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8 February SWJ Roundup

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02.08.2013 at 05:24am

Small Wars Journal Daily Roundup

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USNI DailyReal Clear World

BBCCNN WorldCSM WorldLAT WorldNYT WorldWP WorldVOA

WP National SecurityWT National Security

American Forces Press ServiceAbu MuqawamaAir Force Times

Armed Forces JournalAOL DefenseArmy TimesAt WarCSM Backchannels

BattlelandBest DefenseDanger RoomDefense TechDoD BuzzEarly Warning

Foreign AffairsForeign PolicyDavid Ignatius

Infinity JournalThe InterpreterLong War JournalMarine Corps Gazette

Marine Corps TimesMilitary ReviewNational Defense – Navy Times – Parameters

Security ClearanceStars & StripesWings Over Iraq – ZenPundit

CNACNASCSISILWISWRandTJF

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Afghanistan

UN: Afghanistan Bribes Totaled Nearly $4 Billion – VOA

UN: Cost of Afghan Bribery 'Increases' – BBC

UN: Afghan Corruption Worth Twice Government Revenue – Reuters

UK Defense Secretary Visits Afghanistan – AP

ISAF Operations Summary – AFPS

What's the Afghanistan Mission? – LAT opinion

 

Terrorism / Counterterrorism

CIA Nominee Defends US Drone Policy – VOA

Brennan Defends Anti-Terror Policies at Senate Hearing – WP

Brennan Defends Counterterrorism Policies at Hearing – NYT

Brennan Defends Use of Drones to Target Terror – USAT

CIA Nominee Defends Drone Strikes – BBC

Panetta: Distance, Time Affected Benghazi Response – AFPS

Obama Hands Off on Benghazi Action – WT

Dempsey ‘Surprised’ at Clinton’s Benghazi Testimony – WT

Europe Weighs Terrorist Designation for Hezbollah – USAT

French Try to Root Out Would-be Jihadists at Home – AP

Turkish Parliament Approves Anti-Terrorism Financing Law – Reuters

A Long Overdue Discussion – NYT editorial

Attack of the Obama Drones – WT editorial

Targeted Killings: What are the Limits? – LAT editorial

America Must Come Clean About Drone Strikes – Dawn editorial

Drone Warfare Is Right and Moral – DB opinion

An Old Policy in a New Fight – WP opinion

Obama Can’t Shut Out Judges on Drones – WP opinion

Drones Can't Solve All of Our Problems – Atlantic opinion

Will US Begin Acknowledging Unintended Casualties? – WP opinion

Obama Demands Unquestioning Acceptance of Ability to Kill – WT opinion

Blaming Terrorists for Terrorism – WS opinion

With Burgas Bombing, Hezbollah Returned to Roots – Atlantic opinion

 

Syria

Fighting Rages Around Syrian Capital for Second Day – VOA

Fight Expands in Damascus as Diplomatic Hopes Sink  – NYT

Heavy Fighting Hits Syrian Capital – BBC

Syrian Jets Bomb Damascus Ring Road to Halt Rebel Push – Reuters

Panetta Says the Pentagon Backed Arming Syrian Rebels – NYT

Pentagon Leaders Favored Arming Syrian Rebels – WP

Panetta Backs Syria Rebels Arms Plan – BBC

Pentagon Backs Plan for US to Arm Syrian Rebels – Reuters

Senate Hearing Draws Out a Rift in US Policy on Syria – NYT

Islamic Summit Ends With Call for Dialogue in Syria – VOA

Islamic Summit Backs Syria Dialogue – AP

Obama’s Syria Veto – WP editorial

 

Iran

Supreme Leader of Iran Rejects Direct Talks With US – NYT

Iran Rebuffs US Nuclear Talks Offer – BBC

Iran Claims Footage Extracted from Downed US Drone – VOA

Video Was Downloaded From US Drone, Iran Says – NYT

Iran Shows 'Captured Drone Footage' – BBC

Yemen Calls for Iran to Stop Sending Arms – AP

Yemen Demands Iran Halt Support for Insurgents – Reuters

Iran's Ahmadenijad Entices Egypt Into Alliance – AP

Iran’s Ahmadinejad: Latest Leader Attacked With a Shoe – VOA

Iran Urges Young Couples to Have More Babies – LAT

Obama’s Last Chance to Stop Iran – WT opinion

 

Tunisia

New Uncertainty Grips Tunisia After Assassination – NYT

Assassination Roils Tunisia – VOA

A New Season of Unrest in Birthplace of Arab Spring – USAT

Tunisian Protesters Ransack Police Station in Capital – Reuters

Tunisia's Political Crisis Deepens – BBC

Call for New Gov’t Rejected After Political Assassination – WP

Tunisia Ruling Party Rejects PM's Call for New Cabinet – LAT

Tunisia Islamists Say No New Gov't as Crisis Grows – AP

Opposition Leader's Funeral Brings Day of Reckoning – Reuters

 

Mali

Sporadic Fighting in Mali as UN Weighs Peacekeeping Force – VOA

Mali a Sign of France's Reset Africa Policy – VOA

Looted Libyan Arms in Mali May Have Shifted Conflict’s Path – NYT

Islamic Summit Backs Mali Government, Omits France – Reuters

President's Son Leads Chadians Against Islamists in Mali – Reuters

 

Middle East / North Africa

Palestinian Officials: Obama Must Pressure Israel – AP

Palestinians: Hamas and Fatah 'in Unity Talks' – BBC

Israel's Netanyahu Tackles Tricky Coalition-Building – Reuters

Yemen Calls for Iran to Stop Sending Arms – AP

Iran's Ahmadenijad Entices Egypt Into Alliance – AP

Egypt's Government Nearing End of the Road, Says Ex-PM – Reuters

Egypt Protects Liberals' Homes After Death Threat – Reuters

ICC: Libya Must Hand Over Gadhafi Spy Chief – VOA

Looted Libyan Arms in Mali May Have Shifted Conflict’s Path – NYT

The Global Shadow War Between Israel and Iran – Time opinion

The Coming War in the Middle East – DI opinion

 

US Department of Defense

Pentagon Warns of Huge Cuts – USAT

Panetta, Dempsey List Consequences of Sequestration – AFPS

Panetta Discusses 2014 Defense Budget Request – AFPS

Pentagon Gearing Up to Fight the PR War – WP

Carter Sees DOD Strategy at Work on Europe, Middle East Trip – AFPS

 

United States

State of the Union Address Likely to Focus on Domestic Issues – VOA

Federal Reserve's Internal Site Hacked – VOA

Poll: 9-in-10 Americans Support Gun Background Checks – VOA

Obama Promised Peace, But Delivered More War – FP opinion

The Superpower Takes a Breather – WSJ opinion

Call Obama’s Sequester Bluff – WP opinion

 

Africa

Mali a Sign of France's Reset Africa Policy – VOA

Suspected Congolese Rebels Charged With Plotting Coup – VOA

South Africa Charges Congo Rebels With Coup Plot – BBC

Nigeria Opposition Merge to Challenge President's Party – VOA

Nigeria Opposition Parties Merge – VOA

Zuma Outrage at South Africa Gang-Rape Murder – BBC

 

Americas

Mexico: World’s Eyes on Acapulco Rape Case – WP

American Resident Killed in Mexico Stabbing – AP

Official: Arsenal Found Inside Venezuelan Prison – AP

Colombia Police: Kidnapped Germans in Good Health – AP

Chile Navy Investigates 'Xenophobia' – BBC

Haiti Urged to Pursue Duvalier Charges – BBC

Haiti Court Postpones Duvalier Appeals Hearing – AP

 

Asia / Pacific

Tensions Flare as Japan Says Russian Planes Entered Airspace – NYT

Russian jets 'Breach Japan airspace' – BBC

Japan Pledges to Solve Territorial Dispute with Russia – VOA

China to Probe Japan Radar Claim – BBC

China Accuses Japan of Smear Campaign – VOA

China’s Thirst for Power and Water Alarms Downstream India – WP

Mystery Blogger Suspected to be Communist Leader – USAT

Exposing Chinese Corruption Online, One Video at a Time – VOA

China’s Rural-Urban Balancing Act – WP

China Arrests Over Tibet Immolations – BBC

Battling Self-Immolations, China Makes More Arrests – NYT

China 'Smuggles' Mozambique Timber – BBC

S. Korean Military Sharpens Reflexes on Divided Peninsula – Reuters

Alleged Witch Burned Alive in Papua New Guinea – AP

 

Europe

Relations Between Russia and US Deteriorating – VOA

New Generation of Russian Dissidents Flees to West – VOA

Reform Quickly or Lose Deals, EU Tells Ukraine – VOA

Ukraine Rejects Gazprom Gas Bill – BBC

EU Budget Summit Wrestles Over Cuts – BBC

EU Proposes New Cybercrime Rules – BBC

Will Turkey's Erdogan Join the Dictator's Club? – NR opinion

 

South Asia

Allen, Dunford Visit Pakistani Military Chief – AFPS

Pakistan: Wave of Violence Grips Karachi – VOA

Bomb Kills Policeman in Pakistani City of Karachi – AP

China’s Thirst for Power and Water Alarms Downstream India – WP

Report Faults Indian Gov’t Over Widespread Child Sex Abuse – NYT

India Child Sex Victims 'Humiliated' – BBC

Nepal's Maoists Set Terms to End Political Deadlock – Reuters

Protests Rage Over Bangladeshi War Crimes Islamist – Reuters

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