8 February SWJ Roundup
Small Wars Journal Daily Roundup
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BBC – CNN World – CSM World – LAT World – NYT World – WP World – VOA
WP National Security – WT National Security
American Forces Press Service – Abu Muqawama – Air Force Times
Armed Forces Journal – AOL Defense – Army Times – At War – CSM Backchannels
Battleland – Best Defense – Danger Room – Defense Tech – DoD Buzz – Early Warning
Foreign Affairs – Foreign Policy – David Ignatius
Infinity Journal – The Interpreter – Long War Journal – Marine Corps Gazette
Marine Corps Times – Military Review – National Defense – Navy Times – Parameters
Security Clearance – Stars & Stripes – Wings Over Iraq – ZenPundit
CNA – CNAS – CSIS – ILW – ISW – Rand – TJF
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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
