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2 May SWJ News, Op-Ed & Blog Roundup

By SWJ Editors

IRAQ

Iraq Sends Team to Iran - Alexandra Zavis, Los Angeles Times
Iraqi Delegation Goes to Iran to Discuss Militias - Associated Press
35 Die As Bombers Hit Wedding Convoy - Sholnn Freeman, Washington Post
Double Bombings in an Iraqi Town Kill 35 - Goode and Farrell, New York Times
US Blames al-Qaida in Iraq for Suicide Attack - Associated Press
Iraq Suicide Bombing Hits Market - BBC News
Bombers Hit Iraqi Wedding Party - BBC News
Turkish Jets Bomb PKK Camps - Reuters
Turkish Planes 'Bomb Iraqi Kurds' - BBC News
White House Admits Fault on 'Mission Accomplished' Banner - Associated Press
After the Surge I: The New Sunni Landscape - International Crisis Group
What I Learned at "Anti-Jihad U" - Judith Miller, New York Post opinion
The Big Lie in Iraq - Diana West, Washington Times opinion
Iran: The Washington Monument Defense - Richard Fernandez, The Belmont Club
Medina and Lawrence: Trying to Draw Parallels - Kat, Argghhh!

AFGHANISTAN / PAKISTAN TRIBAL AREAS

Afghan Police: Lynchpin in Security - Gordon Lubold, Christian Science Monitor
Elite Afghan Commando Force - Gordon Lubold, Christian Science Monitor
Blast 'Targets' Pro-Taleban Group - BBC News
Food Crisis Leaves Many Afghans Desperate - Associated Press
New American-Style War - Herscel Smith, The Captain's Journal

SOMALIA

US Strike: al-Qaeda Commander Killed - McCrummen and DeYoung, Washington Post
Qaeda Leader Reported Killed - Schimtt and Gettleman, New York Times
US Air Strikes Kill Top al-Qaeda Terrorist - Rob Crilly, London Times
Leader of al-Qaida Dies in US Airstrike - Associated Press
US Confirms Somali Missile Strike - BBC News
Murderous Leader Will Not Be Missed - Rob Crilly, London Times news analysis
Rebels Defiant After al Qaeda Chief Killed - Reuters
US Experiment in Somalia Yields More Results - Westhawk, Westhawk
US Airstrike Kills Leader of Shabab Movement - Bill Roggio, The Long War Journal
Dead Tango Time, The Pointy End of COIN - Uncle Jimbo, Blackfive

IRAN

Will US and Iran Go to War at Sea? - Christopher Dickey, Newsweek opinion
Renewed Iran-Egypt Ties? - Jonathan Schanzer, National Review opinion

THE LONG WAR

...But Elsewhere Terrorism Grows - Peterson and Crilly, Christian Science Monitor
Al-Qaeda's Ideology is Losing - London Times editorial
Notes From the War on Terror - New York Times editorial
Excising and Smuggling - Walter Williams, Washington Times opinion
Where Are We Losing? - Abe Greenwald, Contentions
Half-Won, Half-Lost War - Victor Davis Hanson, National Review opinion
How Juggernaut is the AQ Online Juggernaut? - March Lynch, Abu Aardvark
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad's "Education Wing" - Counterterrorism
The Disembodied Insurgent - Michael Innes, The Complex Terrain Laboratory
But What About Those Terrorist Camps? - Abe Greenwald, Contentions
It’s More Than Rachel’s Law; It’s All Our’s Law - Bruce Kesler, Democracy Project

US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Senate Panel Moves to Shift War Costs - Jonathan Weisman, Washington Post
Bob Gates on Dissent - Max Boot, Contentions
How to Build a Jet Fighter - Reuben Johnson, Weekly Standard opinion
Cannons to the Left, Cannons to the Right... - Richard Fernandez, The Belmont Club
Give Her a Medal, Then Go Stupid - Kat, Argghhh!
An Officer or a Football Player? - Phillip Carter, Intel Dump
An Education for Veterans - Washington Times editorial

ACADEMIA

Why Don't Colleges Teach Military History? - Justin Ewers, US News & World Report
Academia’s Jihad Against Military History - Mark Safranski, ZenPundit
Why Study War? - Victor Davis Hanson, City Journal opinion

AFRICA

Tsvangirai 'Wins' Zimbabwe Vote - BBC News
Mugabe Declares Run-off in Defiance - Alexi Mostrous, London Times
UN Extends S. Sudan Peacekeeping Mission - Edith Lederer, Associated Press
Darfur Conundrum - Austin Bay, Washington Times opinion
Moroccan Police Arrest Terror Convict - Associated Press
Africa Does Not Have to Starve - Borlaug and Natsios, Wall Street Journal opinion

AMERICAS

Stores Hint at Change Under New Castro - Marc Lacey, New York Times
Bolivia's Morales Deepens Control of Economy - Reuters
Ecuador Leader Shakes Up Military - Chris Kraul, Los Angeles Times
Haiti Facing 'Major Food Crisis' - BBC News

ASIA

N. Korea to Blow Up Nuke Facility Tower - Glenn Kessler, Washington Post
Bush Unveils New Burma Sanctions - BBC News
Burmese Urged to Support Charter - BBC News
Timor Troops Party with Rebels - The Australian
Fiji Arrests Newspaper Chief - Mark Dodd, The Australian
We Must Not be Alarmist about China - London Daily Telegraph editorial
Is China Our Enemy? - Gordon Chang, Contentions
Engaging the East - Michael Auslin, Weekly Standard opinion
N. Korea: Foggy Policy - Frank Gaffney Jr., National Review opinion

EUROPE

Russia Sends Extra Troops to Georgian Rebel Region - Reuters
Belarus: Diplomats’ Expulsion Angers US - David Stout, New York Times
EU Hails Turkey Free Speech Move - BBC News
Turkey: Secular and Antidemocratic - Washington Post editorial

MIDDLE EAST

US Rebuke over Palestinian Funds - BBC News
Rice: Israelis and Palestinians Must Agree on Final Borders - Associated Press
Mirrors and Misconceptions - Arnaud de Borchgrave, Washington Times opinion
Israel Marks Holocaust, Future... - Con Coughlin, London Daily Telegraph opinion
Are Israel and Syria Close to a Deal? - Tigerhawk, Tigerhawk

SOUTH ASIA

'Deal Reached' on Pakistan Judges - BBC News
Plea for New Tactics in India's Red Corridor - Jeremy Page, London Times

RUSSIA / CHINA

Ideology's Rude Return - Robert Kagan, Washington Post opinion

WORLD

Bush: More Food Aid for Poor Countries - Steven Lee Meyers, Washington Post
Bush Seeks Millions in Food Aid - Hill and Ward, Washington Times
Bush Offers $770m for Food Crisis - BBC News

RECOMMENDED READING

Worth Reading - Matt Armstrong, MountainRunner
UK CT & COIN Features - Will Hartley, Insurgency Research Group
Readings on Military Intelligence - Norfolk, The Norfolk Blog