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23 June SWJ Roundup

Thu, 06/23/2011 - 7:33am
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Afghanistan

Text of Obama's speech on Afghanistan - AP

Obama Orders Troop Cuts in Afghanistan - NYT

Obama: Time for 'Nation Building' at Home - WP

Obama: Time to Withdraw Troops - WT

Obama Calls for Faster Troop Cuts in Afghanistan - LAT

Obama: 30,000-plus Surge Troops Leaving Afghanistan - AP

Obama Orders Withdrawal of 33,000 Troops - BBC

Obama Sets Plan to Start US Exit From Afghanistan - Reuters

Obama Declares Beginning of End of Afghan War - AFP

Obama Details Plan to Withdraw US Troops from Afghanistan - CSM

Obama to Withdraw 33,000 Troops from Afghanistan by 2012 - DT

Obama Announces US Troop Withdrawals from Afghanistan - USAT

Beginning of the End of the Afghanistan War - CBS

Drawdown Troops, Step Up Diplomacy in Afghanistan - Bloomberg

Obama's Tough Balancing Act - WSJ

Obama to Send Surge Troops Home by Sept 2012 - Politico

Drawdown in Afghanistan will Shift Tactics in War - WP

2012 Troop Pullback Worries Military Experts - NYT

Strategy Changes will Test US Forces - WP

Troop Cuts Herald Shift in US Approach - AP

NATO Allies Have a Head Start on Afghan Withdrawal - NYT

NATO Welcomes Obama's Afghan Plan - AP

French Troops to Progressively Leave Afghanistan - AP

Germany Welcomes Obama's Afghan Plan - AP

PM Says Australian Troops to Stay in Afghanistan - AP

Is the Afghan Army Ready for US Withdrawal? - BBC

Fears Abound Over Toll on Afghan Economy - NYT

US Troop Cut May Also Bring Risky Cuts in Afghan Aid - Reuters

Obama's Afghanistan Drawdown Has Bipartisan Backing - USAT

As Politics of War Shift, Risks for Obama Ease - NYT

Obama Won't Use Troops to Save Afghan Hellhole (Drones, Maybe) - DR

US Lawmakers Debate Afghanistan Ahead of Obama Speech - VOA

Polls Show Americans Weary of Afghan Conflict - VOA

Petraeus to Hand Off Afghan Command Soner than Epected - S&S

Karzai: Afghan Youth to Lead as US Troops Go - AP

12 Afghan Police Killed or Injured in Taliban Attacks - VOA

Court Throws Out Afghan MPs over Alleged Fraud - AP

Afghan Court Begins Overturning Election Results - Reuters

ISAF Operations Roundup - AFPS

Canada: Military Unaware of Afghan Torture - AP

The Way Out? - NYT editorial

Obama May be Sabotaging his Own Strategy - WP editorial

Withdrawals Don't Solve Weaknesses Afghan Strategy - BG editorial

US Troop Drawdown and the Future of the Mission - Brookings opinion

Political Calculation Rather than Military Judgment - DT opinion

Strategic Drawdown or Rush for the Door? - TG opinion

Obama: The Postwar Era Begins Now - WP opinion

The Real Question: How to Achieve Afghanization - CNN opinion

Decisiveness in Obama's Afghanistan Speech - WP opinion

A Pivot Point in Afghanistan - LAT opinion

Obama's 'Mission Accomplished' - WP opinion

Pakistan

Drawing Down, With a Vigilant Eye on Pakistan - NYT

Pakistan Courts China - WP

Pakistan Pledges More than 3 Dozen CIA Visas - AP

Pakistan Army Asks 4 Officers About Extremist Ties - AP

Fears of Islamist Group Infiltrating Pakistan Army - AP

Pakistan Needs All the Help It Can Get From Militias - Reuters

The Radicalization of Pakistan's Military - WP opinion

Syria

Syrian Troops Mass Near Turkish Border - Reuters

Syria Activists: Troops Enter Village Near Border - AP

Syrian FM Says No Iranian Intervention, Blasts Europe - VOA

Syrian Foreign Minister Condemns Extended EU Sanctions - BBC

Need Overwhelms Makeshift Clinic in Syria Camp - NYT

Syria Leader's Cousin Warns of Civil, Regional War - Reuters

Libya

Possible Cracks Emerge in NATO's Libya Campaign - AP

Italy's Foreign Minister Calls for End to Hostilities in Libya - VOA

NATO Vows to Press Libya Campaign over Italian Reservations - AFP

NATO Accused of Murder by Gaddafi - BBC

China Moves Closer to Libyan Opposition - NYT

House GOP Moves Ahead with Plan for Libya Cutoff - LAT

Clinton Asks Congress, Whose Side are You On? - BBC

John McCain's Never-ending War - WP opinion

Yemen

General Says Opposition Will Be Ally Against Terrorism - NYT

Militants Break Out of Yemeni Prison - WP

'Al-Qaeda Militants' Break Out of Yemen Jail - BBC

Suspected al Qaeda Militants Escape from Yemeni Jail - CNN

Yemeni President Not Returning Home Soon - Reuters

Middle East / North Africa

US Warns Americans Against Joining Gaza Aid Flotilla - VOA

Divine Wind Blows Against Iran's President - NYT

Ahmadinejad: Iran Not Afraid to Make Nuke Weapon - AP

Bahrain Unrest: Eight Shia Activists Sentenced to Life - BBC

8 Bahrain Activists Get Life Sentences - NYT

Bahrain Protests Flare After Activists Sentenced - AP

Saudi Execution Prompts Indonesia Maid Travel Ban - BBC

Mideast Christians Struggle to Hope in Arab Spring - Reuters

Al Qaeda

Obama: Info from bin Laden Shows al-Qaida Strain - AP

US Department of Defense

Panetta to Carry Political Baggage to the Pentagon - WT

Are Aircraft Carriers Becoming Obsolete? - Proceedings

Pentagon Gets Cyberwar Guidelines - AP

Gates Unlikely to Certify DADT Repeal Before Leaving Office - S&S

Pentagon Renovation Program Completes Historic Renovations - AFPS

Doctors-in-Training Learn Basic Combat Skills - AFPS

United States

New Face of a Faceless Global War: Drones and the CIA - Slate

US Files Charges in German Airport Shooting that Killed 2 Airmen - S&S

Officials: Man Linked to DC-area Shootings in 2010 - AP

The Death of Open Government - WP

Africa

First Lady Speaks to Young Africans - WP

South Africa Embraces Mrs. Obama With Fervor - NYT

Sudan to Block Oil Pipeline if South will Not Pay - BBC

Oil Interests Tie China to Sudan Leader - WP

Nigerian Police Backtrack on Suicide Bomb Claim - VOA

Zimbabwe General Says Tsvangirai Is Security Threat - Reuters

Americas

US to Help Central America with Drug Cartels - WP

Central America Drugs War: Clinton Pledges More Funds - BBC

Argentina President May Face Stormy Second Term - Reuters

Chavez May Return to Venezuela Within 12 Days - AP

Task Force Bon Voizon Completes Haiti Relief Operations - AFPS

Asia Pacific

China Warns US in Island Dispute - WP

Beijing Warns U.S. About South China Sea Disputes - NYT

China Frees Dissident Artist Ai Weiwei - VOA

Muted Welcome for Release of Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei - BBC

A Debate Over Autonomy in Thailand's Restive South - Reuters

Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi Asks for US Support for Rights Inquiry - VOA

Europe

US Prods Europe On NATO Spending - NPR

Kremlin Rejects Registration by New Opposition Party - NYT

Russian Govt Refuses to Register New Opposition Party - WP

Some Greeks Fear Government Is Selling Nation - NYT

Geert Wilders Cleared of Hate Charges by Dutch Court - BBC

Dutch Court Acquits Anti-Islam Politician - NYT

South Asia

India and Pakistan Diplomats to Meet in Islamabad - BBC

Indian, Pakistani Diplomats Meet - AP