Small Wars Journal Daily Roundup
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Afghanistan
For US Leader in Afghan War, Much Time Making Peace - NYT
USMC Manual Offers Blunt, Revealing Portrait of Afghan War - WP
US Soldier, Boy Scout Team Up to Help Hundreds in Caves - McClatchy
ISAF Operations Summary - AFPS
Terrorism / Counterterrorism
Obama Orders Release of Drone Memos to Lawmakers - NYT
Obama Orders that Lawmakers Get Killings Memo - WP
Obama Agrees to Release Legal Memos on Awlaki Drone Strike - LAT
Obama Security Team Faces New Challenges - VOA
Brennan CIA Nomination Hearing Spotlights Drone Strikes, Secret Base - VOA
Brennan, Once Stung by Waterboarding, Now Opposes It - AP
Drone Strikes’ Risks to Get Rare Moment in the Public Eye - NYT
CIA Drone Base in Saudi Arabia Revealed - BBC
Justification for Killings Assailed as Rewriting 'Imminent Threat' - McClatchy
Two Still Sought in Bulgarian Bus Blast - NYT
Bulgaria: IDs, Location of 2 Terror Suspects Known - AP
Hezbollah Fury at Bulgaria Bomb Link - BBC
Hezbollah Says Bombing Charges Israel Smear Campaign - Reuters
Hezbollah Dismisses Claims of Bulgaria Bomb Blast - VOA
Tough Times for Hezbollah in Fast Changing Region - AP
Pakistani Militant, Price on Head, Lives in Open - NYT
US Court Urged to Reverse a Ruling on Terror - NYT
'Terrorists to Lose' Canada Status - BBC
Canada Considers Revoking Citizenship Over Terror - AP
Russian Police Kill Terror Suspect in Caucasus - BBC
Coming Clean About Drones - WP editorial
Drone Strikes Under Scrutiny - NYT editorial
EU Must Get Tough on Hezbollah - Commentator opinion
Detain: No. Kill: Yes. - NYT opinion
Obama's 'Just Trust Me' Argument - NYT opinion
Let's Lift the Veil on Rendition - LAT opinion
Irregular Warfare
The Evolution of Irregular War - FA opinion
Syria
Syrian Forces Step Up Attacks in Capital - VOA
Fierce Clashes Break Out in Damascus - WP
Clashes Erupt in Damascus, Shattering Lull, Prospects for Talks Dim - NYT
Fighting Intensifies in Syrian Capital - LAT
Heavy Clashes Frighten Residents in Syria Capital - AP
Suicide Bombings Rock Central Syria - BBC
Aid Flows to Rebel-Held Parts of Syria Previously Inaccessible - Reuters
Islamic Summit Leaders Urge Action on Mali, Syria - VOA
Islamic Summit Opens With Calls for Syrian Dialogue - Reuters
Syrian Conflict Exposes Sunni-Shiite Split at Muslim Summit - AP
Syria's Kurds Try to Balance Security and Alliances - IHT
US Can Keep Syria Out of Iran's Grip - Bloomberg opinion
Iran
US to Cut Carrier Fleet in Persian Gulf to 1 - AP
US Ratchets Up an Economic War Against Tehran - NYT
US Sanctions Iran's Broadcasters - VOA
US Announces New Iran Sanctions - NYT
US Expands Sanctions Against Iran - BBC
Yemen: Seized Iranian Ship Carried Varied Weapons - AP
Presidential Aide Freed as Top Iranian Politicians Trade Accusations - NYT
Tunisia
Top Tunisian Opposition Leader Murdered - VOA
Tunisian Opposition Leader Killed - WP
Tunisia Moves to Limit Fallout After Opposition Figure Assassinated - NYT
Tunisian Opposition Leader Killed Amid Tensions, Party Says - AP
Tunisian PM to Form New Government, as Country Reels From Killing - VOA
Tunisia Assassination Triggers Protests - LAT
Tunisia PM Forms New Government - BBC
Tunisian PM Says Will Form Small Technocrat Government - Reuters
Egypt
Iran's Ahmadinejad Seeks Strategic Axis with Egypt - Reuters
Iran Offering Reeling Egypt 'Big Credit Line' - AP
New State Department Travel Alert Bad News for Egypt - WP
Egypt Opposition Leader Warns Over Death Edict - AP
Impunity Feeds Egypt's Sexual Assaults, Group Says - AP
Mali
French, Malian Forces Clash With Militants Outside Gao - VOA
French Battle Mali Islamists as Tuareg Problem Looms - Reuters
As Mali Fighting Persists, France Vows to Exit in Weeks - NYT
France Starts Talks on UN Peacekeepers for Mali - AP
France Seeks Quick UN Mali Handover - BBC
France Action in Mali is 'Real War' - BBC
Islamic Summit Leaders Urge Action on Mali, Syria - VOA
Middle East / North Africa
Israeli, Palestinian Leaders Welcome Obama Visit - VOA
US: Obama Regional Agenda 'Urgent' on Israel Visit - AP
Militants Kill 4 Policemen in Attacks in Iraq - AP
Why Is Obama Coming to Israel? - TOI opinion
US Isn't Done with Mideast Wars - FP opinion
Israel’s ‘Gatekeepers’ - Newsweek opinion
US Department of Defense
Panetta Warns of Dire Consequences to Military From Budget Cuts - NYT
Panetta Warns Sequestration Threatens National Readiness - AFPS
Congress Inaction on Budget Could Affect Raises, Benefits for Military - S&S
Panetta Urges Congress to End Gridlock - AFPS
US to Cut Carrier Fleet in Persian Gulf to 1 - AP
Air Force Nuclear Force Anticipates Budget Constraints - AFPS
Panetta Warns Cyber Threat Growing Quickly - AFPS
Panetta: DOD Must ‘Operate on Every Front’ Against Suicide - AFPS
United States
Two Parties Map Strategy on Automatic Budget Cuts - NYT
Battle for US Immigration Reform Gathers Steam - VOA
US a Step Behind in Latin America, Africa - OCR opinion
Can We Cut Deficits Without Killing the Recovery? - WP opinion
Africa
Sudan's Bashir Meets Ahmadinejad, Expects More Iran Investment - Reuters
Sudan Says to Release Five South Sudanese Soldiers - Reuters
Tanker Seized Off Ivory Coast Freed - BBC
South African Teen Dies of Gang Rape Injuries - VOA
Arrest of Nigeria 'Yahoo-Yahoo Boys' Angers Locals - VOA
Poachers Devastate Gabon Elephant Population - VOA
Gabon: Elephant Poaching 'Out of Control' - BBC
Americas
UK: Falklanders 'Must Decide Own Future' - BBC
Mexico Hunts Acapulco Rape Gang - BBC
Mexico: Acapulco Rape Case Overshadows Peak Tourist Season - AP
Peru Says It Has Arrested Top Colombian Narco - AP
Venezuelan Politics Heating Up in Chavez's Absence - AP
Colombia's FARC Rebels Back Drug Legalization - AP
Colombia’s FARC Calls for Legal Coca Farming - BBC
Advocacy Groups Urge Haiti to Pursue Duvalier Case - AP
Mexico Must Crush the Mafia - DS opinion
Asia / Pacific
Japan PM Condemns China Radar Act - BBC
China Urged to Take Tough Stance if N. Korea Conducts Nuclear Test - VOA
Holidays, Politics May Give N. Korea Nuke Test Clues - AP
Famine Hit North Korea's Rice Basket in 2012 - Reuters
Copyright Claim Thwarts North Korea - BBC
China Important to Pacific Peace, Panetta Tells Students - AFPS
China Bans ‘Gift’ Ads in Bid to Curb Graft - WP
Burma Grants UN Access to Kachin Territory - VOA
Burma to Allow UN Aid Deliveries to Kachin State - AP
Vietnam Frees Dissident Lawyer From Prison Early - AP
2 Azeri Opposition Leaders Are Charged With Inciting Riots - NYT
Turning China into an Enemy - JT opinion
Europe
Europe’s Plan for GPS Limps to Crossroads - NYT
Raids in Britain, France and Belgium Focus on People-Smuggling - NYT
Serbia and Kosovo Hold Rare Talks in Brussels - Reuters
Planned Urenco Sale Divides Secretive Nuclear Fuel Club - VOA
Ukraine Complains No Help From Europe in Russia Gas Dispute - VOA
Rights Group: Russia Exploits Sochi Olympic Workers - VOA
Questions Remain Over Russian Dissident's Suicide - AP
America is Back - WP opinion
South Asia
Analysts: Pakistan Youth Vote Could Tip Power Balance - VOA
India Faulted for Failing to Curb Child Sex Abuse - AP
India Rape Suspects' Neighbors Feel Stain of Infamy - LAT
Protests Hit Bangladesh After War Crimes Verdict - AP
Protests in Bangladesh - WP photo gallery