2 October SWJ Roundup
US Naval Institute Daily – USNI
Afghanistan
Karzai: Talking Peace With Taliban Futile – VOA
Karzai Gives Up on Taliban Talks – BBC
Afghan Leader Gives Up Trying to Talk to Taliban – AP
Top Haqqani Leader Captured in Afghanistan – VOA
NATO Says It Caught a Haqqani Clan Leader – NYT
Senior Militant Leader in Afghanistan Caught – LAT
Top Afghanistan Militant Captured – BBC
Senior Haqqani Leader Captured in Afghanistan – Reuters
Hundreds of Afghans Hold Anti-Pakistan Protest – AP
Afghan Prisons, Locked in Failure – WP opinion
Pakistan
Could Pakistan Dump US for 'All-Weather Friend' China? – LAT
US Struggles to Chart Fresh Course With Pakistan – Reuters
US Missiles Kill Pakistani Militant Commander – AP
Dreaded Militant Hit Squad Goes Rogue in Pakistan – Reuters
Kabul Hands Pakistan Evidence on Peace Envoy Killing – Reuters
Pakistani Is Sentenced in Killing of Governor – NYT
Taseer Killer Sentenced to Death – BBC
Militants Kidnap Pakistan Miners – BBC
Don't Give Up on Pakistan – LAT editorial
Talk to, Not at, Pakistan – WP opinion
Israel / Palestinians
Israeli Settlement Plans Decried – WP
Palestinians Say US Pressure Over UN Bid 'Unfair' – AP
Iran Assails Two-State Solution for Palestinians – AP
Israeli Air Strike Wounds Three Palestinians in Gaza – Reuters
Libya
AFRICOM Commander: NATO Mission Could End Soon – AP
Sirte Medical Needs 'Desperate' – BBC
Notorious Libya Prison Now Symbol of Kadafi Era – LAT
Syria
Key Syrian City Takes On Tone of Civil War – NYT
Syrian Army 'Controls Rebel Town' – BBC
Syrian Troops Overcome Rebel Town – AP
Yemen
Al-Qaeda in Yemen Still Poses a Threat – WP
Yemen Notes Its Own Role in US Attack on Militant – NYT
Bomb Maker for Al Qaeda May be Dead in Drone Strike – LAT
Officials: Drone Likely Killed Saudi Terrorist – AP
Yemeni Soldiers Killed in al-Qaida Raid – VOA
Yemeni Jet Mistakenly Bombs Army Post, Kills 30 – AP
Yemen After Awlaki – LAT opinion
Egypt
Egypt's New Democrats Ready to Defend Nile – VOA
Egypt Offers Poll Law Concession – BBC
Egypt Military Proposes Schedule for Leaving Power – AP
Egypt Police Clear Tahrir Square of Protesters – Reuters
Middle East / North Africa
As West Celebrates a Cleric’s Death, Mideast Shrugs – NYT
Iraq Car Bomb Kills 17 at Funeral Near Hillah – LAT
Saudi Cleric Discontent After Women's Rights Move – Reuters
Bahrain Medics Seek UN Probe of Prison Sentences – AP
Campaign Begins for Tunisia Polls – BBC
Landmark Tunisian Election Campaign Kicks Off – AP
Iran's Growing Bluster Spells Danger – LAT opinion
Al Qaeda / Terrorism
Strike Reflects U.S. Shift to Drones in Terror Fight – NYT
US Warns of Possible Retaliation over al-Awlaki Killing – CNN
Awlaki Killing Sparks US Warning – BBC
Aulaqi is First Hit for New Drone Base – WP
Drones Weapon of Choice for Obama War on al-Qaida – AP
Antiterror Measures at Home – NYT editorial
Anwar Awlaki: Targeted for Death – LAT editorial
Awlaki, the Model Moderate Muslim – WT editorial
Anwar al-Aulaqi is Dead – WP opinion
An Illegal and Counterproductive Assassination – NYT opinion
US Department of Defense
Dempsey Outlines Key Themes in Letter to Troops – AFPS
Gen. Lloyd J. Austin Nominated to be Army Vice Chief of Staff – FO
Commanders Looking for Savings Through Consolidation, Cuts – S&S
NM University to Help Develop New UAV – MT
US Department of State
State Department Reeling from Budget Cuts – WP
United States
Supreme Court to Consider Federal Power – WP
Hundreds Of Anti-Wall Street Protestors Arrested in New York – VOA
Strange Sorority Fixation was Link that Led to Anthrax Suspect – CNN
United Kingdom
Army Experts Defuse Bomb in Center of Belfast – AP
Africa
Democracy Steadily Takes Root in Africa – NPR
Nigerian President Pledge to Secure Country – VOA
Nigeria Sect Kills 2 at Wedding With Bomb – AP
Somali Gunmen Abduct Elderly Tourist in Kenya – NYT
French Woman Kidnapped in Kenya – BBC
Kidnappers Escape Kenyan Flotilla, Flee to Somalia – VOA
Thousands of Displaced People Face Eviction in Ivory Coast – VOA
Rwanda Genocide Ministers Jailed – BBC
Zambia Anti-corruption Boss Fired – BBC
Americas
Armed Attackers Say Warriors for Mexico – HC
2 Powerful Cartels Dominate in Mexico Drug War – AP
Perry Suggests Sending US Troops to Mexico – DMN
Perry: Send US Troops to Mexico – BBC
Bolivia Amazon Road March Resumes – BBC
Asia Pacific
Radical Muslim Group Expands in Asia, Targets Educated – AP
Reports Say Tibetans Protest in Southwest China – AP
Jailed China Nobel Winner's Wife Still Silenced – AP
Indonesia: Arrest over Java Church Bombing – BBC
Indonesia Arrests a Most-Wanted Muslim Militant – AP
Philippines Hit by Second Typhoon in Week, 1 Dead – VOA
Europe
Russians Work with EUCOM, NATO on Crisis Response – S&S
Sarkozy to Meet Merkel in Coming Days on Greece – Reuters
Russia: Putin Leaves Tough Jobs to Medvedev in Switch – LAT
Support Organization for Basque Group ETA Disbands – AP
Bulgaria anti-Roma Rally in Sofia – BBC
South Asia
Protests Shut Down Indian State – BBC
Nepal: A Maoist in Manhattan – WP opinion
