Small Wars Journal Daily Roundup
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Afghanistan
Karzai’s Bet: Vilifying US - NYT
5 US Troops Killed in Afghan Helicopter Crash - VOA
5 US Soldiers Killed in Crash in Afghanistan - NYT
US Military Deaths in Afghanistan at 2,049 - AP
Afghan Authorities Seize 23 Tons Heroin, Morphine - AP
Syria
Erosion of Syrian Power Accelerating, Clapper Says - WP
Syria Military Shows Strain in a War It Wasn’t Built to Fight - NYT
Syrian Army Eroded by Defections, Battle Deaths - AP
Syrian Rebels Fight to Recapture Homs Neighborhood - VOA
Battles Rage in Syrian City of Homs - BBC
US Repeats Bosnia Mistakes in Syria - TNR opinion
Middle East / North Africa
US Officials: Iran, al-Qaeda Relationship Showing Cracks - WP
Investigator From UN Gives Iran Harsh Review - NYT
Israeli President: Iran is World's Greatest Danger - AP
UN Expert Says Iranian Rights Abuses Increasing - VOA
Iran’s Ahmadinejad, On Way Out, Looks Like On Campaign Trail - WP
Turkey is Economic Winner of Iraq War - WP
Doubts Over Israel's Iron Dome - BBC
Israel Troops Shoot to Death Palestinian Protester - AP
Shots Fired During Iraq-Kuwait Border Protest - Reuters
A Front-Row Seat to Revolution in Tunisia - NYT
Mr. Obama Goes to Israel - NYT opinion
Is Any Hope Left for Mideast Peace? - NYT opinion
The Old Peace Is Dead, but a New Peace Is Possible - NYT opinion
Iran Can't Follow Pyongyang's Footprints - TD opinion
Iraq War Didn't Change Middle East as Planned - Slate opinion
The Iraq War That Might Have Been - FP opinion
The Iraq War Gave Kurds a Lifeline - Guardian opinion
WikiLeaks
Audio of Manning's Statement on WikiLeaks Case Released - AP
US Department of Defense
Dempsey: Sequestration Will Affect Programs, Readiness - AFPS
Future Includes Deployments, Flexibility, Greenert Says - AFPS
Stratcom Chief: Fiscal Uncertainty Threatens Readiness - AFPS
First Littoral Combat Ship Arrives at Pearl Harbor - HSA
Pentagon Forming Cyber Teams to Prevent Attacks - AP
Cybercom Builds Teams for Offense, Defense in Cyberspace - AFPS
Pentagon Creates 40 Teams to Defend Against Major Cyberattacks - WP
Hagel Orders Review of Sex Assault Case, Convening Authority - AFPS
Following Complaints, Hagel Orders Review of Drone Medal Ranking - S&S
Hagel Orders Halt to Production of Medal for Drone Operators - WP
Hagel Directs Review of Distinguished Warfare Medal - AFPS
Air Force Joins Army, Marines in Cutting Tuition Assistance - S&S
Sexual Assaults and Military Justice - NYT editorial
United States
Intelligence Chief: US Ability to Detect Threats Degraded - VOA
Intelligence Chief: Budget Cuts Risk US Security - AP
Clapper Places Cyber at Top of Transnational Threat List - AFPS
Cyber-Attacks Bigger Threat than Al Qaeda, Officials Say - LAT
Security Leader Says US Would Retaliate Against Cyberattacks - NYT
Intelligence Chief: Budget Cuts Risk US Security - AP
Spy Chief: Americans 'Not Wittingly' Monitored - AP
Google Admits Drive-By Data Collection Was Privacy Breach - NYT
Vatican
Cardinals To Continue Papal Vote Wednesday - VOA
First Pope Vote Proves Indecisive - BBC
Black Smoke From Conclave Signals No Pope - NYT
Black Smoke Ends Conclave’s First Day - WP
Vatican Reveals Recipes for Conclave Smoke - NYT
Africa
Islamist Inroads in Mali May Undo French War on Al Qaeda - Reuters
France, Allies Want Special Force for Mali UN Mission - Reuters
Mali Media Strike Over Editor Arrest - BBC
Mali Media Outlets Go Silent Over Editor's Arrest - AP
Sudan, South Sudan Agree to Restart Oil Exports - VOA
Sudans Sign Agreement to Resume Oil Exports - NYT
Sudan Rivals 'to Resume Pumping Oil' - BBC
Sudan Starts Withdrawal From Border Buffer Zone - Reuters
CAR Rebels Seize Key Town From Army - BBC
Suspected Islamists Raid Nigeria School, Shoot Teachers - Reuters
Western Ivory Coast Remains Vulnerable to Violence - VOA
Mugabe Takes on Zimbabwe's Generation X - Reuters
Deadly Burundi Catholic Sect Clashes - BBC
Attacks on Albinos Surge in Tanzania - VOA
Americas
Voters in Falklands Back British Rule Nearly Unanimously - NYT
Falklands: Cameron Says Argentina Should Respect Vote - BBC
Falklanders and Argentines Trade Post-Vote Barbs - AP
Another Life Sentence for Argentine Ex-Dictator - AP
Venezuela to Investigate Chavez Murder Allegations - BBC
Asia / Pacific
US National Security Advisor Explains Asia-Pacific Pivot - AFPS
South Korea Disputes North’s Dismissal of Armistice - NYT
US Officials Say North Korea Poses Serious Threat - AP
No 'Smoking Gun' from Last Month's N. Korea Nuclear Test - VOA
China Hacker's Angst Opens Window Onto Cyber-Espionage - LAT
Non-Communist Parties Lend China an Air of Pluralism - NYT
Burma Democracy Leader Says Reforming Country ‘Still in Chains’ - WP
Burma Recommends Controversial Mine Continue - VOA
Europe
EU Sweats Over How to Bring Hungary Into Line - Reuters
South Asia
Suicide Bomber Kills 2 in Northwestern Pakistan - AP
India and Italy Killings Row Deepens - BBC
5 Soldiers and 2 Militants Are Killed in Indian Kashmir - AP
Indian Police Launch Raids in Finmeccanica Defense Deal Probe - Reuters