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7 June SWJ Roundup

Tue, 06/07/2011 - 8:53am
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Afghanistan

Gates: US Not Ready Yet for Smaller Counterterrorism Mission - WP

Gates Insists it's Too Early to End Combat in Afghanistan - LAT

Military Seeks to Make Case Against Too-Hasty Reduction - NYT

WH: US Troop Cuts in Afghanistan Will Be 'Real' - AP

Clinton: No Decision on Afghan Troop Pullout - WT

General Details Afghanistan Campaign Plan - AFPS

US General Wants to Train Afghans Until '2017′ - DR

UN Sanctions Official Urges Separating Taliban and Al Qaeda - NYT

UN Weighs Splitting Taliban, Al-Qaida Black List - AP

Bin Laden Death Could Change Attitudes, Gates Says - AFPS

Gates: Forces on Track to Deliver Blow to Taliban - AP

Support for Afghan War Rises, Poll Shows - WP

3-star SEAL's Osprey Targeted in Jailbreak - MCT

Coalition Informant Plays Both Sides of Afghan War - AP

Pakistan

US Drone Strikes Are Reported to Kill at Least 18 - NYT

US, Pakistan Authorities Dispute Militant's Death - Reuters

Iraq

US Braces for Perilous Task of Pulling Last Troops Out - NYT

5 US Soldiers, 14 Iraqis Killed in Separate Attacks - LAT

5 US Soldiers, At Least 13 Iraqis Killed in Separate Attacks - VOA

Iraqi, US Soldiers Killed in Baghdad - WP

Five US Soldiers Killed in Central Iraq - BBC

Israel / Palestinians

Israel Accuses Syria of Inciting Golan Violence - VOA

Netanyahu Accuses Syria of Abetting Border Clash - WP

Israel Disputes Toll of Border Clashes - NYT

Clinton Meets Israeli, Palestinian Peace Envoys - Reuters

Palestinian Mosque Vandalized in West Bank - AP

Syria

Syria, Claiming Heavy Toll in Town, Hints at Retaliation - NYT

120 Policemen Reported Killed in Syrian Town - VOA

Syria Claims Protesters Killed Security Forces - WP

Syria Town Braces for Army Attack - BBC

Syria to Send in Army After 120 Troops Killed - Reuters

Residents Fear Army Attack on North Syrian City - AP

Libya

Libyan Rebels Retake Western Mountain Town - VOA

Libya Stokes Its Machine Generating Propaganda - NYT

Libya Officials Put a Spin on Conflict - LAT

Libya Govt Fails to Prove Claims of NATO Casualties - WP

Air Strikes Hit Military Bases in Tripoli - Reuters

Rare Daytime NATO Airstrikes Hit Libyan Capital - AP

Explosions in Tripoli, Rebels Seize Libyan Town - Reuters

Libya's Foreign Minister Visits China - AP

What to Do About Libya's Stalemate? - WP opinion

Yemen

Yemen's Vice President Says Saleh Coming Back 'In Days' - VOA

Yemen's Leader Is Said to Plan Return 'in Days' - NYT

Yemen Opposition Accepts Stand-in - BBC

Violence Continues as Yemenis Spar Over Transition - WP

Officials: Clashes, Shelling Kill 19 in Yemen - AP

Fighting Flares in Al Qaeda-Held Yemen City - Reuters

UK Marines on Yemen Exit Standby - BBC

The View from Yemen's Tahrir Square - NYT opinion

Yemen's Women Hoping for a New Era - NYT opinion

Egypt

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Legalized as Party - AP

Vigil Recognizes Slaying that Helped Spark Egyptian Uprising - WP

Egyptians Honor Activist Whose Death Sparked Revolt - Reuters

Iran

Iranian Navy Sends Submarines to Red Sea - AP

Iran Sends Submarines to Red Sea - Reuters

Bahrain

Bahrain Says Arrests Shi'ites After Weekend Clashes - Reuters

An Opening in Bahrain? - WP editorial

Terrorism

Interpol Says Al Qaeda Remains Biggest Global Threat - Reuters

Blackwater

Private Military Firm Denies Affiliation With Ex-Blackwater Chief - NYT

US Department of Defense

Gates Says Guard, Reserve Roles Need Examining - AFPS

Acquisitions Office Focuses on Information Gathering - AFPS

Arctic Report Assesses Defense Role, Future in Region - AFPS

US Military Has New Threat: Health Care Costs - NPR

No Opt-out for Opponents of Gays in Military - Reuters

United States

White House Says it Complied with War Powers Act - WT

States Balk at Illegals Program - WT

Targeting the TSA - LAT editorial

War-powers Crisis - WT opinion

Congress Must Place a Check on Executive War-making - WT opinion

United Nations

UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon Says Running for 2nd Term - Reuters

Africa

Sudan Rejects UN Call to Withdraw from Abyei - WP

North-South Clashes Break Out in a Center of Sudan Tensions - NYT

UN Estimates 100,000 Have Fled South Sudan Tension - AP

UN: Sudan Indicates Abyei Residents May Return - AP

Muslim Cleric Killed in Nigeria - BBC

Zimbabwe 'Phantom Voters' Exposed - BBC

Corrupt Police Targeted in Kenya - BBC

Americas

Peru's Keiko Fujimori Concedes Defeat - VOA

Peru's Humala Celebrates Poll Win - BBC

Leftist's Victory Rattles Peruvian Stock Market - LAT

Peru's Election Unnerves Investors - WP

Mexican 'Narco-tanks' Destroyed - BBC

Asia Pacific

Radiation Understated After Quake, Japan Says - NYT

Japan Doubles Estimate of Radiation Released from Plant - ABC

S. Korea's President Requests North to End Policy of Confrontation - VOA

N. Korean Defector to Get High-Level S. Korean Post - AP

Special Report: Defiance in Thailand's 'Red Shirt Villages' - Reuters

Europe

NATO, Russia Team Up in Anti-Terror Exercise - AP

Turkey: 10 Suspected Al-Qaida Affiliates Detained - AP

Serbia Met Obligation by Nabbing Mladic - Reuters

Car Blast in Moldovan Capital, at Least One Injured - Reuters

South Asia

India Faces More Anti-Corruption Protests - VOA

India PM Regrets Guru Crackdown - BBC