Small Wars Journal

15 September SWJ Roundup

Mon, 09/15/2014 - 12:23am

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Information Dissemination - The Interpreter - Kings of War - Londonstani

Long War Journal - Marine Corps Gazette - Marine Corps Times

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IS / ISIS / ISIL

Envoy Named to Help Build Coalition Against Militants - USAT

White House Still Seeking Coalition in Mideast War - AP

Diplomatic Push Grows Against Islamic State Group - AP

Kerry: Some Nations Offer Ground Troops in Fight Against IS - Reuters

Arab Nations Offer to Conduct Airstrikes Against ISIS, US Official Says - NYT

US Officials: Arab States Willing to Join Air Fight - WP

Arab States Offer to Launch Airstrikes on Islamic State - LAT

Arab States 'Offer Anti-IS Strikes' - BBC

Airstrikes Alone Not Enough, Former Joint Chiefs Chairman Says - TH

British PM Vows Response to IS Militants after Beheading of Briton - VOA

UK Will 'Hunt Down' Hostage's Killers - BBC

Cameron Condemns Islamic State’s Killing of Briton - WP

Cameron Announces Response Plan to Beheading of British Aid Worker - NYT

Islamic State Group's War Chest is Growing Daily - AP

Islamic State Attracts Female Jihadis From US Heartland - Reuters

13 Years After 9/11, the ‘War on Terror’ Has a New Focus - NYT

Obama's Hawkish Plan For Islamic State Puts Doves In A Quandary - NPR Opinion

How to Debate a War - WP Opinion

Is this How to Win the “War on Terrorism”? - Lawfare Opinion

Here’s What Arab Militaries Bring to the Fight Against the IS - DO Opinion

The Plunder Funding the Islamic State - WP Opinion

 

Iraq

Australia Sending Troops, Aircraft to Halt IS Militants' Advance - VOA

Australia to Join Anti-IS Force - BBC

HRW Urges Investigation of Civilian Deaths in Iraqi Airstrike - VOA

Rights Group Calls for Probe Into Iraqi Airstrike - AP

Kerry Welcomes Iraq Order to Stop Shelling in Populated Areas - VOA

Iraq's Falluja Hospital 'Shelled' - BBC

Islamic State Executes Eight Sunnis in Northern Iraq - Reuters

Iraq's Allawi Endorses PM, Says Will Help Win Over Sunnis - Reuters

Iraq Situation Report - ISW Update

 

Syria

Syria Sees Risk and Opportunity in U.S. Strikes Against ISIS - NYT

Potential US Allies? Syrian Rebel Groups at a Glance - LAT

Washington Risks Falling for Syria's ISIS Strategy, Again - NBC Analysis

The Administration Should Explain Its Legal Basis to Attack ISIL in Syria - Lawfare Opinion

To Stop ISIS in Syria, Support Aleppo - NYT Opinion

 

Al Qaeda

Al Qaeda Denies Decline, Acknowledges 'Mistakes' by Its Branches - Reuters

 

Ukraine / Russia

Defense Minister: Western Weapons on Way to Ukraine - VOA

NATO Countries Have Begun Arms Deliveries to Ukraine - Reuters

Ukraine to Feature in Paris Talks - VOA

Russia-Annexed Crimea Votes for Legislature - AP

Crimean Critics Call Foul as Region Votes in First Russian Election - Reuters

 

United States

Federal Push to Hire Veterans is Fueling Resentment - WP

Police Armored Vehicle Is Unwelcome in California College Town - NYT

Drones and the Democracy Disconnect - NYT Opinion

 

United Kingdom

Cameron Under Pressure as Scotland Vote Approaches - NYT

Scotland Bets on Oil, Even as Wells Start to Run Dry - WP

Fate of UK Hangs in Balance After Latest Scotland Polls - Reuters

Leaders Stress Scots Vote Will Stand - BBC

EU Legal Fog Lets Scots Bank on Politics to Keep Them In - Reuters

Britain Mourns Slain Hostage; Another Under Threat - AP

Scots Must Vote Nae - NYT Opinion

 

Africa

Health Care Specialists Consider Different Treatments for Ebola - VOA

Liberia's 'Ebola Absentees' Sacked - BBC

UN Peacekeepers to Deploy in CAR - VOA

DRC Rebel Group Wants Assurances to Hand Over Weapons - VOA

Mali Landmine Kills UN Peacekeeper, Wounds Four Others - Reuters

Uganda Seizes 'al-Shabab Explosives' - BBC

 

Asia / Pacific

North Korea Sentences American to 6 Years Hard Labor - VOA

California Man Sentenced to 6 Years’ labor in North Korea - WP

North Korea Jails US Man for Six Years - BBC

North Korea Says Reports of Abuse Are Produced by Political ‘Racket’ - NYT

Pro-Democracy Protesters Stage 'Black Cloth' March in Hong Kong - Reuters

China’s ‘Creeping Invasion’ - WP Opinion

 

Europe

US and UK Spy Agencies 'Have Access to German Telecoms' - BBC

Sweden Victor Says No Far-Right Pact - BBC

NATO’s Hopes for Russia Have Turned to Dismay - NYT Opinion

 

Middle East / North Africa

Israeli Military Threatens to Discipline Veterans Involved in Protest - NYT

Rights Group Urges Yemen to Probe Use of Force - AP

Egypt: Qatar Ordered Islamists Out Within 2 Months - AP

 

South Asia

Pakistan Rejects Afghan Criticism of 480-kilometer Border Trench - VOA

 

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