Small Wars Journal Daily Roundup
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Afghanistan
Dunford Cites Progress, Challenges in Afghanistan Mission - AFPS
Roadside Bomb Kills 17 in Afghanistan - VOA
Bomb Kills 17 Civilians in Afghanistan - NYT
Land Mine Kills 17 Afghans Traveling to a Wedding - AP
Pakistan Releases Son of Afghan Militant Leader - AP
Oops! Taliban Reveal Identities of Their Mailing List Members - ABC
ISAF Operations Summary - AFPS
Israel / Palestinians
US Fears Ground War in Gaza Could Hurt Israel and Help Hamas - NYT
Israel, on New Battlefield, Sticks to Tough Approach - NYT
Gaza Conflict: Israel Vows to Intensify Offensive - BBC
Israel Readies for Possible Ground War - WP
Likelihood of Israel Launching Ground Invasion in Gaza Grows - LAT
Israel Authorizes More Reservists After Rockets Target Cities - Reuters
Rockets Target Jerusalem; Israel Girds for Gaza Invasion - NYT
Gaza Conflict: Militant Rocket Targets Jerusalem - BBC
Hamas Targets Jerusalem in Major Escalation - AP
Tel Aviv: Beloved Oasis Outraged by Rocket Fire - AP
Israel's Barak Seeks Three More Iron Dome Rocket Interceptors - Reuters
Suspected Collaborator With Israel Executed on Gaza Street - NYT
Israel, Hamas Fight Gaza Conflict Online - VOA
Abbas Asks Arab League Chief to Visit Gaza - Reuters
Egypt Seeks Israel-Gaza Truce - VOA
Egypt President Toughens Rhetoric on Israel - AP
Thousands Protest in Egypt Against Israeli Attacks on Gaza - Reuters
Analysis: Israel-Hamas: a Clash Waiting to Happen - AP
Interactive Map Showing Hamas's Rocket Range Inside Israel - WP
Heading Off Full-Blown War in the Gaza Strip - WP editorial
Israel's Least Bad Option in Gaza - JP editorial
Hamas, Israel Both Have Reasons to Escalate - CSM opinion
Rocket Attacks' Deadly Impact on Israel - TOI opinion
Israel’s Shortsighted Assassination - NYT opinion
Israel Did What It Must for Security - Commentator opinion
Why Israel Attacked Gaza - NP opinion
Another Pointless War in Gaza - TG opinion
Iran
Iran Set to Expand Nuclear Work, UN Agency Says - NYT
Iran Increased Nuclear Enrichment Capacity, IAEA Report Says -LAT
UN Nuclear Inspectors Report Worrisome Steps by Iran - WP
IAEA: Iran Making Steady Advances on Nuclear Program - CSM
UN Nuclear Agency: Iran Poised to Expand Nuke Work - AP
IAEA: Iran Ready to Double Uranium Enrichment at Fordo - BBC
Syria
Europe Mulls Increased Support For Syrian Opposition - VOA
UK Moves Towards Syria Opposition - BBC
UK: European Nations to Debate Syria Arms Embargo - AP
In War-Torn Syria, Secrets and Double Lives - Reuters
Libya US Consulate Attack
Petraeus Testifies on Benghazi Attack - VOA
Petraeus Says CIA Saw Libya Attack as Terrorism - NYT
Petraeus Testifies Benghazi Attack Was Terrorist Act - WP
Petraeus Fails to Ease Partisan Divide Over Libya Consulate Attack - LAT
Petraeus Says He Believed Terrorists Were Behind Libya Attack - AP
In Benghazi Testimony, Petraeus Says Al Qaeda Role Known Early - Reuters
Petraeus: Benghazi Attack 'Was Terror Strike' - BBC
'Real-Time' Video Shows Benghazi Drama, But Questions Remain - CNN
Intel Officials Unable to Say Who Changed CIA Talking Points - Fox
Flashback: What Susan Rice Said About Benghazi - WSJ
Dozen House Women Defend Rice Over Libya Comments - AP
Obama Must Explain Benghazi Terror Attack - MJS editorial
The Best Way to Investigate Benghazi - WP opinion
Susan Rice’s Tarnished Résumé - WP opinion
Don’t Scapegoat Rice - WP opinion
Susan Rice's Miserable Record at the UN - Fox opinion
The Benghazi Circus - NYT opinion
Middle East / North Africa
Iraq Said to Release Hezbollah Operative - NYT
Iraq Releases Prisoner, Draws US Ire - WP
Hezbollah Man Wanted by US Freed From Iraq Custody - AP
Iraq Releases Suspected Hezbollah Operative Daqduq - Reuters
Iraqi Police Clash With Kurdish Guards, 1 Dead - AP
Jordanian Protesters Call for Revolution - VOA
Protesters in Jordan Denounce King Abdullah II - LAT
Protesters Come Up Empty In Jordan - NYT
Jordan's Crisis: Is An Uneasy Peace Emerging? - CSM
Egypt's Mursi to Avoid Coptic Ceremony, Dismays Christians - Reuters
US Department of Defense
Panetta Tells VOA He Won't Step Down Right Away - VOA
Details So Far in Petraeus Scandal Not Legally Damaging - S&S
US Hazing Trial Confronts Army's Delicate Race Relations - VOA
Madigan Medical Center Review Finds 150 More With PTSD - TNT
Army Suicides for 2012 Surpass Last Year's Numbers - AP
Charged General's Wife: Long War Hurts Families - AP
The Legacy of David Petraeus and the Future of American War - TA opinion
Pentagon Will Survive Fiscal Cliff - USN&WP
Pentagon Can Recover from Petraeus and Allen Scandals - CSM editorial
United States
Congressional Leaders: Confident ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Can Be Averted - WP
4 Killed in Texas Train Crash Were Military Veterans - NYT
Time to Rethink the CIA? - WP opinion
The Petraeus Affair’s Resulting Witch Hunt - WP opinion
Why is the Woman So Often the Villain? - WP opinion
A US Energy Renaissance - WP opinion
Australia
US-Australia Conference Points to Possibilities - AFPS
Africa
Nigeria Boko Haram Commander Ibn Saleh Ibrahim 'Killed' - BBC
Mali's Mujao Islamists and Rebels in Battle for Control - BBC
DR Congo Vows to Defend Goma City From M23 Rebels - BBC
Congo Army, Rebels Clash in Worst Fighting for Months - Reuters
Congo: 151 Rebels Killed in Clash With Army - AP
Congo PM Says UN Must Impose Sanctions on Rwandan Officials - Reuters
Sudan: UN Renews Peacekeepers for Abyei - AP
Kenyans Anxious About Operation to Track Police Killers - VOA
Sierra Leone Ready for Elections - VOA
Sierra Leone Election Campaign Encouraging, Says Carter Center - VOA
Close Sierra Leone Vote Carries High Hopes for Growth - Reuters
Factbox-Top Contenders in Sierra Leone Election - Reuters
Zimbabwe Finance Minister Allocates Funds for 2013 Polls - VOA
Americas
Could Central American Gangs Usurp Role of Mexican Cartels? - CSM
7 Mexico Police Face Trial in US Vehicle Shooting - AP
Dominican Drug Official to Fight Extradition to US - AP
Dutch Fighter in Colombia Peace Talks Role - AP
Colombia Arrests Three Over Killing of 10 Farm Workers - BBC
Venezuela: Chavez Foes Hope for 'Political Prisoner' Amnesty - AP
Nicaraguan Protests Erupt Over Rise in Power Costs - AP
US Contractor Jailed in Cuba Sues US, Employer for $60m - Reuters
Young Man Killed During Student Protest in Haiti - AP
Asia / Pacific
Obama Will Not Shy Away From Human Rights on Asia Tour - VOA
In Cambodia, Panetta Touts Benefits of US Asia 'Pivot' - VOA
China Inflexible on Sea Disputes Ahead of ASEAN Summit - VOA
Japan PM Set for General Election - BBC
Japan PM Dissolves Parliament; Vote Set for Dec 16 - AP
US, Thai Leaders Move Defense Alliance Into 21st Century - AFPS
S. Korean Cities Fear US Bases Won't Meet Deadline to Vacate - S&S
Obama’s Historic Visit to Burma - WP
Obama Visit Underscores Lack of Change for Burma’s Poor - NYT
US Eases Import Ban on Myanmar Ahead of Obama Trip - Reuters
President Obama Goes to Asia - NYT editorial
China’s Anxieties Mirror Our Own - WP opinion
Europe
Russia Chafes as US House Passes Magnitsky Act - WP
Russia’s Putin Parries Merkel’s Jabs on Rights - NYT
Germany's Merkel Pays Putin a Prickly Visit - CSM
US Urges Georgia Political Rivals to Cooperate - Reuters
US Embassy Warns Americans of Possible Attacks in Greece - AP
Judge Overturns Croatian Generals' War Crimes Sentence - VOA
Hague Court Overturns Convictions of 2 Croatian Generals - NYT
War Court Clears Croatia Generals - BBC
Two Croatian Generals’ Convictions Overturned - WP
Joy in Croatia as UN Overturns 2 Key Convictions - AP
EU Police Arrest ex-KLA Fighters for Kosovo War Crimes - BBC
EBRD Votes to Give Kosovo Membership - Reuters
France Vows to Restore Order in Corsica After Shootings - BBC
Ikea 'Deeply Regrets' Use of Forced Labor in Former E. Germany - BBC
South Asia
End of British Aid Marks Economic Shift for India - VOA
Polio Fighters in Pakistan Struggle Against Myths and Realities - WP