24 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
Car Bomb Hits Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan – AP
US Soldier Shot in Afghanistan Saved by His iPhone – BBC
Syria
New Influx of Weapons to Rebels Tilts the Battle Against Assad – WP
Battle for Syria's Aleppo Airport Intensifies – AP
Syrian Opposition Pulls Out of International Talks – VOA
Syria Opposition Boycotts Talks – BBC
Israel Closely Watching Weapons Being Sent to anti-Assad Rebels – McClatchy
Lebanese Villagers in Syria Ride Out the Storm – DS
A Syrian Crackup Looks More Likely – DS opinion
Middle East / North Africa
Iran’s Ahmadinejad Admits to Economic Pain – WP
Iran Announces Nuclear Expansion – BBC
Iran Says It Has Found New Deposits of Uranium – Reuters
Iran Says it Has Captured a Foreign 'Enemy Drone' – AP
Settlers in West Bank Shoot Two Palestinians – AP
Palestinians Demand Inquiry Into Death in an Israeli Jail – Reuters
Yemen Security Chief Escapes Gunmen as Three Die in South – Reuters
Egypt Parliament Election Start Moved to April 22 – Reuters
Egypt's ElBaradei Urges Election Boycott – VOA
Tunisian Secularists Protest Against New Islamist PM – Reuters
Hezbollah-Sunni War Is About to Start – NOW opinion
US Department of Defense
Pentagon to Slow Contractor Payments Ahead of US Spending Cuts – Bloomberg
The Threat to the Ships that Carry the Fight – WT opinion
United States
Sequester’s Big Gamble: How Bad Will the Pain Be? – WP
Hard Realities of Cuts Emerge as Agencies Reveal Details – NYT
Governors Frustrated with Gridlock, Sequestration – WP
Fault-Finding in Washington Grows Intense as Cuts Near – NYT
Analysis: Obama, GOP See No Need to Stop the Cuts – AP
Military Contractors Look for Commercial Uses – AP
Sequestration was Obama’s Idea in the First Place – WT opinion
John F. Kerry Returns to War – WT opinion
Africa
France's Military Operation in Mali in 'Final Phase' – BBC
Clashes Erupt in Northern Mali – VOA
Mali's Islamic Radicals Recruiting Child Soldiers at Schools – AP
Chad Army: 13 Chadian Troops, 65 Islamists Killed in Mali – VOA
Chadians Attack Islamists' Mali Mountain Hideout – Reuters
More Fighting Erupts in Sudan's Darfur Region – Reuters
Kenya Cracks Down on Hate Speech Before Elections – VOA
France Warns of Kidnappings, Attack Risk in Benin – Reuters
Djibouti Opposition Denounces Election Results – VOA
Catholic Church Helps Fill a Void in Africa – NYT
Americas
Chile's Gen Pinochet 'Tried to Cling to Power' in 1988 – BBC
Asia / Pacific
No Exit: China Uses Passports as Political Cudgel – NYT
North Korea Threatens US Over Joint Military Drill – NYT
S. Korea's New Leader Faces N. Korea Nuke Crisis – AP
US Troops Testing Jungle Skills During Cobra Gold Exercise – S&S
Europe
In Russian Politics, it’s Dmitry Who? – WP
Italy General Election Campaign Ends – BBC
Kurdish Militant Leader Signals Turkish Prisoners May Be Freed – Reuters
Cyprus: Gloom and Voter Apathy Tied to Financial Woes – NYT
Vatican Blasts 'Pressures' Ahead of Pope Election – VOA
Vatican: Information Sharing Seen Crucial to Next Pope’s Success – WP
Europe's Crisis Is Far from Over – WSJ opinion
South Asia
Pakistan to Seek Interpol Help in Extraditing Taliban Commander – VOA
Talk of Peace with Pakistan Taliban Angers Victims – AP
Italian Marines Held in India Return Home to Vote – Reuters
