Small Wars Journal

26 April SWJ Roundup

Tue, 04/26/2011 - 6:41am
Wikileaks

Dossier Shows Push for More Post-9/11 Terror Attacks - New York Times

Details on Whereabouts of al-Qaeda Leaders on 9/11 - Washington Post

Confessed 9/11 Chief, Others Tell Tales of Terror - Los Angeles Times

Guantanamo Documents Revive Debate - Washington Post

Many Freed Inmates Join Terrorists, Files Say - Los Angeles Times

The Guantánamo Papers - New York Times editorial

Afghanistan

Taliban Breaks Hundreds Out of Jail - Washington Post

Taliban Breach Afghan Prison; Hundreds Free - New York Times

Hundreds Escape from Kandahar Prison - BBC News

Taliban Free Hundreds in Brazen Afghan Jailbreak - Reuters

Prison Break May Lead to Military and Political Setback - New York Times

Taliban Jailbreak Rattles Afghan South - Wall Street Journal

Prison Break Shows Serious Security Flaws - Los Angeles Times

NATO: Key Al-Qaida Figure Killed in Afghanistan - Associated Press

NATO: Senior Qaeda Leader in Afghanistan Killed - Reuters

Combined Force Captures Haqqani Leader - AFPS

Expert: No Evidence Machine Gun Killed Afghan - Associated Press

The Taliban Jailbreak and Afghanistan's Future - New York Times opinion

Pakistan

Wikileaks Docs May Inflame U.S.-Pakistan Tensions - Los Angeles Times

A Test of Women's Rights - Washington Post

NATO Supplies Resume After Rally - BBC News

Bus Bombings Kill 4 in Pakistan's Biggest City - Associated Press

Two Bombs Hit Pakistan Navy Buses in Karachi, 4 Dead - Reuters

Syria

Syria Crackdown May Signal Brutal New Phase - New York Times

Syria Escalates Deadly Crackdown - Washington Post

Syria Escalates Crackdown as Tanks Go to Restive City - New York Times

Syria Steps Up Violence - Wall Street Journal

Obama Presses Assad; Syrian Violence Rises - Washington Times

Syrian Tanks Roll Into Cities as Security Crackdown Kills At Least 18 - VOA

Syrian Army 'Attacks Protest City of Deraa' - BBC News

Rights Group: Scores Detained Across Syria - Associated Press

Residents Tell Grim Story of Assault on Syrian City - Reuters

U.S. Faces a Challenge in Trying to Punish Syria - New York Times

U.S. Prepares to Impose Sanctions on Syria - Los Angeles Times

U.S. Treads Warily in Syria, Considers Sanctions - Associated Press

U.S. Mulling Sanctions on Syrian Officials - Reuters

U.S. Orders Some Embassy Staff to Leave Syria - Reuters

Campaign to Bar Syria From U.N. Human Rights Body - Associated Press

Libya / Operation Odyssey Dawn

Fears of a Military Stalemate in Libya Grow - USA Today

NATO Strikes Qaddafi Compound - New York Times

Libya Accuses NATO of Trying to Assassinate Gaddafi - Washington Post

Libya Says Airstrikes Targeting Compound as Assassination Attempt - VOA

NATO Strike on Gadhafi HQ Raises Pressure on Him - Associated Press

Shells Rain on Misurata Neighborhood - Los Angeles Times

Bodies Scattered in Misrata Streets After Battle - Reuters

Libyan Mountain Refugees Tell of Fearsome Assault - Reuters

Italy 'to Join Attacks in Libya' - BBC News

Italy Says Air Force Can Bomb Libya Military Targets - Reuters

Russia Warns Over New U.N. Resolution on Libya - Associated Press

Libya Conflict Has Displaced 550,000 People - Voice of America

The U.S. Must Finish the Job - New York Times opinion

Yemen

Yemen's Opposition Accepts Deal for Transfer of Power - New York Times

Yemen Protesters Accept Deal - Wall Street Journal

Yemen's Opposition Backs GCC Plan - BBC News

Egypt

Poll: Egyptians Skeptical About U.S. - Washington Post

Poll Finds Egyptians Full of Hope About the Future - New York Times

Help for Egypt - Washington Post editorial

Iraq

Reopening of Blackwater Case Confuses Iraqi Victims - New York Times

Ministry: More than 14,000 Iraqis Missing - Agence France-Presse

Iran

Iran Discovers New Cyberattack - New York Times

Iran 'Uncovers Stars Espionage Virus' - BBC News

Bahrain

Bahrain Expels Iranian Diplomat as Ties Worsen - Associated Press

Bahrain Expels Iran Diplomat, Iran Warns of Response - Reuters

Middle East / North Africa Unrest

The Arab Gyre - New York Times opinion

U.S. Department of Defense

Military Sees High Recruiting, Retention - AFPS

Network Would Link Defense Functions, People - AFPS

Africa

After Hundreds Die, Nigeria Prepares for Last Vote - Associated Press

Deadly Bombings in North Nigeria - BBC News

Instability Is Worsening in Southern Sudan - New York Times

Chad Votes as Opposition Boycotts - BBC News

Peace Threatened by Feuding Ivory Coast Warlords - Associated Press

Mauritania Protesters Tear-gassed - BBC News

Americas

U.S. Extends Mexico Travel Warning Over Drug Mayhem - Reuters

Police Rescues 51 Migrants in Mexican Border City - Associated Press

Chavez Aids in Capture of Colombian Rebel Leader - Los Angeles Times

Alleged FARC Rebel Deported by Venezuela - Associated Press

Venezuela: Hugo Chavez Orders Big Minimum Wage Hike - Reuters

Ex-Brazilian Cop Sentenced in Muslim Attire Case - Associated Press

Haiti Election Results Postponed - BBC News

Haiti Delays Certification of 19 Legislative Races - Associated Press

Asia Pacific

China and U.S. Plan Economic Talks Amid Rising Tensions - BBC News

Australia's Gillard Woos China, Presses on Human Rights - Reuters

China Says Aid to Africa Not Aimed at Resources - Associated Press

In Show of Openness, China Prints Jet Photos - New York Times

Jimmy Carter and Other Ex- Leaders to Travel to N. Korea - New York Times

Carter Hopes to Break Stalemate Between Koreas - Stars and Stripes

Carter Arrives in North Korea on Peace-Building Mission - Reuters

Fresh Thai-Cambodia Clashes Erupt - BBC News

Clashes Along Thai-Cambodia Border Spread East - Associated Press

Thai-Cambodia Troops Exchange Fire Near Ancient Temple - Reuters

Philippine Ex-President Faces Plunder Case - Associated Press

Europe

France and Italy Meet on Migrants - BBC News

South Asia

Head of India's Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee Arrested - VOA

India Arrests Former Chief of Commonwealth Games - New York Times

Indian Politicians Pay Last Respects to Hindu Guru - Associated Press

U.N.: Sri Lanka 'Killed Civilians' - BBC News

U.N. Chief Says Can't Order Probe Into Sri Lanka War - Reuters