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3 April SWJ Top News & Op-Ed Roundup

By SWJ Editors

US Cites Planning Gaps in Iraqi Assault - Michael Gordon, New York Times
Cease-Fire Largely Calms Basra - Ernesto Londono, Washington Post
Can Iraq's Soldiers Fight? - Tina Susman, Los Angeles Times
Stand Firm on Iraq - Washington Times editorial
Battle for Basra - Washington Post editorial
Malaki Threatens Surge Gains - Trudy Rubin, Miami Herald
Iraq: The Place vs. The Abstraction - George Packer, World Affairs
Whittling Away at Sadr - Austin Bay, Real Clear Politics
Iraq’s Sunni Time Bomb - Matt Sherman, New York Times
Afghan Opposition Courts Taliban - Anand Gopal, Christian Science Monitor
Don't Pull an Iraq in Afghanistan - Benjamin Friedman, Christian Science Monitor
Alliance Invites In Croatia, Albania - Peter Baker, Washington Post
Allies Oppose Bush on Georgia, Ukraine - Erlanger and Meyers, New York Times
Prioritizing NATO - Washington Times editorial
Messages NATO Needs to Ponder - Toronto Star editorial
NATO: No Wonder Russia is Paranoid - Anatole Kaletsky, London Times
Ready for a Resurgent Russia? - Daniel McGroarty, Investor's Business Daily
Making up with Vladimir - Rosa Brooks, Los Angeles Times
Caging the Bear - Ralph Peters, New York Post
Adrift in the Middle East - New York Times editorial
Mugabe Foes Win Majority in Zimbabwe - Barry Bearak, New York Times
Mugabe Ready for Last-ditch Fight - Catherine Philp, London Times
With Runoff Likely, Violence Feared - Robyn Dixon, Los Angeles Times
Mugabe Loses Parliament - Berger and Thornycroft, London Daily Telegraph
Zimbabwe: The Exit Strategy - London Times editorial
Zimbabwe's Voters Give Verdict - London Daily Telegraph editorial
Zimbabwe Votes to Live - New York Post editorial
Zimbabwe's Challenge - Toronto Star editorial
Crucial Week in Zimbabwe's Political History - Knox Chitiyo, Canberra Times
Not so Free in Libya - Boston Globe editorial
Cuba's Thirst for Freedom - Miami Herald editorial
Checking Horoscope on Cuba Policy - Frank Calzon, Miami Herald
Ready to Help Caribbean Neighbors - Shannon and Stavridis, Miami Herald
Evolution of Religious Bigotry - Rich Lowry, National Review
Rudd with Curtin, Hawke on US Bond - Greg Sheridan, The Australian
Is Xinjiang the Next Tibet? - Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
The Dalai Lama as Dupe - Elliot Sperling, Los Angeles Times
Leave China's Olympics Alone - Bob Lonsberry, Washington Times