Iraq -- War News Updates August 10, 2007

Record Death Toll Of British Troops In Iraq -- Telegraph
Dangerous Time For British Forces In Basra -- Telegraph
U.S. Troops Navigate Fault Lines Of Sect And Tribe -- MSNBC
U.S. Seeks U.N. Help With Talks On Iraq -- MSNBC
U.S. Helicopter Forced Down South Of Baghdad -- MSNBC
15 Die In Iraq Violence; U.S. Chopper Down -- CBS News
Jordan Yields Poverty And Pain For The Well-Off Fleeing Iraq -- International Herald Tribune
UN To Vote On Bigger Iraq Mission -- BBC News
Guard Unit Home After Record Combat Tour -- CBS News

Pakistan -- Terrorism Updates August 7, 2007

Pakistan Army Strikes Tribal Area -- BBC News
Pakistan On The Precipice -- The Futurist
Pakistan Bombards Militant Hide-Outs -- Yahoo News
Paradoxical Policies For Pakistan and Iran -- Counter Terrorism Blog
All Freed 'Terrorists' In Pakistan To Be Re-arrested -- Times Of India
Pakistan: Lawmaker Supports Jihad And End To US Ties -- AKI
Pakistan President Rejects US Al-Qaida Strike Bid -- Jerusalem Post
Foreign Strike Inside Pakistan Will Amount To War: Niazi -- Daily Times
Pakistan Strikes Two Al Qaeda Camps In North Waziristan -- Fourth Rail

Afghanistan -- War News Updates August 7, 2007

Taliban Weigh Hostage Fate After Bush And Karzai Meet -- Reuters
Taliban Warns Of 'Bad Result' For Hostages -- MSNBC
Father Of 2 South Korean Hostages Waits And Hopes -- International Herald Tribune
Taliban Launch Frontal Attack On Base -- Yahoo News
Over 20 Taliban Militants Killed in Attempt to Overrun Afghan Coalition Base -- FOX News
Bush And Karzai Divided On Iran's Role In Afghanistan -- International Herald Tribune
Bush, Karzai Hold Summit On Strategy -- LA Times

Iraq -- War News Updates August 7, 2007

Roadside Bombs Kill 4 US Troops In Iraq -- Yahoo News
26 U.S. Troops Killed In 1 Week In Iraq -- CBS News
US Says UK 'Has Failed In Basra' -- Telegraph
As British Leave, Basra Deteriorates -- MSNBC
How We Are Beating al-Qaeda -- The Sun
Baghdad Curfew Announced Ahead Of Shi'ite Festival -- Reuters
Iraqi Prime Minister Visits Turkey -- Yahoo News
Turkey pressures Iraq PM on Kurds -- BBC News
Al Qaeda Is Guilty Of Monstrosities In Iraq - No Matter What Anyone Says -- New York Daily News
Commentary: Why I Have Come to Iraq -- TCS Daily
Bread and a Circus, Part II of II -- Michael Yon
The Brookings Report On Iraq -- Belmont Club

Afghanistan -- War News Updates August 6, 2007

Bush And Karzai Discuss Security -- Yahoo News
Taliban Warn Of More Kidnappings -- Yahoo News
Bush, Karzai Responsible For Fate Of Koreans: Taliban -- Reuters
British Will Be In Afghanistan 'For 38 Years' -- Telegraph

Iraq -- War News Updates For August 6, 2007

Suicide Truck Bomb Kills 28 In Iraq -- Yahoo News
Suicide Attack Rips Through Northern Iraqi City, Killing Dozens -- International Herald Tribune
Blast Rocks Northern Iraqi Town -- BBC News
Armed Robots To Go To War In Iraq -- Telegraph
U.S. And Iran Meet To Discuss Iraq Security -- Reuters
Pentagon Can't Account for Missing Weapons -- ABC News
The Brookings Report On Iraq -- Belmont Club
Smith From Iraq On Sacrifices and Syrians -- Threatswatch
The Joint Campaign Plan - Flexibility For Iraq -- Threatswatch
Iraq Transitioning To Success -- Strata Sphere
al-Qaeda Has Lost Iraq - No Question II -- Strata Sphere
Iran Arming Iraqi Militias Via Chinese Arms Purchases -- Threats Watch

Iraq -- War News Updates August 5, 2007

Iraqi Soccer Players SOB At Homecoming Celebrations! -- Gateway Pundit
In Iraq, A Perilous Alliance With Former Enemies -- Washington Post
U.S. Soldier Found Guilty In Iraqi's Murder -- Reuters
U.S. Forces Kill Mosque Bomber In Iraq -- Reuters
Iraq's National Electricity Grid Nearing Collapse; Cities Short Of Water... -- PR Inside
Iraq’s National Electricity Grid Nearing Collapse -- MSNBC
Former Members of Baath Party Being Exterminated by Militants in Southern Iraq -- BBS News
Iraq Summit To Focus On Powersharing -- Reuters
U.S. And Iran To Meet Again In Baghdad -- CBS News
In Iraq, A Perilous Alliance With Former Enemies -- MSNBC
Al-Qaeda Mastermind In Samarra Killed, Iraqi TV Reports -- M & C
Al-Qaeda Has No Presence In Ramadi Anymore -- US Commander -- Kuwait News Agency

Afghanistan -- War News Updates August 5, 2007

British Make Initial Gains Against Taliban -- Telegraph
Another Record Poppy Crop In Afghanistan -- CBS News
The Forgotten South Korean Christian Hostages -- Michele Malkin
Iran Gives Taliban Hi-Tech Weapons To Fight British -- Times Online

Afghanistan -- War News Updates August 3, 2007

Pakistan Urges UK To Pull Out Of Afghanistan -- Telegraph
Amnesty Urges Taliban To Free Hostages -- Yahoo News
Taliban, SKorea Seek Venue For Hostage Talks -- Yahoo News
Afghans Check Reports Of Civilian Bombing Deaths -- Reuters
South Korea Tells Taliban It Has Limited Influence -- Yahoo News
S. Korea Hopes U.S. Can Free Hostages -- CBS News
Seoul Pins Its Hostage Hopes On U.S.-Afghan Summit -- International Herald Tribune
U.S. Strikes Taliban In Afghanistan -- Yahoo News

Iraq -- War News Updates For August 3, 2007

54% Lack Confidence in Bush's Ability As Commander in Chief -- UPI/Zogby Poll
Iraqi Soccer Champs Return Home -- MSNBC
Homecoming For Iraqi Soccer Team -- Yahoo News
Iraqi PM To Visit Turkey, Iran Next Week -- Yahoo News
Commentary: Why The Latest Good News From Iraq Doesn't Matter -- Slate
4 American Soldiers Killed In Baghdad -- ABC News
Iraqi Progress 'Disappoints' US -- BBC News
Operations In Iraq's North; Mosul's Emir Killed -- Fourth Rail
Iraqi Security Forces Order Of Battle: August 2007 Update -- Fourth Rail
Iraq: US Forces Capture 17 Suspected Terrorists In Raids Along Tigris River -- International Herald Tribune
Iraq: Al-Qaeda 'Parade' In Baquba -- ADN Kronos

Terrorism Updates From SATP -- August 2, 2007

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Terrorism And Civil War News From Pakistan -- August 2, 2007

US Admiral Concerned About Al Qaeda Havens In Pakistan -- Daily Times
Pakistan Parliament Faces Threat Of Militant Attack -- Yahoo News India
Terrorists May Target MPs: Intelligence Officials -- Daily Times
Suicide Attack Foiled In Pakistan -- Outlook India

Iraq -- War News Updates For August 2, 2007

Iraq: Suicide Bomb Kills 13 -- Yahoo News
Proposal Expands U.N. Mandate In Iraq -- Yahoo News
UN Resolution Seeks To Expand Role In Iraq -- Guardian
Iraq Snapshots Give 2 Views -- International Herald Tribune
Jury Finds Marine Guilty of Conspiracy -- ABC News
3 More GI Deaths Reported In Iraq -- CBS News
Iraqi Mosul Al Qaeda Leader Killed -- CNN
Al-Qaeda Warlord Killed, Emirs Arrested In Iraq Crackdown -- Yahoo News
U.S. Defense Secretary: Political Difficulties In Iraq Underestimated -- CNN
Sunni Bloc Bolts Iraqi Cabinet -- L.A. Times
Bombing Of S. Korean Forces'' Headquarters In Irbil Thwarted -- Kuwait News Agency

Afghanistan -- War News Updates August 2, 2007

S. Korean Envoys To Meet With Taliban -- Yahoo News
South Korea, Taliban Seek Meeting Place -- MSNBC
Media Mess: False Report of Rescue Operation Aired -- Breitbart
Taliban Commander: ‘We May Prolong the Crisis’ -- MSNBC
Canada Says Will Change Afghan Focus To Training -- Yahoo News
South Korea Has Complex Reaction To Afghan Hostage Situation -- International Herald Tribune
Four Kidnapped Afghan Court Officials Found Killed -- Yahoo News

Pakistan Terrorism And "Civil War" News Reports -- August 1, 2007

Al-Qaeda Operative Praises Red Mosque 'Martyrs' -- Yahoo News
Topple Musharraf, a Qaeda Leader Tells Pakistanis -- Yahoo News
Al Qaeda Leader Calls For The Overthrow Of Pakistan's Musharraf -- Fourth Rail
Islamists Want Pakistan Province Renamed "Afghania" -- Yahoo News
VP Cheney: US May Not Go Into Pakistan After Al- Qaeda -- Hindustan Times
Pakistan: A New Red Mosque Is Established In The Tribal Agencies -- Fourth Rail
Obama Fires Terrorism Warning To Pakistan -- Guardian

Afghanistan -- War News Updates August 1, 2007

Hostage Rescue Bid Begins In Afghanistan: Official -- Yahoo News
Another Afghan Hostage Deadline Passes -- Yahoo News
Taliban: 21 Korean Hostages Are Alive -- Yahoo News
10 Taliban Killed In Afghanistan Clashes -- Jerusalem Post

Iraq -- News Updates For August 1, 2007

Sunni Bloc Quits Iraq Govt, Truck Bomb Kills 50 -- Yahoo News
UK Soldier Dies On Another Violent Iraq Day -- Telegraph
Soldier Tells How He Saw Twin Die In Basra -- Telegraph
Four US Soldiers Killed In Iraq -- Khaleej Times
US Forces Kill 3, Capture 27 In Raids Across Central And Northern Iraq -- International Herald Tribune
Car Bombs Kill Dozens In Baghdad -- BBC News
Scores Die In Fiery Baghdad Blasts -- CBS News
US 'Loses' 190,000 Weapons In Iraq -- News.com
Bread And A Circus, Part I Of II -- Michael Yon
U.S. VP Cheney Talks Up Iraq 'Progress' Ahead Of Report -- Guardian
Grim Camps For Iraqis Avoid The "Pull Factor" -- Reuters

Commentary -- July 31, 2007

September 10th in Waziristan -- David Ignatius, Washington Post
Iraq, Iran and How the Surge is Working -- John Burns, Hugh Hewitt Show
Methods That Work in Iraq -- Frederick J. Chiaventone, American Thinker
The Real Long War -- Christopher Chantrill, American Thinker

War And Politics -- July 31, 2007

Commentary: Hillary Shows Classic Clintonian Weakness On al-Qaeda In Pakistan – Strata-Sphere
Democrats, Answer Questions About Iraq Pullout Plan – Philadelphia Inquirer
Clyburn: Positive Report by Petraeus Could Split House Democrats on War – Washington Post
Leftward Confusion On Iraq: We Are Winning – Strata Sphere
Democrats Rethinking On Iraq? – Pundita
Lieberman Escalates Attack On Iraq Critics -- The Hill

Iraq -- War News Updates July 31, 2007

Iraqi Leader Faces Revolt Within Party -- Yahoo News
U.S. Toll In Iraq Lowest In 8 Months -- Yahoo News
US Helicopter Down In Iraq, Crew Safe -- Yahoo News
Iraqi Armed Forces Turn To China While Pentagon Dithers – American Thinker
China Arming Both Sides In Iraq – Washington Times
The Purging Of al-Qaeda In Iraq – Strata-Sphere
NOVAK: Pentagon Plan To Forestall Turkey From Invading Iraq... -- Human Events
Brown Warns Bush Of Early Iraq Pull-Out -- Telegraph
Brown Disappoints Critics of Iraq War -- New York Sun
Britain Will Take Troops Out Of Iraq Regardless Of US, Says PM – Independent
Children Hardest Hit By Humanitarian Crisis In Iraq – Guardian
‘Untouchable’ Corruption In Iraq ministries – MSNBC
US Army Kills 8, Detains 40 In Precision Raids Throughout Iraq -- Kuwait News Service
Petraeus: 'A Lot of Soul Searching' -- ABC News
Iraq's Soccer Success Exposes Politicians' Failure -- Reuters
Joint Chiefs Nominee: Iraq Security 'Better, Not Great' -- CNN
Iraq Report: Attacks Fail To Materialize After Soccer Victory -- Fourth Rail