News Updates from SWJ on Middle East Unrest 3/8

Turmoil Jars U.S. Counterterrorism Efforts - Washington Post
Libyan Government Presses Assault in East and West - New York Times
Bloody Stalemate Emerges as Fight Rages On - Washington Post
In Libya, Mistakes Cost Untrained Rebels - Los Angeles Times
Gadhafi's Forces Lay Siege to Rebel-held Territories - Washington Times
Pro-Gadhafi Forces Launch Airstrikes on Eastern Town - Voice of America
Gaddafi Forces Hit Key Rebel Town - BBC News
Former PM Calls for Dialogue with Rebels - Los Angeles Times
Libya Rebels Reject Talks on Gaddafi Exit - Reuters
Against Libya's Rebels, Gadhafi Controls the Skies - Associated Press
Libyan Rebels Committed to Cause - USA Today
Behind Libya Rifts, Tribal Politics - Wall Street Journal
Diverse Character in City Qaddafi Calls Islamist - New York Times
Libyan Unrest Heightened by Information Battle - Voice of America
A Libyan Leader at War With Rebels, and Reality - New York Times
Obama Warns Gaddafi Loyalists - Washington Post
Obama Says Military Option Still Under Consideration for Libya - VOA
U.S. Weighs Options, on Air and Sea - New York Times
U.S. Says No-fly Zone Would Have Little Effect - Los Angeles Times
White House: Arms to Rebels One Option for Libya - Reuters
Britain and France Drafting No-fly Resolution - Associated Press
U.S., Allies Edge Toward Military Options for Libya - Associated Press
UAE Urges U.N. Action to Protect Libyans - Reuters
Arab Media Says Gaddafi Looking for Exit Deal - Reuters
London Gives Explanation Of Botched Libyan Venture - New York Times
Libya War Traps Poor Immigrants at Tripoli’s Edge - New York Times
U.N. Seeks $160 Million for Migrants Caught up in Libya's Violence - VOA
U.N. Claims 1 Million Will Need Aid in Libya - Associated Press
West Shuns Libyan Crude - Wall Street Journal
U.S. Firms Stop Libyan Oil Trade Due to Sanctions - Reuters
Japan Freezes Assets of Libya's Gaddafi, Others - Reuters
U.S. Troops Project Humanitarian Aid to North Africa - AFPS
New Egyptian Cabinet Takes Oath of Office - BBC News
Egypt Swears in New Post-Mubarak Cabinet - Associated Press
Egypt Arrests 47 Officers for Destroying Documents - Reuters
Tunisia Scraps Hated Police Unit - Associated Press
Tunisia Interim Leaders Dissolve Secret Police Agency - BBC News
Yemen Protests Hit Saleh Fiefdom, Military in Sanaa - Reuters
Journalists in Yemen Say They Are Being Attacked - New York Times
Yemeni Prisoners Join Call for President's Ouster - Associated Press
Bahrain's Shiite Protesters Appeal for U.S. Backing - Associated Press
Saudi Arabia: Activists Push More Boldly for Reform - Washington Post
Saudi Arabia: Shia Cleric Freed After Protests - BBC News
Jordanian Journalists Call for Press Freedom - Washington Post
Syrian Political Prisoners Go on Hunger Strike - Associated Press
How Food Could Determine Libya's Future - The Atlantic opinion
What I Don’t See at the Revolution - Vanity Fair opinion
Helping Themselves to Freedom - The Daily opinion
Avoiding another Iraq - Washington Post opinion
Libyan Closure - New York Times opinion
The Reagan Doctrine - Washington Post opinion
From Oman, With Love - New York Times opinion