Small Wars Journal

29 December SWJ Roundup

Sun, 12/29/2013 - 2:06am

Small Wars Journal Daily Roundup

 

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USNI Daily - Real Clear Defense - Real Clear World - The Daily Humanitarian

BBC - CNN World - CSM World - LAT World - NYT World - WP World - VOA

WP National Security - WT National Security - American Forces Press Service

Abu Muqawama - Air Force Times - Armed Forces Journal - AOL Defense - Army Times

At War - CSM Backchannels - Battleland - DEFCON Hill - Best Defense - Danger Room

Defense One - Defense Tech - DoD Buzz - The Diplomat - Clausewitz Homepage

Early Warning - Foreign Affairs - Foreign Policy - Fortuna’s Corner

Ground Force Dialogue - David Ignatius - Defense Tech

Early Warning Blog - Feral Jundi -  Infinity Journal

Informal Institute for National Security Thinkers and Practitioners

Information Dissemination - The Interpreter - Kings of War - Long War Journal

Marine Corps Gazette - Marine Corps Times - Maritime Executive - Military Review

MountainRunner - National Defense - Navy Times - Parameters - RUSI

Security Clearance - Stars & Stripes - War on the Rocks - Warscapes - Wings Over Iraq

ZenPundit - CNA - CNAS - CSIS - ILW - ISW - Rand - TJF - USIP

 

*SWJ Daily Roundup Tip Jar*

 

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Afghanistan

Afghan Gains Will Be Lost Quickly, US Assessment Warns - WP

Polling Comes to Afghanistan, Suggesting Limit to Sway of Karzai - NYT

 

Syria

Russia: Syria Weapons Deadline Won't be Met - AP

Syria Urged to Help Ship Toxic Arms - BBC

New Study Refines View of Sarin Attack in Syria - NYT

Deadly Syrian Bomb Strikes Crowded Aleppo Market - NYT

Activists: Syrian Strikes Kill at Least 20 - VOA

Strike on Syria Market 'Kills 21' - BBC

How al-Qaeda Changed the Syrian War - NYR Opinion

 

South Sudan

In South Sudan, Not Even the UN Base Was Entirely Safe - WP

S. Sudan Says Will Attack Rebel Stronghold if Ceasefire Rejected - Reuters

South Sudan: White Army Youths Marching on Bor - VOA

South Sudan Rebel Youths in War March - BBC

South Sudan Rejects Rebels’ Call for Politicians’ Release - NYT

Civilians Trying to Flee Violence Caught Between Two Sides - NYT

 

US Department of Defense

Air Force Concerned About Possible Exodus of Pilots to Civilian Sector - FP

 

United States

Deadly Mix in Benghazi: False Allies and Crude Video - NYT

5 Takeaways From The New York Times Benghazi Investigation - Time

'Military-Style' Raid on California Power Station Spooks US - FP

New Law All but Bars Russian GPS Sites in US - NYT

 

United Kingdom

US Peace Envoy Back in Belfast, Faces Hard Sell - AP

No Agreement Yet in Haass NI Talks - BBC

 

Africa

Hundreds Try to Flee CAR on Emergency Flights - Reuters

Chadians Evacuated From CAR Conflict - BBC

Djibouti to Send More Troops to Somalia - VOA

Rwandan Peacekeepers Promised to CAR - AP

Few Voters in Nigerian State Amid Islamic Uprising - AP

 

Americas / Caribbean

A Civil Servant In Mexico Tests US on Asylum  - NYT

5 Decapitated Bodies Found in Western Mexico - AP

Brazil Jail Fights Kill 59 in 2013 - BBC

Uruguay's Marijuana Growers Come Out Into Open - AP

Cuba Eases Rules for Small Business Lending - AP

 

Asia / Pacific

China: More than 500 Lawmakers Resign in Mass Bribery Scandal - Reuters

Mass China Poll Bribe Resignations - BBC

Gunmen Kill 1, Wound 3 at Thailand Protest - VOA

Thai Activist Killed as Crisis Grows - BBC

 

Europe

Turkey's PM Erdogan Vows to Fight On - BBC

Turkey: Rift With US-Based Cleric Widens - AP

ETA Convicts Say Recognize Spanish Justice, Eye Sentence Changes - Reuters

 

Middle East / North Africa

Kerry Heads to Middle East Next Week for Peace Talks - Reuters

Lewis-McChord Rocket Battalion Will Soon Head to Middle East Site - TNT

Iraqi Lawmaker Arrested, 6 Killed - VOA

Iraq Troops Arrest MP in Deadly Raid - BBC

7 Killed as Iraqi Troops Arrest Sunni Lawmaker - AP

Deadly Shootout and Arrest in Iraq Set Off Sunni Protests - NYT

Death Toll Rises to 19 in Yemen Shelling - AP

Bahrain Opposition Leader 'Arrested' - BBC

Bahrain: Shiite Opposition Leader Questioned - AP

Egypt: Anti-Government Protesters Clash With Police in Cairo - VOA

Egypt: Cairo Campus Torched Amid Protest - BBC

Egypt: Police Kill Cairo Student in Clashes - Reuters

Shots Fired Before 4 US Military Personnel Were Held in Libya - NYT

Libya Says US Personnel Were Held for Failing to Stop at Checkpoint - Reuters

Tunisian Parties Reach Compromise on Constitution - AP

Qatar Signs Aid Deal Worth $1.25 Billion for Morocco - Reuters

 

South Asia

India: Anti-Corruption Crusader Sworn in as New Delhi Chief - WP

Vaccine Aide Gunned Down in Pakistan - NYT

Police Deploy in Bangladesh for Opposition Rally - AP