Small Wars Journal

27 November SWJ Roundup

Sat, 11/27/2010 - 5:09am
Afghanistan

U.S. Now in Afghanistan as Long as Soviets - Los Angeles Times

Troop Drawdown in Afghanistan Expected to Go Slowly - Fayetteville Observer

Arrests Put Pressure on Afghan Voting Officials - New York Times

Afghan Leader Urges Losing Candidates to Avoid Violence - BBC News

More Ups than Downs in Afghan Counterinsurgency Fight - AFPS

NATO, Afghan Forces Say They Killed 15 Insurgents - Associated Press

Villagers Claim Deaths, Complicating Afghan Push - Associated Press

Suicide Attack at Afghan Police HQ Kills 12 - Associated Press

Afghan Police Learn to Shoot, Patrol - Associated Press

McChrystal Approved Peace Talks with Fake Taliban Leader - Guardian

Reports: British Spy Agency Paid Taliban Impostor - Voice of America

Karzai Aide Blames British for Taliban Impostor - BBC News

Karzai's Aide: U.K. 'to Blame' for Taliban Impostor - Associated Press

Britain Keeps Silent on Afghan Impostor Claim - New York Times

The Man Who Would Be Taliban - New York Times opinion

Talks are the Only Route in Afghanistan - Los Angeles Times opinion

Pakistan

NATO Helicopters Didn't Fly into Pakistan - American Forces Press Service

Shiite Deal Gives Militants New Afghan Access - Associated Press

Pakistan Foils Capital Bomb Plot; Missiles Kill 3 - Associated Press

Pakistan Suicide Attack 'Foiled' - BBC News

Korean Peninsula

Fresh Artillery Fire; New Warnings on Korean Peninsula - Voice of America

N. Korea Fires Artillery in New Warning to South, U.S. - Washington Post

North Korea Issues Warning - New York Times

North Korea's Artillery, Rhetoric Keep Tensions High - Los Angeles Times

U.S.-South Korea Military Alliance Under Pressure - BBC News

China Warns U.S. as Korea Tensions Rise - Wall Street Journal

China Appears to Criticize U.S.-South Korean Military Exercise - CNN News

Cut in Humanitarian Aid Latest Fallout from N. Korean Shelling of S. Korea -VOA

North Korea Condemns U.S.-South Korean Naval Exercises - Voice of America

South Korea's New Defence Chief Talks Tough on North Korea - Reuters

South Korean Military Members Protest in Seoul - CNN News

S. Korea Holds Marines' Funerals - BBC News

S. Korea Mourns 2 Marines Killed in N. Korean Attack - Associated Press

South Korea Marines Vow "Thousand - Fold" Revenge - Reuters

China: Trade with N. Korea Can be Lucrative but Problematic - Washington Post

Iraq

Troops Headed to Iraq Get Lessons in Ancient Artifacts - Philadelphia Inquirer

Iraq's Troubles Drive Out Refugees Who Came Back - New York Times

Iran

Iran's Supreme Leader Pardons Opposition Activists - Associated Press

WikiLeaks

SWJ Wikileaks Roundup - Small Wars Journal

U.S. Department of Defense

Pentagon Hunting for Permanent Home for AFRICOM - Washington Post

Analyst Loses Clearance and Job, DIA Won't Say Why - Washington Post

A Tiny, Inexperienced Firm and a $250 million Army Contract - Washington Post

Marine Pushback to Permitting Openly Gay Military - Associated Press

United States

Somali-born Teen Plotted Car-bombing in Ore. - Associated Press

Somali-born Teen Arrested In U.S. Car Bomb Sting - Reuters

Africa

Southern Sudan Extends Referendum Deadline by a Week - BBC News

Sudan Extends Vote Registration After Huge Turnout - Reuters

A Somali Teen's Path to Jihad - Washington Post

Zuma Helps End Standoff in Zimbabwe's Government - Associated Press

South Africa's Zuma Prods Zimbabwe Leaders on Disputes - Reuters

More Than 1 in 3 S. African Men Admit to Rape - Associated Press

Central African Republic Rebels Seize Birao Town - BBC News

Morocco Accused of Abusing Western Sahara Detainees - BBC News

Madagascar Accuses Judge Of Links to Coup Plotters - Reuters

Americas and Caribbean

Mexico City Police Remove Anti-Drug Cartel Banner - Associated Press

Mexico: Tijuana's Top Cop Is Replaced by His Top Deputy - Associated Press

New Drug Tunnel Found At U.S.-Mexico Border - Reuters

Mexico: San Diego Drug Tunnel had Railcar, Tons of Pot - Associated Press

Mexico: Schools in Ciudad Juarez Targeted by Extortionists - Associated Press

Brazil Military Says It Cornered Rio Drug Gangs - New York Times

Brazilian Soldiers Deployed to Rio Favela - BBC News

Brazil: Federal Troops And Police Prepare Rio Slum Offensive - Reuters

Amid Violence in Rio, Brazil Defends Security Strategy - Christian Science Monitor

Neighbors Colombia And Ecuador End Two Year Spat - Reuters

Peru Arrests Coca Growers And Mayors In Drug Sweep - Reuters

An American in Peru, Out of Jail and Living With Regret - New York Times

Death and Dancing Coexist on Haiti's Tense Streets - New York Times

Where Do I Vote? Much Confusion Clouds Haiti Polls - Reuters

Asia Pacific

Okinawa Election Could Set Back U.S.-Japan Relations - Stars and Stripes

Taiwan Elections May Hinge on China - New York Times

Taiwan Local Polls Test Pro-China Party After Shooting - Reuters

An Industrial Project That Could Change Burma - New York Times

Burma Restricts Speech of New Parliament Members - Associated Press

U.N. Official to Meet Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi - Associated Press

Europe

Envoy: Joint NATO-Russia Missile Defense Likely - Associated Press

Russia: No Missile Defense Proposal Made to NATO - Agence France-Presse

Putin Chides E.U. Over Energy Policies - New York Times

At Awards Dinner, Harsh Words for Russian TV - New York Times

Crises Shake German Trust in Euro Zone - New York Times

Irish Protesters to March Against Cutbacks - BBC News

U.N. Official: Bosnia War Rapes Must Be Prosecuted - Associated Press

Middle East

Saudi Interior Ministry Says 149 Terror Suspects Arrested - Voice of America

Saudis Arrest 149 Qaeda Suspects Over 8 Months - New York Times

Saudis Arrest 149 Al Qaeda Suspects - Wall Street Journal

Saudis Trumpet al-Qaeda Arrests - BBC News

Israeli Air Security Experts Insist Methods Better than U.S. - Washington Post

Yemen Suicide Attack Hits Houthi Rebel Procession - BBC News

Opposition Makes Final Push as Egyptian Election Nears - CNN News

Mubarak's Ruling Party Tightens Grip on Opposition - Christian Science Monitor

Egyptians Protest Police Violence Before Election - Associated Press

Amnesty Urges Egypt to Stop Military Facebook Trial - Reuters

Mubarak vs. Obama - Washington Post editorial

Building Museums, and a Fresh Arab Identity - New York Times

Ultra-Orthodox Israeli Draws Ire With Call to Work - Associated Press

South Asia

India Remembers Mumbai Terror Attacks, Urges Pakistan to Prosecute - VOA

India Probes Multimillion-Dollar Bribery Scandal - Voice of America

India to Open New Consulate in Sri Lanka - BBC News

Sri Lanka Police Send 'Mass Grave' Ashes for Testing - BBC News