7 June SWJ Roundup
Afghanistan
Gates: US Not Ready Yet for Smaller Counterterrorism Mission – WP
Gates Insists it’s Too Early to End Combat in Afghanistan – LAT
Military Seeks to Make Case Against Too-Hasty Reduction – NYT
WH: US Troop Cuts in Afghanistan Will Be ‘Real’ – AP
Clinton: No Decision on Afghan Troop Pullout – WT
General Details Afghanistan Campaign Plan – AFPS
US General Wants to Train Afghans Until ‘2017ââ¬Â² – DR
UN Sanctions Official Urges Separating Taliban and Al Qaeda – NYT
UN Weighs Splitting Taliban, Al-Qaida Black List – AP
Bin Laden Death Could Change Attitudes, Gates Says – AFPS
Gates: Forces on Track to Deliver Blow to Taliban – AP
Support for Afghan War Rises, Poll Shows – WP
3-star SEAL’s Osprey Targeted in Jailbreak – MCT
Coalition Informant Plays Both Sides of Afghan War – AP
Pakistan
US Drone Strikes Are Reported to Kill at Least 18 – NYT
US, Pakistan Authorities Dispute Militant’s Death – Reuters
Iraq
US Braces for Perilous Task of Pulling Last Troops Out – NYT
5 US Soldiers, 14 Iraqis Killed in Separate Attacks – LAT
5 US Soldiers, At Least 13 Iraqis Killed in Separate Attacks – VOA
Iraqi, US Soldiers Killed in Baghdad – WP
Five US Soldiers Killed in Central Iraq – BBC
Israel / Palestinians
Israel Accuses Syria of Inciting Golan Violence – VOA
Netanyahu Accuses Syria of Abetting Border Clash – WP
Israel Disputes Toll of Border Clashes – NYT
Clinton Meets Israeli, Palestinian Peace Envoys – Reuters
Palestinian Mosque Vandalized in West Bank – AP
Syria
Syria, Claiming Heavy Toll in Town, Hints at Retaliation – NYT
120 Policemen Reported Killed in Syrian Town – VOA
Syria Claims Protesters Killed Security Forces – WP
Syria Town Braces for Army Attack – BBC
Syria to Send in Army After 120 Troops Killed – Reuters
Residents Fear Army Attack on North Syrian City – AP
Libya
Libyan Rebels Retake Western Mountain Town – VOA
Libya Stokes Its Machine Generating Propaganda – NYT
Libya Officials Put a Spin on Conflict – LAT
Libya Govt Fails to Prove Claims of NATO Casualties – WP
Air Strikes Hit Military Bases in Tripoli – Reuters
Rare Daytime NATO Airstrikes Hit Libyan Capital – AP
Explosions in Tripoli, Rebels Seize Libyan Town – Reuters
Libya’s Foreign Minister Visits China – AP
What to Do About Libya’s Stalemate? – WP opinion
Yemen
Yemen’s Vice President Says Saleh Coming Back ‘In Days’ – VOA
Yemen’s Leader Is Said to Plan Return ‘in Days’ – NYT
Yemen Opposition Accepts Stand-in – BBC
Violence Continues as Yemenis Spar Over Transition – WP
Officials: Clashes, Shelling Kill 19 in Yemen – AP
Fighting Flares in Al Qaeda-Held Yemen City – Reuters
UK Marines on Yemen Exit Standby – BBC
The View from Yemen’s Tahrir Square – NYT opinion
Yemen’s Women Hoping for a New Era – NYT opinion
Egypt
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Legalized as Party – AP
Vigil Recognizes Slaying that Helped Spark Egyptian Uprising – WP
Egyptians Honor Activist Whose Death Sparked Revolt – Reuters
Iran
Iranian Navy Sends Submarines to Red Sea – AP
Iran Sends Submarines to Red Sea – Reuters
Bahrain
Bahrain Says Arrests Shi’ites After Weekend Clashes – Reuters
An Opening in Bahrain? – WP editorial
Terrorism
Interpol Says Al Qaeda Remains Biggest Global Threat – Reuters
Blackwater
Private Military Firm Denies Affiliation With Ex-Blackwater Chief – NYT
US Department of Defense
Gates Says Guard, Reserve Roles Need Examining – AFPS
Acquisitions Office Focuses on Information Gathering – AFPS
Arctic Report Assesses Defense Role, Future in Region – AFPS
US Military Has New Threat: Health Care Costs – NPR
No Opt-out for Opponents of Gays in Military – Reuters
United States
White House Says it Complied with War Powers Act – WT
States Balk at Illegals Program – WT
Targeting the TSA – LAT editorial
War-powers Crisis – WT opinion
Congress Must Place a Check on Executive War-making – WT opinion
United Nations
UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon Says Running for 2nd Term – Reuters
Africa
Sudan Rejects UN Call to Withdraw from Abyei – WP
North-South Clashes Break Out in a Center of Sudan Tensions – NYT
UN Estimates 100,000 Have Fled South Sudan Tension – AP
UN: Sudan Indicates Abyei Residents May Return – AP
Muslim Cleric Killed in Nigeria – BBC
Zimbabwe ‘Phantom Voters’ Exposed – BBC
Corrupt Police Targeted in Kenya – BBC
Americas
Peru’s Keiko Fujimori Concedes Defeat – VOA
Peru’s Humala Celebrates Poll Win – BBC
Leftist’s Victory Rattles Peruvian Stock Market – LAT
Peru’s Election Unnerves Investors – WP
Mexican ‘Narco-tanks’ Destroyed – BBC
Asia Pacific
Radiation Understated After Quake, Japan Says – NYT
Japan Doubles Estimate of Radiation Released from Plant – ABC
S. Korea’s President Requests North to End Policy of Confrontation – VOA
N. Korean Defector to Get High-Level S. Korean Post – AP
Special Report: Defiance in Thailand’s ‘Red Shirt Villages’ – Reuters
Europe
NATO, Russia Team Up in Anti-Terror Exercise – AP
Turkey: 10 Suspected Al-Qaida Affiliates Detained – AP
Serbia Met Obligation by Nabbing Mladic – Reuters
Car Blast in Moldovan Capital, at Least One Injured – Reuters
South Asia
