Small Wars Journal Daily Roundup
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Afghanistan
In This Corner, a Much-Needed Distraction - NYT
'Green-on-Blue' Attacks Difficult to Deal With, UK Commander Tells MPs - TG
Afghans Set Presidential Poll Date; Taliban Jeer - AP
Taliban Can Run for President Says Election Chief - AFP
3rd Australian Wins Victoria Cross in Afghanistan - AP
Face of Defense: Elite Security Marine Serves in Afghanistan - AFPS
ISAF Operations Summary - AFPS
Syria
Clinton: SNC No Longer Leads Syrian Opposition - VOA
As Fighting Rages, Clinton Seeks New Syrian Opposition - NYT
US Looks to Build Alternative Opposition Leadership - WP
Clinton Warns Syria Rebels to Resist Extremism - BBC
Clinton Calls for Overhaul of Syrian Opposition - Reuters
US Wants Syrian Opposition Shakeup to Defeat Assad - AP
Fighting Between Rebels, Kurds Threatens to Open New Front - WP
Syria Presses Heavy Air Bombardment of Rebels - AP
Syria Jets Bomb Rebel Strongholds in Damascus and North - BBC
Syrian Rebels Arm Palestinians Against Assad - Reuters
Iran
Sudan's Iran Alliance Under Scrutiny - VOA
Israeli, French Leaders Push for Iran Sanctions - AP
Iran Supreme Leader Warns Subordinates to Stop Bickering - NYT
Iran Leader Warns Against Public Political Clashes - AP
9 Iranian Female Prisoners Go on Hunger Strike - AP
Domestic Politics Shaping Debate Over a Nuclear Iran - WP opinion
Anatomy of a Deal With Iran - TNI opinion
Middle East / North Africa
Middle East Indifferent About US Presidential Election - VOA
Syria War Puts anti-US 'Axis of Resistance' on the Defensive - AP
Radicals Gain Among Lebanese Sunnis - WP
Officials: Attacks in Iraq Kill 4 People - AP
Kuwaitis Protest After Activist Held for Insulting Emir - Reuters
Kuwait Warns of Harsher Measures Against Protests - AP
US Decries Bahrain Ban on Public Demonstrations - AP
Amnesty: Bahrain Must Lift Ban on All Protests - Reuters
Yemen LNG Gas Pipeline Blown Up Again - Reuters
Sinai Becomes Prison for African Migrants - NYT
Revolution Brings Hard Times for Egypt's Treasures - NYT
Libya Parliament Approves New Premier’s Cabinet - NYT
Libya Congress Approves New Government Amid Protests - Reuters
Libyan Congress Backs New Cabinet - BBC
Arab Women Turn to Crafts as a Source of Employment - NYT
US Department of Defense
Pentagon Has Full Confidence in Africom Commander, Little Says - AFPS
Greenert: Navy to Focus on Health of Force, Naval Dominance - S&S
Greenert Uses Position Report to Check Course of Navy - AFPS
New US Monument Honors Military Service Dogs - AP
Soldiers' Suit of Iraq War Contractor Goes to Jury - AP
Wife Says Former Aviano Inspector General is Innocent - S&S
Air Force Academy Brawl Injures 27 Cadets - TG
United States
Cable Warned Consulate Couldn't Withstand 'Coordinated Attack' - Fox
Retired FBI Agent Arraigned in Afghan Scheme - AP
Feds: Defense Firm Put Untrained Guards in Iraq - AP
Exam Said to Be Leaked to Guards at Nuclear Site - NYT
Drug-Sniffing Dogs Have Day in Court as Justices Hear Arguments - NYT
United Kingdom
Top UK Court Rejects Bid to Free US-held Detainee - AP
Africa
Nigeria Violence: Zamfara Villagers 'Murdered' - BBC
Amnesty: Nigerian Forces Making Islamist Insurgency Worse - Reuters
Nigerian Pirates Free Six Russians, One Estonian - Reuters
French Firm: 7 Kidnapped Sailors Freed in Nigeria - AP
UN Resisting African Calls to End Somalia Arms Embargo - Reuters
Sudan's Iran Alliance Under Scrutiny - VOA
Congo Cooperative Offers Employment to Ex-Combatants - VOA
Some Zimbabwe Restrictions Lifted, But Money Remains Tight - VOA
South Africa Guards 'Shoot Dead Two Miners' - BBC
Political Play Banned in Uganda - BBC
Americas
Mexico Poised to Charge Police Officers in US Ambush - Reuters
Mexico Study: US Legalization Cuts Cartel Profits - AP
Mexico's Day of Dead Brings Memories of Missing - AP
Colombia Urabenos 'Gang Leader' Captured in Argentina - BBC
Top Former Dominican Anti-Drug Official Arrested on Drug Charges - Reuters
New Arrest in Case of Bolivian Journalist Set Alight - BBC
Brazil Sniffer Dog 'Under Threat' from Rio Drugs Gangs - BBC
Haiti Food Fears Grow After Sandy - BBC
Asia / Pacific
Wary of Future, Professionals Leave China in Record Numbers - NYT
China's Communist Elite Readies for Power Transfer - AP
Photos Show Second China Stealth Fighter Prototype - AP
Expect Feisty Defense From China's Disgraced Bo Xilai - Reuters
China Sentences Man to 8 Years for Subversion - AP
Cambodian Opposition Leader Asks Obama to Cancel Visit - VOA
UN: Burma Must Protect Muslims and Halt Discrimination - Reuters
Burma: Evidence Shows Mob Violence Was Planned - AP
Burma: Foreign Investment Bill in Parliament Again - Reuters
China: Silencing a Voice for Justice - NYT opinion
Europe
Russia Blacklist Law Takes Effect - BBC
Russians See Church and State Come Closer - NYT
Spain’s Economic Crisis Sparks Catalonia Independence Drive - VOA
Greece Ministers Blamed Over Swiss Bank Account List - BBC
Turkey Given Reassurance by Germany on Talks - NYT
Clinton Urges Serbia to Accept Kosovo’s Borders - NYT
US, EU Presses Kosovo to Integrate Ethnic Serb Population - VOA
Amnesty Slams Bosnia's Republika Srpska for Rapes - VOA
US Looks to Boost Private Investment Ahead of Croatia EU Membership - VOA
France Expels Radical Tunisian Imam - AP
Dealing With Secession in Europe - NYT opinion
Keep an Eye On, But Don't Isolate Ukraine - Bloomberg opinion
South Asia
Persistent Inflation Poses Challenges for India - VOA
Population Bulge Tests India's Growth Aspirations - AP