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March 24, 2009

NSN Daily Update 3/24/09
Posted by The National Security Network

See today's complete daily update here.

What We’re Reading

President Barack Obama published an op-ed that appeared in 30 newspapers around the world on the need for a global solution to the economic crisis.

Violence in Iraq killed at least 32 on Monday, including at least 19 at a Kurdish funeral in Diyala Province.  A Kurdish rebel group, the PKK, rejected the calls of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, who is Kurdish, to cease fighting against Turkey and leave Iraq. 

Sunni militiamen from the Sons of Iraq are angry at Iraq for not delivering promised jobs
.

China urges the creation a new international currency reserve, controlled by the IMF, to replace the dollar.

Commentary of the Day

David Brooks writes from Afghanistan about the Afghan National Army.

Enrique Krauze says that the dire situation in Mexico has been exaggerated and that it is not close to becoming a “failed state.”

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette supports President Obama’s outreach to Iran, but says he needs to “watch his back in Washington.”  The Wall Street Journal looks at the strategic shift implied in President Obama’s New Year’s message to Iran.

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