Small Wars Journal Daily Roundup
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Afghanistan
Car Bomb Hits Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan - AP
US Soldier Shot in Afghanistan Saved by His iPhone - BBC
Syria
New Influx of Weapons to Rebels Tilts the Battle Against Assad - WP
Battle for Syria's Aleppo Airport Intensifies - AP
Syrian Opposition Pulls Out of International Talks - VOA
Syria Opposition Boycotts Talks - BBC
Israel Closely Watching Weapons Being Sent to anti-Assad Rebels - McClatchy
Lebanese Villagers in Syria Ride Out the Storm - DS
A Syrian Crackup Looks More Likely - DS opinion
Middle East / North Africa
Iran’s Ahmadinejad Admits to Economic Pain - WP
Iran Announces Nuclear Expansion - BBC
Iran Says It Has Found New Deposits of Uranium - Reuters
Iran Says it Has Captured a Foreign 'Enemy Drone' - AP
Settlers in West Bank Shoot Two Palestinians - AP
Palestinians Demand Inquiry Into Death in an Israeli Jail - Reuters
Yemen Security Chief Escapes Gunmen as Three Die in South - Reuters
Egypt Parliament Election Start Moved to April 22 - Reuters
Egypt's ElBaradei Urges Election Boycott - VOA
Tunisian Secularists Protest Against New Islamist PM - Reuters
Hezbollah-Sunni War Is About to Start - NOW opinion
US Department of Defense
Pentagon to Slow Contractor Payments Ahead of US Spending Cuts - Bloomberg
The Threat to the Ships that Carry the Fight - WT opinion
United States
Sequester’s Big Gamble: How Bad Will the Pain Be? - WP
Hard Realities of Cuts Emerge as Agencies Reveal Details - NYT
Governors Frustrated with Gridlock, Sequestration - WP
Fault-Finding in Washington Grows Intense as Cuts Near - NYT
Analysis: Obama, GOP See No Need to Stop the Cuts - AP
Military Contractors Look for Commercial Uses - AP
Sequestration was Obama’s Idea in the First Place - WT opinion
John F. Kerry Returns to War - WT opinion
Africa
France's Military Operation in Mali in 'Final Phase' - BBC
Clashes Erupt in Northern Mali - VOA
Mali's Islamic Radicals Recruiting Child Soldiers at Schools - AP
Chad Army: 13 Chadian Troops, 65 Islamists Killed in Mali - VOA
Chadians Attack Islamists' Mali Mountain Hideout - Reuters
More Fighting Erupts in Sudan's Darfur Region - Reuters
Kenya Cracks Down on Hate Speech Before Elections - VOA
France Warns of Kidnappings, Attack Risk in Benin - Reuters
Djibouti Opposition Denounces Election Results - VOA
Catholic Church Helps Fill a Void in Africa - NYT
Americas
Chile's Gen Pinochet 'Tried to Cling to Power' in 1988 - BBC
Asia / Pacific
No Exit: China Uses Passports as Political Cudgel - NYT
North Korea Threatens US Over Joint Military Drill - NYT
S. Korea's New Leader Faces N. Korea Nuke Crisis - AP
US Troops Testing Jungle Skills During Cobra Gold Exercise - S&S
Europe
In Russian Politics, it’s Dmitry Who? - WP
Italy General Election Campaign Ends - BBC
Kurdish Militant Leader Signals Turkish Prisoners May Be Freed - Reuters
Cyprus: Gloom and Voter Apathy Tied to Financial Woes - NYT
Vatican Blasts 'Pressures' Ahead of Pope Election - VOA
Vatican: Information Sharing Seen Crucial to Next Pope’s Success - WP
Europe's Crisis Is Far from Over - WSJ opinion
South Asia
Pakistan to Seek Interpol Help in Extraditing Taliban Commander - VOA
Talk of Peace with Pakistan Taliban Angers Victims - AP
Italian Marines Held in India Return Home to Vote - Reuters