Small Wars Journal

26 September SWJ Roundup

Mon, 09/26/2011 - 2:40am

US Naval Institute Daily - USNI

Pakistan

Pakistan Will Not Attack Haqqani Group, Defying US - Reuters

Sen. Graham: ‘All Options on the Table’ for Pakistan - WT

Senator: Consider Military Action Against Pakistan - AP

US Pakistan Relations Frazzle - VOA

Pakistan Holds Special Military Meeting Amid US Tensions - VOA

Pakistani Commanders Meet After US Criticism - AP

Pakistan Army Top Brass Meets Amid US Tensions - Reuters

Pakistan Army Shelling Afghan Border Areas - Reuters

UK Terror Suspects 'Trained in Pakistan' - BBC

Opposition Politician Khan Urges UK to Cut Pakistan Aid - BBC

 

Afghanistan

Afghans Hold Man Tied to Top Negotiator’s Death - NYT

'CIA Station' in Kabul Attacked - BBC

Building Used by CIA Attacked in Afghan Capital - AP

 

Israel / Palestinians

UN Security Council to Consider Palestinian Membership - BBC

Abbas Receives Hero's Welcome in West Bank - VOA

Palestinians Roll Out Hero’s Welcome for Abbas - NYT

With UN Bid, Abbas Rises Out of Arafat's Shadow - AP

Abbas Says No Talks Without Israeli Settlement Freeze - Reuters

Mideast Talks Get Mixed Reception - WP

 

Libya

Former Rebels’ Rivalries Hold Up Governing in Libya - NYT

Libya's NTC May Delay Forming Gov't Again - Reuters

Mass Grave Found in Libya With 1,270 Bodies - VOA

Tripoli Prison Mass Grave Found - BBC

Libya Finds Grave With 1,270 Victims of 1996 Massacre - Reuters

Qaddafi Loyalists Mounted Raid From Algeria - NYT

Gadhafi Gunmen Cross Border from Algeria to Libya - AP

 

Syria

First Hints of an Armed Rebellion Seen in Syria - WP

Religious Minorities Fear Syria Islamists - WT

Syrian Tanks Pound Rebel Town Near Homs, 3 Injured - Reuters

 

Iraq

Hezbollah Leader Held in Iraq Could Get US Military Tribunal - AP

Four Bomb Blasts Rock Karbala, Killing at Least 10 - LAT

Bombs Strike Shiite Holy City in Iraq - NYT

Four Blasts Kill 17 in Iraq's Karbala - Reuters

 

Yemen

Yemeni President Calls for Power Transfer Through Elections - VOA

Yemen Leader Calls for Early Vote - BBC

Saleh Calls for Yemen Elections - WP

Yemen's Saleh Calls for Early Elections, Violence Goes - Reuters

Defiant Yemeni Leader Makes No Pledge to Step Down - AP

 

Saudi Arabia

Saudi King Grants Women Right to Vote, Run in Elections - VOA

Saudi Arabia’s King Says Women Will Be Allowed to Vote -NYT

Saudi Arabia to Allow Women to Vote - LAT

US Praises Saudi Reform on Women's Voting Rights - AP

 

Egypt

Egypt's Labor Movement Blooms - WP

General Given Easy Ride in Mubarak Trial - Reuters

Egypt’s Real Threat - WP opinion

 

Iran

Leaderless Iranian Opposition Seen Lacking Strategy - Reuters

US Hikers: Iran Held Us Because of Nationality, Not Actions - VOA

US Hikers Released from Iran Recount Prison Time - LAT

Back From Iran, US Hikers Share Tales of Strife - NYT

Freed Hikers: Iran Held Us Because We're American - AP

 

Middle East / North Africa

Japan Will Make Loans to Aid 'Arab Spring' Movements - S&S

Turkey-Iran to Continue Efforts Against Kurdish Rebels - VOA

Fewer Than 1 in 5 Vote in Bahrain By-Elections - Reuters

Bahrain Opposition Challenges Election Turnout - AP

More Oman Voters Register for Post-Protest Election - Reuters

 

WikiLeaks

WikiLeaks’ Founder, in a British Cage - NYT

 

US Department of Defense

Specter of Big Defense Cuts Prompts Big Worries - S&S

Army to Cut Nearly 50,000 Soldiers Over 5 Years - S&S

War Veterans Struggle to Fit Back Into Society - S&S

Rigors of War Leave Troops Battling Arthritis at Young Age - S&S

Pentagon to Beam War Crimes Trials to US Soil - McClatchy

Bush-era Pentagon Officials Cleared of Wrongdoing - WT

Taking iPads into Battle - LAT

 

United States

Govt Shutdown Looming, Another Shot at Spending Bill - WP

Congress Makes No Progress on Keeping Govt Afloat - LAT

NYPD Chief: Police Could Take Down Plane if Needed - AP

A Tighter Border with Mexico - WP editorial

 

World

Government by Crime Syndicate - LAT opinion

 

Africa

US Drones 'Hit Somali Militants' - BBC

First African Woman to Win Nobel Peace Prize Dies - AP

 

Americas

As Gangs Move In on Mexico’s Schools, Teachers Say ‘Enough’ - NYT

Newspaper Editor Killed in Mexico - BBC

Report: Many Mexican Police Still Paid Low Wages - AP

Bolivian Police Break Up Anti-Highway March - AP

Jamaica’s Beleaguered Leader to Step Down - NYT

 

Asia Pacific

Japan’s PM Urges Okinawans to Accept US Marine Base - S&S

North Korean Defectors to Arrive in South This Week - VOA

Ambush in Philippines 'Kills 15' - BBC

Suicide Bombing at Indonesian Church Injures 22 - AP

 

Europe

Europe Stews on Greece, Markets Sweat Out the Wait - NYT

Eurozone Rescue Plan 'Emerging' - BBC

Greece Vows Commitment to Euro - WP

Greek Police Fire Teargas at Protesters in Athens - Reuters

French Left Takes Control of the Senate - NYT

Russian Finance Chief Objects to Leader Swap - NYT

Putin’s Power Play - AP

For Russia’s Liberals, Flickers of Hope Vanish - NYT

Mother Takes on Russian Officials - WP

Mr. Putin’s Corruption - WP opinion

Europe’s Danger Zone - WP opinion