Small Wars Journal

8 March SWJ Roundup

Thu, 03/08/2012 - 5:37am

US Naval Institute Daily - USNI

Real Clear World - RCP

Afghanistan

Senior US Military Commanders Have their Say on Strategy - WP

High Level Meeting Focuses on Future of Special Ops in Afghanistan - CNN

US Commanders: No Plan to Turn Afghan War over to CIA - AP

Marines to Reduce Numbers in Helmand Province by Half this Year - AP

Intractable Afghan Graft Hampering US Strategy - NYT

US Probes Allegations Afghan Air Force Involved in Drug Running - Reuters

6 British Soldiers Are Killed in Afghanistan - NYT

'Very Large' Taliban Bomb Killed British Soldiers - BBC

Afghanistan Blast Kills Six British Soldiers - VOA

6 UK Troops Killed in Afghanistan - AP

Avalanche Exposes Vulnerability to Vagaries of Climate and of Aid - NYT

Death Toll in Afghan Avalanche Reaches 47 - VOA

Death Toll Rises From Avalanche in Afghanistan - NYT

ISAF Operations Summary - AFPS

 

Syria

US Military Intervention in Syria Debated on Capitol Hill - VOA

Talk of US Military in Syria Divides Congress - AP

US Defense Officials: Obama Reviewing Military Options in Syria - NYT

US Officials Warn Against Syria Intervention - WP

Panetta Defends Cautious Approach Toward Syria - Reuters

US Tracks Syrian Money, but Picture Murky - WP

UN Humanitarian Envoy Enters Syrian District - VOA

UN Official Visits Homs Amid New Violence and Lost Confidence - NYT

UN Humanitarian Chief Describes Homs 'Devastation' - BBC

Syria's Baba Amr Is Deserted, Red Cross Says - AP

Effects of Instability Spill Over to Syria's Neighbors - NYT

Chinese Envoy Pushes Peace Plan in Damascus - VOA

Syria Opposition Struggles to Overcome Rifts - VOA

Putin: Asylum for Assad in Russia Not Discussed - AP

Russia Accuses Libya of Training Syrian Rebels - AP

China Says Told Syria, Other Parties, to Stop Violence - Reuters

UNESCO Weighs Ousting Syria From Rights Committee - AP

UNESCO to Rebuke Syria but Keep It in Rights Committee - Reuters

Syria Minister Joins Opposition - BBC

Syria's Deputy Oil Minister Defects - Reuters

Syria Detainee's Account Offers Glimpse of Prison System - LAT

Time to Lead on Syria - WP editorial

 

Iran

Six Powers Seek Unified Iran Stance at UN Meeting - Reuters

Iran May Be Cleaning Up Nuke Work - AP

France Says Iran 'Two-Faced', Skeptical Talks Can Succeed - Reuters

Hamas Denies Being Iran's Proxy - BBC

Iran Council to Oversee Internet - BBC

On Iran, Patience and Power - LAT editorial

Closing Iran Sanction's Loopholes - WSJ opinion

 

Middle East / North Africa

Middle East Tumult Leaves Palestinians Sidelined - NYT

Israelis Criticize PM's Iran-Holocaust Parallels - AP

Arab Spring Fails to Allay Women's Anxieties - NYT

Hamas Ties to Syria and Iran in Flux as Region Shifts - WP

Hamas Unclear About Role in Israel-Iran Fighting - AP

Iraq: UN Chief to Attend Arab Summit in Baghdad - AP

Arabic and Farsi Twitter Launch - BBC

Al-Qaida Claims Responsibility for Yemen Attack - AP

Yemen Qaeda-Linked Group Demands Prisoner Release - Reuters

Libya Militias Pose Threat to Precarious Stability - LAT

Libya Rejects Local Autonomy Call - BBC

Libyan Leader: No Force Against Self-Rule Move - AP

Israel Stacks the Legal Deck - LAT opinion

Why Egypt Doesn't Trust Us - LAT opinion

 

Al Qaeda

Quest to Clarify Bin Laden’s Last Days Yields Vexing Accounts - NYT

The Final Days in bin Laden's Lair: Wives Split by Suspicions - AP

 

US Department of Defense

US Military Tries to Boost Respect for Koran - LAT

As Role in Iraq, Afghanistan Shrinks, Pentagon Has Glut of Armored Trucks - WP

USOUTHCOM ‘Part of Solution’ to Drug Crime, Commander Says - AFPS

Military Must Change How it Deals with Rape, Lawmaker Says - S&S

Air Force Cutting Number, Size of Stateside Bands - S&S

Navy Report Says Gross Negligence Led to Death of Essex Sailor - S&S

 

United States

Foreign Policy Emerges as an Obama Strong Point - LAT

FBI Director Warns Congress About Terrorist Hacking - NYT

FBI: Terrorists May be Eyeing Cyber Attacks on US - AP

Former US Soldier Accused of Trying to Join Somali Terror Group - TG

Flexibility in Fighting Terrorism - WP editorial

Holder's Troubling Death-by-Drone Rules - LAT editorial

 

Africa

Tense Sudan, South Sudan Talks Enter 2nd Day - VOA

Sudan Denies Kordofan Crimes Against Humanity Allegations - BBC

Nigeria Gunmen Kill Customs Boss - BBC

Uganda's Rebel Leader Becomes Unlikely Trend on Twitter - VOA

South Africa Protesters March Against Tolls Roads, Labor Brokering - VOA

South Africans Protest Against Tolls - BBC

Mozambique Police Storm Opposition Camp - AP

 

Americas

Colombian President: Cuba Summit Invite Unlikely - AP

Colombia Says Chavez Will Head Home Early Next Week - Reuters

City Hall Still a Reach for Women in Mexico - NYT

Ex-Ruling Party Official Moves to Mexico's Left - AP

16 Bodies Found in Northern Mexico Graves - AP

Argentine Minister Quits after Train Crash - BBC

Clinton Says UN Soldier Brought Cholera to Haiti - AP

A Modern Falkland Islands, Transformed by War - AP

 

Asia Pacific

China Testing Cyber Attack Capabilities - WP

China Cyber Capability Puts US Forces at Risk - Reuters

China Unveils New Detention Law - BBC

China to Restrict Secret Detentions, on Paper - AP

China Parliament Unveils Dissident Detention Powers - AP

High-Flying Chinese Leader Absent From Top Meeting - AP

Japanese Town Split by Radiation Evacuation Zone - VOA

Roadside Bomb Kills 4 Soldiers in Thailand's South - AP

2 Filipino Militants Linked to Kidnappings Nabbed - AP

Vietnam Jails 2 for Disseminating Anti-Gov't Docs - AP

Election Puts Pressure on Burma Dissident - NYT

Police Interrogate Dissident Monk in Burma - AP

Is China Already Number 1? - WP opinion

 

Europe

Russian Citizens Question Vote Count - WP

Norway: Terror Attack Charges for Breivik - BBC

In Athens, Austerity’s Ugliness - NYT opinion

 

South Asia

Journalist in India Arrested in Bombing Against Israeli - NYT

EU Moves to Help Free Italian Sailors Held in India - Reuters

BBC TV News Restored in Pakistan - BBC

US, Pakistan Take a Breather - WP opinion