Small Wars Journal

28 November SWJ Roundup

Mon, 11/28/2011 - 5:48am

US Naval Institute Daily - USNI

Real Clear World - RCP

Afghanistan

Afghan President Says Second Troop Transition to Begin Soon - VOA

NATO Giving Afghans More Areas to Control - NYT

Afghan Forces will Control 18 New Areas - WP

Karzai: Afghan Forces to Take Lead in More Areas - AP

Afghans: Fire from Pakistan Led to Attack - AP

After Strike in Pakistan, Rage and Damage Control - NYT

Pakistan Warns NATO Attack Threatens Afghanistan Peace - Reuters

A Safer Afghanistan - WP opinion

 

Pakistan

In Fog of War, Rift Widens Between US and Pakistan - NYT

US, Pakistan Offer Different Versions of Attack on Border Post - McClatchy

Pakistan Warns NATO Attack Threatens Afghanistan Peace - Reuters

Afghans: Fire from Pakistan Led to Attack - AP

Pakistan Denies it Set Off Attack - BBC

Pakistan Says NATO Ignored Its Pleas During Attack - AP

After Strike in Pakistan, Rage and Damage Control - NYT

Pakistan Orders US Out of Airbase - VOA

Pakistan Permanently Closes Borders to NATO after Air Strike - TT

Deadly Airstrike Renews Focus on US-Pakistani Ties - VOA

NATO Strike 'Couldn't Come at a Worse Time' - CSM

NATO Airstrike Strains US-Pakistan Relations - WP

Rage Grips Pakistan Over NATO Attack - Reuters

Clinton, Panetta Monitor Reports of Pakistan Border Incident - AFPS

2 Key US Senators Call for Tough Line with Pakistan - AP

 

Iraq

As US Troops Leave, What is the Legacy of 8 Years of War? - McClatchy

Iraq Emerges from War a Society Divided by Sect - AP

Car Bomb Kills 11 at Iraqi Prison - BBC

Suicide Car Bomber Kills 15 People in Iraq - AP

Bomber Hits Iraq Military Base, 11 Dead - Reuters

Shell and Iraq in New Energy Deal - BBC

 

Iran

Iran's Parliament Votes to Reduce Ties With Britain - VOA

Tehran Votes to Expel Britain's Ambassador - TT

Iran Parliament Votes to Downgrade Relations with UK - BBC

Iranian Lawmakers Vote to Expel British Ambassador - LAT

 

Egypt

Long Lines Form as Egyptians Vote in Historic Election - NYT

Egypt Votes in Post-Mubarak Polls - BBC

Voting Starts in Egypt's Landmark Elections - AP

Voters Queue in Egypt's First Post-Mubarak Election - Reuters

Outside Tahrir Square, Silent Majority is Also Divided - WP

A Question of Election Timing in Egypt - WT

Egypt Vote Tests Troubled Political Transition - Reuters

How Will the Muslim Brotherhood Do? - CSM

Youth Leader Straddles Line of Revolution and Electoral Change - NYT

A Look at Major Alliances for Egypt’s Parliamentary Elections - VOA

Egypt’s Election Process - VOA

 

Syria

Isolating Syria, Arab League Imposes Broad Sanctions - NYT

Arab League Approves Syria Sanctions - WP

Arab League Approves Sanctions Against Syria - LAT

Arab League Sanctions for Syria - BBC

Syria Hit with New Sanctions: Will this Weaken Assad? - CSM

Arab Sanctions Tighten Noose on Syria's Assad - Reuters

In Unprecedented Step, Arab League Sanctions Syria - AP

 

Yemen

Yemen Names Basindwa Interim PM - BBC

Yemen Independent Leader to Form Government - AP

Yemeni Shi'ite Rebels Attack Sunni Targets in North, 21 Killed - VOA

 

Middle East / North Africa

A Battle Is Raging for the Soul of Israeli Society - AP

UAE Activists Jailed for Criticizing Government - VOA

Kuwait Opposition Calls for All-Night Protest - AP

Islamist PJD Party Wins Morocco Poll - BBC

Moderate Islamist Party to Lead Coalition Government in Morocco - NYT

Morocco's Arab Spring Election Won by Islamists - AP

Latest Developments in Arab World's Unrest - AP

 

US Department of Defense

Battlefield Technology Put to Test in Exercise at White Sands - S&S

UVA Student Project Aims to Allow Women in Combat - VP

Air Force Academy Adapts to Pagans, Druids, Witches and Wiccans - LAT

Top Marine Says Service Embracing Gay Ban Repeal - AP

USS Enterprise, Carrier that Changed Everything, Turns 50 - S&S

 

United States

Horse Sense at Border Pays Off - USAT

2 Occupy Demonstrations Face Eviction - NYT

Occupy Protesters Wear Out Welcome in LA, Philadelphia - USAT

Eviction Deadline Passes for Occupy LA - LA

Buying Off Occupy LA - LAT editorial

No Thanks to TSA - WT editorial

Detaining Terrorism Suspects - WP opinion

 

Africa

Electoral Commission Says DR Congo '99% Ready' for Election - VOA

Congo Votes Amid Expectations of Fraud and Fears of Violence - NYT

DR Congo Votes in Tense Election - BBC

Congo Polls Open After Weekend of Violence - AP

Congo Election Outcome All But Certain, Violence Likely - LAT

Nigeria Islamist Militants Boko Haram 'Attack Yobe' - BBC

4 Dead, Churches Burned in North Nigeria Attack - AP

Child Labor Probed in Ivory Coast's Cocoa Fields - AP

 

Americas

International Banks Have Aided Mexican Drug Gangs - LAT

Former Mexico Ruling Party Clears Way for Nominee - AP

Pena Nieto Starts Mexico President Campaign - BBC

Mexico Arrests 3 in Slaying of Governor's Guards - AP

Colombian Hostage on Way Home, 4 Others Killed - BBC

 

Asia Pacific

Hotel Bomb Kills 3, Wounds 27 in Philippines - AP

Filipino Muslim Rebel Faction Leader Falls Ill - AP

'Serious Abuses' in Burma Despite Reforms - Reuters

 

Europe

Euro Crisis Sapping Investors’ Confidence - WP

Russia's Putin Accepts Presidential Nomination - VOA

Russia: Putin Warns West as He Launches Presidential Bid - AP

In Russia, Evidence of Misstep by Putin - NYT

A Private Push for Public Justice in Russia - WP

German Police Remove Anti-Nuclear Protesters From Rail Track - VOA

Germany Clears Nuclear Protesters - BBC

How Did German Neo-Nazis Go Undetected? - AP

Are Germany and France Drifting Apart? - NYT opinion

Croatia, the Next Greece - WT opinion