Small Wars Journal

26 April SWJ Roundup

Thu, 04/26/2012 - 5:49am

Small Wars Journal Daily Roundup

US Naval Institute Daily - USNI

Real Clear World - RCP

Afghanistan

NATO Committee Chairman Reaffirms Afghanistan Commitment - AFPS

Afghanistan Visit Leaves Dempsey Encouraged - AFPS

Commander Rates Afghan Army, Police Progress - AFPS

Pakistan, Corruption Affect South, West Afghanistan - AFPS

Three Strikes and You're Out, Government Tells Unruly Clerics - Reuters

Female Troops Find Ways to Relate to Afghan Women - S&S

Karzai Critic in Congress Is Asked to Cancel Afghanistan Visit - NYT

Afghan Official: Taliban Kill 4 Police, Abduct 16 - AP

ISAF Operations Summary - AFPS

 

Pakistan

Pakistan Successfully Test Fires Upgraded Missile  - VOA

Pakistan Says It Test-Fires Nuclear-Capable Missile - NYT

Pakistan Tests Missile Days After India's Launch - AP

US Envoy in Pakistan to Discuss Supply Routes - AP

Pakistan Prime Minister Convicted of Contempt - WP

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Found Guilty of Contempt - NYT

Pakistan's Top Court Convicts PM of Contempt - AP

Pakistani PM Convicted of Contempt But Spared Prison - VOA

Pakistani PM Guilty of Contempt - BBC

Pakistan Says US Not Listening: Drone Strikes Must Stop - Reuters

Pakistan Military's Grip on Foreign Policy Easing - Reuters

Guerrilla Warfare Still Vexes US Military - LAT opinion

 

Syria

Violence in Syria’s Capital Even With a Cease-Fire - NYT

Massive Hama Explosion 'Kills 70' - BBC

Syria Blames Rebels for Massive Blast in Hama - AP

Activists: Syrian Troops Kill 27 Civilians - VOA

Syrian Fire Targets Damascus Suburb - WP

Syria Violence Rages, France Tells UN to Hurry - Reuters

Syria is Running Out of Money - WP

Syria Government Foes Criticize UN Monitoring Mission - LAT

UN Monitors of Death - WP editorial

 

Iran

Israel's Military Chief: Iran's Leaders 'Rational,' Sanctions 'Bearing Fruit' - VOA

Israeli General: Iran Won’t Build Nuclear Bomb - WP

Israeli Army Chief Says He Believes Iran Won’t Build Bomb - NYT

Israel Military Chief Doesn't Think Iran Will Make Nuclear Weapon - LAT

Israeli Leaders Mixed on Iran Sanctions - AP

 

Yemen

US to Step Up Drone Strikes Inside Yemen - NYT

White House Approves Broadened Drone Campaign in Yemen - WP

Yemen Seeks More Anti-terror Aid But Limits Drones - AP

 

Middle East / North Africa

Iraqi Kurd Leader Hints at Secession - AP

UN Pays Out Another $1 Billion From Iraqi Oil Fund - AP

Assassination Attempts Revive Suspicions in Lebanon - NYT

Libya Bans Faith-Based Political Parties  - BBC

Poll Bar on Egypt ex-PM Reversed - BBC

Egypt’s Chaotic Election - NYT editorial

No Easy Middle East Formula for US - WPR opinion

Israel Must Decide What It Wants to Be - TOI opinion

 

WikiLeaks

Motion Hearing Opens for Alleged Document Leaker - AFPS

 

NATO

NATO Military Leaders Meet in Brussels - AFPS

NATO Committee Chairman Reaffirms Afghanistan Commitment - AFPS

NATO General 'Cautiously Optimistic' on Afghan War - AP

NATO Reinforcements Begin Arriving in Tense Kosovo - AP

 

US Department of Defense

Defense Spending Skirmishes Begin - WP

Pentagon Official Signals Possible Army Layoffs - S&S

House Subcommittee Endorses 1.7 Percent Pay Raise for 2013 - S&S

New Defense Service Enhances Intelligence Capabilities - AFPS

Review of Military Schools After Class Is Told US at War With Islam - NYT

Dempsey Orders Review of Courses Dealing With Islam - AFPS

Out of Public Eye, Director of Secret Service Seethes - WP

Panetta Questioned About Another Prostitute Controversy - VOA

Marines Discharge Sergeant for Facebook Posts Critical of Obama - LAT

Guerrilla Warfare Still Vexes US Military - LAT opinion

 

United States

Supreme Court Takes Up Controversial Immigration Law - VOA

Justices Seem Sympathetic to Central Part of Arizona Law - NYT

Justices May Uphold Part of Arizona Immigration Law - LAT

Obama Surges in Campaign Donations from Military Members - S&S

 

United Kingdom

Britain Sinks Into Double-Dip Recession - VOA

Double-Dip Recession in Britain - NYT

Rupert Murdoch Returns for 2nd Day of Questioning - NYT

British Government’s Ties to Murdochs Scrutinized - NYT

 

Africa

Central Africa: US Supports Pushback Against Lord’s Resistance Army - AFPS

South Sudanese Leader Shortens China Trip - VOA

Top Kenyan Judges 'Unfit for Office' - BBC

Key Mali Posts Go To The Military - BBC

Ex-Liberian President to Hear Verdict of War Crimes Court - NYT

Liberia: Charles Taylor Awaits Judgment - BBC

 

Americas

Panetta Welcomes Brazil as World Power; Seeks Military Cooperation - VOA

Panetta: US, Brazil Partnership ‘Is the Future’ - AFPS

Panetta Urges Brazil to Buy Fighter Jets From Boeing - NYT

Mexico's President Seeks Credit for Migration Drop Across US Border - LAT

Mexico Forest Faces Fire, Armed Men, Squatters - AP

Venezuela: Chavez Back From Cuba Treatment - BBC

Venezuelan Drug Suspect Says He Paid Judge - AP

Argentina Senate Backs Oil Move - BBC

Chile Students in Fresh Protests - BBC

US Foreign Policy, Close to Home - LAT opinion

 

Asia Pacific / Central

China Said Unable to Protect Pyongyang After Nuclear Test - VOA

Downfall of Bo Is Linked to Wiretapping of Chinese Leader - NYT

China: Bo Xilai Remains Popular in Megacity He Once Oversaw - VOA

Bo Xilai 'Spied on China Leader' - BBC

Philippines-China Standoff Could Spin Out of Hand - AP

US Condemns North Korea Plans for Nuclear Test - S&S

North Korea Boasts of Ability to Destroy US Military in 'Single Blow' - VOA

Analysts Say North Korea's New Missiles are Fakes - AP

Japan Power Broker Acquitted in Scandal - NYT

Japan Clears Top Politician Ozawa - BBC

UN Official: Burma Can Become Asian Tiger - AP

As Burma Opens Up, Idyllic Islands Remain Unwelcoming - NYT

Vietnam Detains 20 Following Mass Land Eviction - AP

Trouble Looms on South China Sea - TD opinion

Cambodia's Looted Treasures - LAT opinion

 

Europe

NATO Reinforcements Begin Arriving in Tense Kosovo - AP

French Front-Runner Says He’d Renegotiate Fiscal Treaty if Elected - NYT

Anger at Sarkozy Fuels Far-Right Party in France - NYT

French Far Right Leaves Door Ajar for Sarkozy - Reuters

Politics Blamed for Rise in Muslim Hate Crimes - LAT

Confessed Norwegian Killer Insists He Is Sane - VOA

Norway: Breivik Says Insane Diagnosis Based on 'Fabrications' - AP

Norway: Breivik's Publicity at Trial Just What He Wanted - AP

Europe’s Gathering Storm - WP opinion

The Swedish Model - WP opinion

 

South Asia

UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon Heads to India for 3-Day Trip - AP

UN Finds Cluster Bombs in Sri Lanka - AP