Hot Topics
AA: Counterterrorism at the expense of COIN will doom Afghanistan and Pakistan: US officials 09/24/09
AA: Israel hiding nukes in Golan, Syria claims 09/22/09
AA: Al-Qaida release video message likening Barack Obama to George Bush 09/23/09
AF: Afghan jails are base for al-Qaida and Taliban, says US commander 09/21/09
AF: Afghan warlords will fight if U.S. gives aid 09/22/09
IR: National security adviser says Iran advancing in making medium-range missiles 09/20/09
IR: Reading Iran by the Letter 09/20/09
KG: Kyrgyz officials urge return to death penalty 09/23/09
PK: Pakistan probes detained Swedes on al-Qaida ties 09/21/09
PK: Qaeda's training area in Pakistan is ‘the most dangerous spot on the map' 09/21/09
PS: Haniya Says Gaza Siege Crime Against Humanity, Human Rights Groups … 09/23/09
YE: Food running out in Yemen refugee camps: UN 09/23/09
Below the Fold: Instability, Special Operations, Security Forces, Foreign Affairs, Crime
Instability
AF: Afghan officials live in fear of Taliban assassins 09/22/09
IQ: Iraq says no progress with Syria over insurgents 09/19/09
LB: Extremists ‘distributing arms in Tripoli' 09/23/09
LB: Lebanese army warns against ‘Israeli schemes' 09/20/09
PK: Pakistani Army, Taliban clash in Waziristan 09/22/09
PK: Taliban bomb Pakistan school: officials 09/22/09
PK: Thousands flee as Pakistan hits militant stronghold 09/23/09
PS: Armed wings of DFLP, PFLP claim attack on Israeli forces in Gaza 09/23/09
YE: Yemen's North Hit by Bloodiest Fighting in Years 09/20/09
Special Operations
AA: 2nd BCT paratroopers to train with foreign forces 09/23/09
AA: ISI operative held in Patna 09/22/09
AA: Israeli unit to curb extremist settlers 09/23/09
AF: Afghanistan: New Zealand sends special forces to boost force 09/21/09
LB: UNIFIL reiterates commitment to bringing peace in southern Lebanon 09/23/09
Security Forces
AF: Army draws up plan to send 1,000 more troops to Afghanistan 09/22/09
AF: Obama Is Considering Strategy Shift in Afghan War 09/22/09
AF: U.S. Commanders Told to Shift Focus to More Populated Areas 09/22/09
AF: US sees hand of elite Iranian unit in Afghanistan 09/22/09
KG: Kyrgyz Forces Recapture One Escaped Prisoner 09/20/09
PK: Pakistan arrests top Taliban commander 09/21/09
PK: Police say attack on Pakistani minister foiled 09/21/09
Foreign Affairs
AA: A vision exists for Middle East peace – it's 423 pages long 09/24/09
AA: Obama to Meet With Mideast Leaders 09/20/09
AA: Saudi Shi'ite figure freed after 18 mth detention 09/22/09
AA: Chinese, Turkmen presidents pledge to further ties 09/21/09
IR: Iran's internal problems curb regional ambitions: analysts 09/22/09
KZ: CIS representatives to discuss struggle against international … 09/21/09
Crime
AA: Israelis arrested for holding Filipino woman captive 09/20/09
EG: Egypt police kill Eritrean migrant at Israel border 09/23/09
EG: Muslim Man Beheads Christian in Egypt 09/21/09
LB: Shiite financier investments embarrasses Hezbollah 09/22/09
PS: Palestinians say death of J'lem man was murder, not “security related” 09/24/09
TJ: TAJIKISTAN: ISLAMIC MOVEMENT OF UZBEKISTAN SUSPECTED IN ASSASSINATION 09/21/09
UZ: Uzbeks issue posters of suspects 09/23/09
