4 July SWJ Roundup
Small Wars Journal Daily Roundup
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USNI Daily – Real Clear Defense – Real Clear World – The Daily Humanitarian
BBC – CNN World – CSM World – LAT World – NYT World – WP World
Security Clearance – Stars & Stripes – War on the Rocks – War Council
War is Boring – Warscapes – WhyDev – Wings Over Iraq – VOA
WP National Security – WT National Security – American Forces Press Service
AidSpeak – Air Force Times – Armed Forces Journal
AOL Defense – Army Times – At War – Barefoot Strategist – CSM Backchannels
DEFCON Hill – Best Defense – Danger Room – Defense News
Defense One – Defense Tech – DoD Buzz – The Diplomat – Clausewitz Homepage
Early Warning – Eurasia Review – Foreign Affairs – Foreign Policy – Fortuna’s Corner
Ground Force Dialogue – David Ignatius – Defense in Depth – Defense Tech
Early Warning Blog – Feral Jundi – Infinity Journal
Informal Institute for National Security Thinkers and Practitioners
Information Dissemination – The Interpreter – Kings of War – Long War Journal
Marine Corps Gazette – Marine Corps Times
Maritime Executive – The Military Leader – Military Review
MountainRunner – National Defense – Navy Times – Next Navy – Parameters – RUSI
ZenPundit – CNA – CNAS – CSIS – ILW – ISW – Rand – TJF – USIP
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Iraq
Hagel: US to Secure Embassy, Assess Situation in Iraq – AFPS
Dempsey Describes US Interests in Iraq – AFPS
Pentagon Leaders: Iraq Needs Outside Help to Retake Seized Territory – WP
Dempsey Suggests Stalemate in Iraq, Door Open to Greater US Involvement – S&S
Pentagon: ISIL ‘Stretched’ in Iraq – VOA
Pentagon: No Iraq Invasion Unless US Homeland is Threatened – WT
Expanded Iraq Role for US Military Left Open by Dempsey – Bloomberg
Dempsey Plays Down Prospects for Major US Action in Iraq – PBS
Challenges Beset US Efforts to Arm Iraq’s Air Force – WP
Iraqi Airstrikes Target Sunni Militants – AP
Scores of Militants Reported Killed by Iraqi Army – NYT
Iraq Chases Baghdad Sleeper Cells as 'Zero Hour' Looms Over Capital – Reuters
Iraq Army Retakes Saddam Hussein's Home Village from Islamist Rebels – Reuters
More Signs of Iraq Disintegration as Kurds Call for Independence Vote – McClatchy
Kurds are Pursuing Two Avenues to the Future – WP
Kurdish Officials Seek More Autonomy in Any Deal With a New Government – NYT
Iraq's Kurds Push for Independence Vote; US Objects – VOA
Obama’s Blueprint for Fighting Terrorism Collides With Reality in Iraq – NYT Opinion
Why We Stood by Maliki, and Lost Iraq – WP Opinion
If Iraq Must be Divided, Here’s the Right Way to Do It – Reuters Opinion
US Department of Defense
Think Tank: Defense Funds Should Go to Countering Russia, China – S&S
US Grounds Entire F-35 Fleet During Probe – VOA
Navy's 'Pandarra Fog' Defense is Part Future Tech, Part Throwback – S&S
Volunteering for the All-American Military – WSJ
Retired Navy Officer Pleads Guilty in Bribery Scandal – S&S
United States
US Political Forecast: More Gridlock – VOA
New Bomb Fear Prompts 'Enhanced Security Measures' for US-bound Flights – TWB
Former Blackwater Guard Testifies Against Friends – AP
Amid Influx of Migrants, Obama to Skip Border Visit on Texas Trip – NYT
Rights Activists Worried about Treatment of Undocumented Immigrants – VOA
United Kingdom
Deputy Defense Secretary Work in UK for Talks with British Counterparts – AFPS
100 UK Imams Urge Britons to Stay Away From Syria – AP
Africa
Officials: Up to 120 US Troops Training Somali Forces – S&S
US Military Admits Secret Presence in Somalia – Reuters
CAR: Rebel Leader Kony "Hibernates," Evades Jungle Hunt – AP
UN States Overcome Impasse to Pass Peacekeeping Budget – VOA
UN: W. African Ebola Outbreak May Last Several Months – VOA
Nigeria Girls Missing, 11 Weeks After Abduction – VOA
Americas / Caribbean
Attention Elsewhere, US Outgunned in the Americas – MCT
Thieves in Mexico Steal Truck With Dangerous Radioactive Load – Reuters
Peru's Humala Backs Minister Despite Murder Probe – AP
Haitians Thwarted as They Seek Dominican Status – AP
Asia / Pacific
Japan to Lift Some Sanctions on North Korea – AP
Xi Slams Japan's 'Barbaric' Colonial Aggression Against China, Korea – VOA
Japan’s PM Heads to Australia After Step Back From Post-War Pacifism – Reuters
Amid China Spat, Vietnam to Build 32 Patrol Ships – AP
US Officials Barred From American's Trial in China – AP
China and South Korea Affirm Antinuclear Goals – NYT
Sanctions: How Japan Is Easing Up on North Korea – AP
Police Say Expired MREs Being Sold on Korean Black Market – S&S
Thai Junta Compares Its Intervention to Burma's 1988 Crackdown – Reuters
Filipino Activists Call for End to US Defense Pact – AP
Malaysian Police Make Arrests of Suspected Sri Lankan Tamil Activists – Reuters
Buddhist-Muslim Mayhem Hits Burma’s No. 2 City – NYT
Countering Corruption in Indonesia – NYT Editorial
Europe
Obama, Germany's Merkel Consult on Ukraine – Reuters
Ukrainian President Shakes Up Military Leadership – AP
Kyiv, Separatists Fret at Gun Law in Ukraine's Rebel Regions – VOA
Putin Calls for Better US-Russia Relations – VOA
France Tightens Airport Security on US-Bound Flights – Reuters
Report: German Intel Worker Suspected of US Spying – AP
Turkey Turns Inwards as War Spreads From Syria to Iraq – Reuters
Hagel Praises Latvia’s Efforts to Boost Defense Spending – AFPS
Middle East / North Africa
Final Round of Nuclear Talks Opens Between Iran, West – WP
Moderate Syrian Rebels Threaten to Quit – VOA
Police: Syria Airstrikes Target Lebanon – AP
Transfer of Syrian Chemicals to Cape Ray Complete – AFPS
Teenagers’ Deaths Raise Fears of Shift From Political Struggle to Blood Feud – NYT
Israel Braces for Funeral of Palestinian Teenager – NYT
Palestinians to Bury Body of Slain Teenager – VOA
Israel Bolsters Forces Along Volatile Gaza Border – AP
Iran Overplays it Hand – WP Opinion
Lawless Holy Land – NYT Opinion
South Asia
DLA Sells Non-Military Property to Afghan Buyers – AFPS
UN States Overcome Impasse to Pass Peacekeeping Budget – VOA
HRW Urges Pakistan to Withdraw Repressive Law – VOA
Strike, Curfew Shut Kashmir as India Leader Visits – AP
