Hot Topics
AA: German minister resigns over airstrike in Afghanistan 11/27/09
AA: Organized crime in the Caucasus 11/28/09
AA: Tajikistan urges compromise on power grid with Uzbekistan 11/25/09
AA: International patience with Iran is “running out” 11/27/09
AE: Assessing fallout of Dubai's credit disaster 11/27/09
AF: NATO Forces Find Crash Site of Helicopter in Afghanistan 11/27/09
IR: Iran pilgrims stage protest as hajj peaks 11/26/09
LB: Lebanon agrees Hezbollah right to use arms against Israel 11/26/09
LB: Lebanon: A National Unity Government that Fragments the State 11/25/09
SA: Ibrahim al-Rubaish: New Religious Ideologue of al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia Calls … 11/25/09
SA: SAUDI ARABIA: Kingdom steps up hunt for ‘witches' and ‘black magicians' 11/27/09
Below the Fold: Instability, Special Operations, Security Forces, Foreign Affairs, Crime
Instability
AF: Taliban leader says US faces defeat in Afghanistan 11/25/09
AF: Taliban Open Northern Front in Afghanistan 11/26/09
IQ: In Iraq, 2 Attacks Raise Fears of Sectarianism 11/25/09
PS: Protesters, soldiers hurt in West Bank clashes 11/28/09
SY: Syria's Path to Islamist Terror 11/25/09
YE: Five killed in protest in southern Yemen 11/25/09
YE: Yemeni troops, rebels in battle near northern city 11/28/09
Special Operations
AF: us military ramps up training of Afghanistan police forces 11/28/09
IR: Iran says war games successful 11/26/09
Security Forces
AA: Security Forces Along Iraq, Turkey Border Inspect Trucks 11/28/09
AF: Afghan, NATO forces detain militants in S Afghanistan 11/26/09
AF: Official: Over 2 dozen Taliban militants killed in E Afghanistan 11/29/09
PK: Pakistan Forces Kill Militants Trying To Block Supplies… 11/24/09
PS: Palestinian police shut West Bank radio station 11/27/09
SA: Saudis claim key mountain win over Yemeni rebels 11/28/09
Foreign Affairs
AA: Doubts persist over weapons exports 11/24/09
KG: International anti-terrorism conference held in Kyrgyzstan 11/24/09
PK: Pakistan president claims success against Taliban 11/29/09
PS: Palestine calls for release of intifada leader in prisoner swap with Israel 11/28/09
Crime
IQ: Suicide attacks down, extortion up in Iraq's Mosul 11/27/09
