24 November SWJ Roundup
Afghanistan
Afghanistan Report Shows Security, Governance Gains – AFPS
Pentagon Report Cites Gains in Afghanistan – New York Times
Progress in Afghan War Called ‘Uneven’ – Washington Post
Pentagon Offers Grim Status Report on Afghanistan – Los Angeles Times
Pentagon Report Sees Some Progress in Afghan War – Washington Times
Afghanistan Report Describes Slow Gains in Security – Stars and Stripes
U.S.: Afghan Violence Soars, Insurgency Expanding – Reuters
U.S. Says Violence Reaches All-time High – BBC News
Senior Taliban Leader a Fake, Officials Say – Los Angeles Times
Taliban Imposter: Sign of War Gains Proves False – Wall Street Journal
Taliban Impostor Reveals Perils of Negotiation – Washington Post
Afghanistan Shifts from Reconciliation – Christian Science Monitor
Petraeus: NATO to Squeeze the Life Out of Taliban – Associated Press
With an Eye on a Drawdown, U.S. Growing its Force – Stars and Stripes
Peace Talks a Function of Afghan Government – AFPS
Afghanistan Releases Majority of Election Results – Associated Press
Protests In Kabul as Afghan Poll Results Released – Reuters
Afghanistan May Indict Voting Officials – New York Times
Afghan Election Body to Release Final Result Wednesday – Reuters
Afghan Election Officials Suspended – BBC News
Analysis: Tanks to Afghanistan – New York Times
Worse Than Vietnam – New York Times opinion
Futile Death in Afghanistan – Washington Times opinion
Taliban’s ‘Burn a Koran Day’ – Washington Times opinion
Pakistan
Pakistani Interior Minister Denies Flood Aid Corruption – BBC News
Pakistan Blasphemy Law ‘Should be Abolished’ – BBC News
Bomb Kills 1 Pakistani Soldier in Northwest – Associated Press
Korean Peninsula
SWJ Korea News and Opinion Update – Small Wars Journal
Iraq
Lawmaker Blasts Asylum Offers for Iraqi Christians – Associated Press
Police: 4 Killed in Drive-By Shootings in Iraq – Associated Press
Iran
Report Suggests Problems with Iran’s Centrifuges – New York Times
IAEA Confirms Iran Temporarily Shut Down Centrifuges – Washington Post
Iran Ramps Up Uranium Enrichment Despite Shutdown – Los Angeles Times
U.N. Reports Iranian Nuclear Problems – Washington Times
Iran ‘Halted Enrichment Temporarily’ Says U.N. Watchdog – BBC News
U.N. Nuke Agency: Iran Enrichment Temporarily Halted – Associated Press
U.S. Says IAEA Report Shows Iran Still Defiant on Nukes – Reuters
Ahmadinejad Adviser Says Sanctions Failed – Washington Post
Transcript of Interview with an Ahmadinejad Adviser – Washington Post
Iran Lawmakers Complain About Ahmadinejad – New York Times
Gambia Cuts Ties with Iran and Orders Diplomats to Go – BBC News
Iran Says Woman Sentenced to Stoning May Be Spared – Associated Press
Iran: Pollution Causes Shutdown in Tehran – BBC News
U.S. Department of Defense
Virginia Officials More Optimistic on JFCOM After Meeting Gates – Daily Press
Fears Ease over Joint Command’s Closing in Va. – Associated Press
Big Change in JFCOM Debate – Suffolk News-Herald
United Nations
U.N. Reports Fragile Progress Against AIDS – New York Times
U.N. Says AIDS Epidemic Slows, Infections Dropping – Associated Press
At U.N., Groups Cite Gains Against Land Mine Deaths – Associated Press
International Criminal Court
Witness at War Crimes Trial Weeps Over Girl’s Rape – Associated Press
Piracy
Somali Piracy Trial: U.S. Jurors Deliberate Over Verdict – BBC News
Africa
Nigeria to Hold Presidential Election on 9 April – BBC News
Nigeria’s Mend Militants Claim Oil Pipeline Attack – BBC News
Nigeria: Lagos to be Africa’s Biggest City – BBC News
Kenyans Arrested ‘On Way to Join Somalia’s al-Shabab’ – BBC News
Egypt Says “Amazed” By Ethiopia’s Nile Remarks – Reuters
Egypt Eyes Sudan for Wheat Needs – Associated Press
Somali Cabinet Fight Exposes Political Paralysis – Associated Press
Gambia Cuts Ties with Iran and Orders Diplomats to Go – BBC News
Americas and Caribbean
Mexico’s Booming Meth Industry – Washington Post
Mexican Expats Warned About Holiday Travel Home – Los Angeles Times
Poll: 49 Pct of Mexicans Think Drug War a Failure – Associated Press
Brazil Police Battle Rio de Janeiro Gang Violence – BBC News
Cuba Says Still Investigating Jailed American – Reuters
U.N.: Haiti Cholera Spreading Faster Than Predicted – Reuters
Asia Pacific
U.S. Envoy Bosworth Calls Nuclear Talks With China Useful, Complete – VOA
China Sets Tough Line in Climate Talks – New York Times
China Turns Up Heat on Taiwan to Talk Politics – Reuters
Flournoy Reinforces U.S. Commitment to Asia, Pacific – AFPS
Survivors Fill Hospitals as Cambodia Toll Rises – New York Times
Officials Probe Fatal Stampede in Cambodia – Washington Times
Gunmen Kill Three Muslims In Southern Thailand – Reuters
Philippines Marks Anniversary of Political Massacre – Voice of America
Burma’s Leading Dissident Reunites With Youngest Son – New York Times
Central Asia
17 Sentenced Over Kyrgyz Ethnic Violence – Associated Press
Europe
European Police Arrest 11 Suspected of Plotting Attack – New York Times
Police Arrest 10 Over Belgian ‘Islamist Terror Plot’ – BBC News
Ten Detained in European Anti-Terror Sweep – Associated Press
Political Turmoil Deepens in Ireland – New York Times
Irish Voters Shifting Allegiance to Nationalist Sinn Fein – Washington Post
Political Chaos Engulfs Ireland, Threatens Bailout – Associated Press
E.U. / IMF Ireland Package to Total 85 Billion Euros – Reuters
Middle East
Palestinians Criticize Israeli Land Bill – Voice of America
Eviction of Palestinians Underlines Tensions Over Jerusalem – New York Times
Israel Stakes Out Lonely Position on Jerusalem – Associated Press
Israel: Law Requiring Public Vote to Surrender Land Stirs Ire – Los Angeles Times
IAEA: Syria’s Nuclear Stonewalling Deepens – Reuters
Explosion In North Yemen Kills 12 Rebels – Reuters
South Asia
India to Deploy 36,000 Extra Troops on Chinese Border – BBC News
Indian Forces Kill Maoist Rebels in Chhattisgarh – BBC News
Turning Around an Indian State – New York Times
Indian Pol Wins Election on His Record, Not Caste – Associated Press
