Small Wars Journal Daily Roundup
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Afghanistan
Why Are Large Shipments of Gold Leaving the Country? - NYT
Manas Transit Center Facilitates Success in Afghanistan - AFPS
Syria
Syrian Rebels Say Americans, Britons Helped Train Them in Jordan - McClatchy
UK PM: 'Nothing is Off the Table' to Resolve Syrian Conflict - TT
Syrian Islamist Rebels Take Aleppo Infantry Base - AP
Syrian Jets Bomb Palestinian Camp in Damascus - Reuters
Palestinian Faction Leader Jibril Leaves Damascus - Reuters
Bread Shortage Is the First Big Test of a Transitional Council in Aleppo - NYT
Assad's Wobbly, Time to Push - CT editorial
Syria's Displaced Millions Struggle for Survival - GN editorial
Egypt
Egyptians Support Draft Constitution - WP
Egypt Islamists Expect Approval of Constitution - NYT
Egyptians Narrowly Back Constitution, Say Rival Camps - Reuters
Egypt Rights Groups Say Vote Marred by Violations - AP
Egypt Opposition Party Building Attacked by Rivals - Reuters
Egypt: The Next India or the Next Pakistan? - NYT opinion
Middle East
Iran Warns Turkey Over NATO's Missile System - AP
Ayatollah Khomeini's Pro-Democracy Granddaughter: I Fear Arrest - TT
Car Bomb Kills 2 in Disputed Northern Iraq Region - AP
Diplomat: Palestinians to Oppose Israeli Settlements - WT
Israeli Foreign Minister Officially Resigns - AP
Israel Soldiers Accused of Assaulting Journalists - TT
UN Refugee Chief Visits Lebanon - VOA
Kuwait Emir Warns Critics as Protest-Hit Parliament Opens - Reuters
Kuwait Security Forces Block Parliament Protests - AP
Republican Guard Members Sentenced in Yemen - Reuters
Only Bad Habits Prevent Iran Nuke Deal - TWT opinion
US Department of Defense
Defense-Chief Candidate Has Conservatives Wary - WSJ
SpyPhone: Pentagon Spooks Want New Tools for Mobile ‘Exploitation - DR
Pentagon Warns: ‘Pervasive’ Industrial Spying Targets US Space Tech - DR
7 Secret Ways America’s Stealth Armada Stays Off the Radar - DR
Dempsey Discusses North Korea, US Strategic Rebalance - AFPS
Military Families Worried by US Fiscal Cliff Cuts - AP
Technology Enabling US to Build Improved Missile Defense Systems - S&S
As War Winds Down, Boots Must Shine - S&S
Used to Helping, a Chaplain Finds the Tables Turned - NYT
Delta Airlines: ‘We Failed’ Double-Amputee Marine on Recent Flight - WP
Navy Says Working Uniforms are Extremely lammable - S&S
United States
School Shootings Shock Connecticut Town - VOA
New Details, But Few Answers - WP
Children Were All Shot Multiple Times With a Semiautomatic - NYT
US Massacre Victims Identified - BBC
Police: Mass Killing Shooter Forced His Way Into School - VOA
'Bright' Killer Battled School Authorities - TT
Justice Dept. Shelved Ideas to Improve Gun Background Checks - NYT
Wreaths Across America 2012 at Arlington National Cemetery - VOA
Kerry and Hagel, Probable Cabinet Nominees, Share Many Characteristics - WP
Hillary Clinton Faints, Gets Concussion - WP
Clinton Is Recovering From a Concussion - NYT
Clinton Sustains Concussion; Benghazi Testimony Postponed - Reuters
Push Obama Over the Fiscal Cliff - WT editorial
Drones Over America - WT editorial
For Secretaries of Defense and State, Democrats’ Short List Far Too Short - WP opinion
Hagel Would Make the Neocons Squirm - FP opinion
Do We Have the Courage to Stop This? - NYT opinion
The Gun Control Dilemma - WT opinion
A New Job Description for Treasury Secretary - NYT opinion
Americans Must Celebrate Religious Liberty - WT opinion
Africa
DR Congo: The World’s Worst War - NYT
S. African Miners' Deaths Test ANC's Popularity - VOA
Zuma Asks South Africa's ANC to Keep Him as Leader - AP
Zuma Says South Africa Is Not 'Falling Apart' - Reuters
S. Africa: Mandela Has Surgery to Remove Gall Stones - VOA
Nigeria Start-ups See Future 'Silicon Lagoon' - VOA
Nigeria Air Crash Kills Governor - BBC
Americas
Family, Friends of Former US Marine Detained in Mexico Call For Release - MH
Venezuelan Elections a Test for Chavez's Movement - AP
Absent Chavez Dominates Venezuelan State Elections - Reuters
Castro Visiting Venezuela’s Chavez After Surgery - AP
Brazil Expands Mines to Drive Future - NYT
UN Court Orders Argentine Ship Freed - BBC
UN Court Orders Release of Argentine Ship in Ghana - AP
P&O Cruises Stops Visiting Argentina in Falklands Face-off - TT
Jailed Spaniard May Leave Cuba - BBC
Mexico Is Still Bleeding - TNI opinion
Asia / Pacific
Japan Votes in Key Parliamentary Polls - VOA
Japanese Vote in General Election - BBC
Japan's LDP Back in Power With Two-Thirds Majority With Ally - Reuters
Exit Polls: Conservative LDP Wins Japan Election - AP
Japan PM Noda Likely to Quit as Democratic Party Leader - Reuters
Japan: Crime, Osprey Add to Okinawan Anger Over US Bases - AP
Okinawa Marines Helping with Philippines Disaster Relief - S&S
China Steps Up Pressure on Japan in Island Dispute - NYT
EU Concerned About Tibetan Self-Immolations in China - VOA
Dempsey Discusses North Korea, US Strategic Rebalance - AFPS
Rocket Still Centerpiece as N. Koreans Mourn Kim - AP
Far-Left Candidate Quits South Korea Poll, Boosts Opposition - Reuters
Philippine Storm Toll Tops 1,000 - BBC
Death Toll From Philippine Typhoon Breaches 1,000 - AP
The Bullies of Beijing - TD opinion
US Must Not Allow North Korea to Obtain ICBMs - WT opinion
Europe
London Mayor Says UK Leaving EU 'Not End of the World' - TT
Russian Opposition Leaders Detained at Anti-Putin Rally - VOA
Russian Opposition Rally Arrests - BBC
Thousands of Russians Protest Against Putin - WP
Russia: Protesters in Moscow Stage New Demonstration - WP
Hungary's Jews Face Down New Extremism - Reuters
Italy Awaits Monti's Decision on Political Future - Reuters
French Leaders' Popularity Tumbles After Mittal Deal - Reuters
The Man Who Could Save Italy - TE editorial
Is Scotland in Europe? The SNP Doesn’t Even Know - TT opinion
South Asia
Rockets Fired on Pakistan Airport - VOA
Taliban Attack Pakistan Airport - BBC
Militants’ Attack on Airport Leaves 7 Dead in Pakistan - NYT
Militants Attack Pakistani Air Base - WP
Gunbattle Follows Airport Attack in Pakistan - AP
Militants Battle Pakistani Police After Attacking Airport - Reuters