Room

NATO

Enlarging the Atlantic Alliance - Rupert Murdoch, Wall Street Journal opinion
NATO Faces ‘Crisis of Confidence’ - James Joyner, Outside the Beltway

IRAQ

Iraq Wants U.S. to Compromise - Karen DeYoung, Washington Post
Rice Presses Iraq’s Neighbors - Robert Worth, New York Times
Struggle Ties Security to Basic Services - Michael Gordon, New York Times
Troops and Militiamen Battle in E. Baghdad - Ernesto Londoño, Washington Post
Iraq Frees, Pardons Detainees - Andrea Stone, USA Today
US Hopes for Regional Aid - Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor
Rice Fails to Win Firm Arab Pledges - Voice of America
Iraqi Leader Calls for Arab Support - Reid and Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press
Replacing Fatalism with Hope - National Review Q&A w/ Michael Yon
Sadr's in a JAM - Tom Donnelly, Weekly Standard opinion
Iran: Hands Behind Proxy Wars - Patrick Buchanan, Miami Herald opinion
A Moral Imperative - Tulin Daloglu, Washington Times opinion
Al-Qaeda in Iraq: Determined but Losing - Omar, Iraq the Model
Basra Battle Validates US Exit Strategy - Westhawk, Westhawk
Two Sides of the COIN... - Steve Schippert, Threats Watch
What's Missing Here? - Max Boot, Commentary opinion
About That Basra Debacle... - Abe Greenwald, Contentions
Iraq Boom--Not Boon--To European Jihadists - Steve Schippert, The Tank
IRack, Iraq and Iran - Herschel Smith, The Captain's Journal

AFGHANISTAN / PAKISTAN TRIBAL AREAS

Pakistanis Free Islamist Who Fought US - Khan and Gall, New York Times
UK Backs Pakistan Push for Dialogue - Bruce Loudon, The Australian
Top Pakistani Militant Released - BBC News
Britain Warns Pakistan on Peace Talks - Zahid Hussain, London Times
Kandahar Chief Was Out, Then Bernier Spoke - James McCarten, Toronto Star
Canada Confusing Political, Aid Relief Goals - Olivia Ward, Toronto Star
Militants Kill 6 Border Police - Noor Khan, Associated Press
Afghans Build an Army, and a Nation - Bret Stephens, Wall Street Journal opinion
Blasphemy in Pakistan - Rogers and Loconte, Weekly Standard opinion
Pakistan Releases Taliban Leader, Peace Deal - Bill Roggio, The Long War Journal
The Taliban, Executions and the UN - Will Hartley, Insurgency Research Group
Are We All Pulling in the Same/Right Direction? - Faceless Bureaucrat, Kings of War

THE LONG WAR

Al-Qaida No. 2 Says Still Targeting the West - Maggie Michael, Associated Press
The Al-Arian Times - Steve Emerson, National Review opinion
Al-Qaeda Speaks - Richard Fernandez, The Belmont Club
Dereliction of Duty - Phil Carter, Intel Dump
Radio To Stay Tuned To - Anne Applebaum, Washington Post opinion

AFRICA

Zimbabwe Opposition Turns to UN - BBC News
Miliband Accuses Mugabe of Killing - Catherine Philp, London Times
Zambia Seeks to Block PRC Arms for Zimbabwe - Reuters
NATO Alert for Somali Pirates - Govan and Pflanz, London Daily Telegraph
Somali Forces Storm Hijacked Dubai Ship - Salad Duhul, Associated Press
Somalia: Scores Die in Clashes - Mohamed Olad Hassan, Associated Press
Somalia Death-toll up to 85 - Yusuf and Sheikh, Reuters
Libya Seeks Exemption for Its Debt to Victims - Eric Lipton, New York Times

AMERICAS

Colombia: Rebels Tried to Kill Uribe - Vivian Sequera, Associated Press
Paraguay Victor' Huge Challenge - Tom Hennigan, London Times
An Outsider’s Victory in Paraguay - Alexei Barrionuevo, New York Times
Paraguay Moves Left - McDonnell and Richter, Los Angeles Times
Poor Paraguay - London Times editorial
Where to, Argentina? - Jaime Daremblum, Washington Times opinion
Food Prices Bite Haiti - Reed Lindsay, Washington Times
Hungry for Change in Haiti - Kathie Klarreich, Christian Science Monitor opinion
Secrecy Comeback in Mexico - Zachary Bookman, Los Angeles Times opinion

ASIA

US Team Headed to Pyongyang - Blaine Harden, Washington Post
N. Korea: Foggy Bottom's Impatience - Frank Gaffney Jr., Washington Times opinion
Intolerance in Indonesia - Sadandad Dhume, Wall Street Journal opinion
China Tries to Teach Tibet a Lesson - Jane Macartney, London Times
Take Your Time, North Korea - Gordon Chang, Contentions

EUROPE

Georgia-Russia Tension Escalates - C.J. Chivers, New York Times
Russia 'Shot Down Georgia Drone' - BBC News

MIDDLE EAST

Iran Watching US Campaigns - Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times
Carter: Hamas Ready To Live Beside Israel - Griff Witte, Washington Post
Carter Says Hamas and Syria Are Open to Peace - Ethan Bronner, New York Times
Carter: Hamas will Deal with Israel - Tim Butcher, London Daily Telegraph
Hamas Rebuts Carter's Claim of Concession - Joshua Mitnick, Washington Times
Hamas Rejects Israeli Recognition - BBC News
Syria Tunes in the West on Madina FM - Borzou Daragahi, Los Angeles Times
Egypt Builds a Wall - David Schenker, Weekly Standard opinion
Carter, Back from Syria - Max Boot, Contentions
Watching Warily from the Gulf - Marc Lynch, Abu Aardvark
O'Hanlon Goes to Tehran in Search of Failure - Dr. iRack, Abu Muqawama
Scott Wilson’s War - Noah Pollak, Contentions

RECOMMENDED READING

UK CT & COIN Features - Will Hartley, Insurgency Research Group