Small Wars Journal Daily Roundup
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Iraq
Iraq’s Top Shiite Cleric Backs New Prime Minister - WP
Iraqis Welcome Change of Leadership But Challenges Loom - AP
Iraqi Sunnis Say Could Join New Government, Fight Islamic State - Reuters
DoD Spokesman: Iraq Situation Still Dangerous, Efforts Continue - AFPS
EU Condemns IS 'Atrocities' in Iraq - BBC
EU Approves Arming Of Kurds; US Says Air Strikes Will Continue - VOA
UK 'Would Consider Arming Kurds' - BBC
Canada to Bring Arms to Kurds in Iraq - AP
Seeing Iraq Horror, Europe Pledges Aid and Arms - AP
Islamic State Fighters Reportedly Take Yazidi Town - WP
Yazidi Villagers 'Massacred' by IS - BBC
Islamic State 'Massacres' 80 Yazidis in North Iraq - Reuters
Why Can’t the US Figure Out How Many Yazidis Are on Mt Sinjar? - WP
Emergency Aid Boosted for Iraq's Refugees - VOA
Iraq Situation Report - ISW Update
How Iraq Ends - WP Opinion
Iraq’s Last Chance - NYT Opinion
Yazidis On My Mind - WP Opinion
Ukraine / Russia
Ukraine: Russian APCs Destroyed Near Border; Moscow: 'Fantasy' - VOA
Ukraine Forces Destroy Russian Vehicles, Poroshenko Says - WP
Ukraine Says It Hit Military Vehicles Coming From Russia - NYT
Russia Denies NATO, Ukraine Claims of ‘Incursion’ - S&S
US: Russia Has No Right to Send Vehicles, Persons Into Ukraine - Reuters
Russia Assures US on Ukraine Convoy - BBC
Some Russian Aid Trucks Are Nearly Empty, Reporters Find - NYT
Deep in Conflict, Ukraine Still Selling Gear to Russia's Military - WP
Terrorism / Counterterrorism
Islamic State Said to Challenge Al-Qaeda for Leadership - Bloomberg
UN Approves Measure to Combat Al-Qaida Fighters - AP
Al-Qaida Urges Abducted Man's Family Press US for Prisoner Exchange - AP
Gitmo Judge Bows to Prosecution, Reinstates 5-man 9/11 Trial - MH
US Department of Defense
US Hails Okinawa Base Move Start - BBC
Maj. Gen. Harold Greene Receives Full Burial Honors at Arlington - S&S
Marine Convicted of Killing Iraqi to be Retried - S&S
United States
As World Boils, Fingers Point Obama’s Way - NYT
US Firm Helped Spyware Industry Build a Digital Weapon - WP
Border Crisis Fuels Opposition to Immigration Reform - VOA
Senate to Review Transfer of Military Equipment to Police - S&S
How the Pentagon’s Military Equipment Has Spread to Police - WP
New VA Secretary: Firings of Workers a Deliberate Process - AP
Obama’s Foreign Policy Lacks Strategic Thinking - WP Opinion
Obama's Foreign Policy Record: TBD - Stratfor Opinion
Obama's Greatest Foreign Policy Test - BG Opinion
Does the US Still Have the Will to Lead? - NYT Opinion
Foreign Policy: What if Clinton Had Won - WP Opinion
Africa
Boko Haram Is Still Abducting Nigerian Youths - NYT
Suspected Boko Haram Kidnap 100 in Northern Nigeria - Reuters
'New Mass Abduction' in Nigeria - BBC
Somalia: Disarmament Try in Mogadishu Results in Combat - VOA
7 Dead as Battle Erupts in Somali Capital - AP
Powerful Somali Warlord 'On the Run' - BBC
Ebola 'to Last at Least Six Months' - BBC
A Painfully Slow Ebola Response - NYT Editorial
Handmaiden to Africa's Generals - NYT Opinion
Americas / Caribbean
In Mexico, Kidnappers No Longer Targeting Just the Rich - WP
Hand Grenades Becoming Key Weapon in Mexican Cartels' Arsenals - FOX
UN Troops Disperse Haiti Protesters - BBC
Asia / Pacific
Kerry Talks Asian Relationships, Trade Pact - AP
Asia-Pacific Rebalance Remains Central to Strategy, DoD Spokesman Says - AFPS
With Eye on China, Japanese Premier Skips War Shrine - NYT
Japan’s Abe Avoids War Shrine on WWII Anniversary - WP
China Expands Anti-Corruption Drive - VOA
Chinese Police ‘Fire on Tibetan Protesters’ - BBC
Europe
Obama to Visit Estonia to Reassure Baltic Allies - NYT
Poland Puts on Biggest Military Parade in Years - AP
Turkey Confirms Erdogan's Win as New President - AP
A New Turkey? - WP Editorial
Middle East / North Africa
Dual Threat Has Mainstream Syrian Rebels Fearing Demise - NYT
Car Bomb Kills at Least 22 in Southern Syria - AP
Hezbollah Sees Islamic State Insurgents as Threat to Gulf, Jordan - Reuters
UN Nuclear Chief Heading to Iran - VOA
3 Killed in Egypt as Islamists Protest - AP
Obama's Legacy: Lost in the Middle East - Politico Opinion
The Wider Mideast War - WP Opinion
Today's War-torn Mideast is Not Yesterday's Europe - LAT Opinion
The Middle East Identity Crisis - WP Opinion
No Double Standards for Israel - WP Opinion
How the US Can Still Help Libya - WP Opinion
South Asia
India: Modi Urges Indians to Raise Sons Better - VOA
India’s Modi Breaks Silence on Rape Issue in Major Speech - WP
India: Modi Says India Shamed by Rape - BBC
Tens of Thousands Hold Anti-PM Rally in Pakistan - AP
Opposition in Pakistan Is Drenched but Not Doused - NYT
Pakistan: Clashes After 'Shots' at Imran Khan - BBC
Afghan Cafe is Front Line in Culture War - WP