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Omani jihadist killed in US airstrike in 'Khorasan'

Abu-Hamza-al-Omani.jpgAbu Hamza al Omani and several other unnamed "brothers and supporters" were killed in a US drone strike in North Waziristan on May 5.


Mullah Dadullah Front claims assassination of Afghan High Peace Council member

The powerful Taliban subgroup is led by former Guantanamo Bay detainee Mullah Zakir, and is closely tied to al Qaeda.


US drone strikes kill 11 AQAP fighters

An Egyptian is reported to have been killed in one of two strikes against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula units in southern Yemen.


Suicide bombers kill 55 in Syrian capital

The coordinated suicide attack targeted a military intelligence center in Damascus; nearly 400 people were wounded in the complex assault.


US drone strike kills 8 AQAP fighters

predator-uav.jpgThe strike targeted a convoy of Ansar al Sharia leaders in Jaar in Abyan province.


Bin Laden docs hint at large al Qaeda presence in Pakistan

Badr Mansoor led just one Pakistani "company," and has been reported to have more than 2,000 fighters under his command. For the last three years, the US government has maintained that al Qaeda has only 300 to 400 operatives in Pakistan and that the network is on the verge of defeat.


Analysis: Spinning Iran and al Qaeda, part 2

The Combating Terrorism Center's report on the bin Laden files gets a basic fact about the history of the relationship between Iran and al Qaeda wrong.


AQAP overruns Yemeni Army bases, kills 32 soldiers

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters attacked two bases outside of Zinjibar. Forty troops were wounded and at least 28 were captured.


Al Qaeda releases video of American captured in Pakistan

AQ-Warren-Weinstein-video.jpgThe videotape is the first real proof that al Qaeda is holding Warren Weinstein, who was kidnapped in Lahore in August 2011.


USS Cole bomber killed in US drone strike in Yemen

quso.jpgThe Yemeni Embassy said Fahd al Quso was killed in an airstrike in Shabwa province. A US intelligence official told The Long War Journal that Quso was the target of a strike.


Analysis: Spinning Iran and al Qaeda, part 1

A new report by the Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) at West Point, which has been widely cited, concludes that relations between Iran and al Qaeda are "antagonistic." Documents showing collusion between the two were not released by the CTC, however. And the CTC ignored much other evidence that got in the way of its conclusion.


Bin Laden docs: Al Qaeda asserts authority in letter to Pakistani Taliban leader

The letter shows a confident al Qaeda leadership working to maintain order and consistent behavior within the ranks of its affiliates in Pakistan.


US drones kill 10 in North Waziristan

The strike took place in the Shawal Valley in North Waziristan. Al Qaeda and the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan have sheltered in the area in the past.


Taliban suicide bomber kills 20 in Pakistan's northwest

The movement of the Taliban claimed credit for the suicide bombing in Pakistan's contested tribal agency of Bajaur.


Bin Laden told Shabaab to hide al Qaeda ties

The letter from al Qaeda's emir to Shabaab leader Sheikh Muhktar Abu Zubayr confirms an August 2010 report from LWJ that detailed al Qaeda's instructions to downplay links between the two terror groups.


Bin Laden advised relocation of some leaders to Afghanistan due to drone strikes in Waziristan

In late 2010, the al Qaeda emir said some of the group's leaders and operatives should relocate from North and South Waziristan to the eastern Afghan provinces of Kunar, Nuristan, Ghazni, and Zabul.


Analysis: Nearly all of bin Laden's documents should be released

Only a tiny fraction of Osama bin Laden's files have been released. Nearly all of them should be.


ISAF captures IMU leader in Kunduz

Special operations forces have targeted two different IMU leaders in the Imam Sahib district over the past three days.


Taliban announce start of Al Farooq spring offensive

The "Al Farooq Jihadi spring operation" offensive will begin on May 3, and will target foreign and Afghan security forces, Afghan political and government officials, the Afghan High Peace Council, and anti-Taliban militias.


Taliban launch suicide assault in Kabul following Obama's departure

Five Taliban fighters and five civilians were killed in the assault on a civilian compound in the Afghan capital. The attack took place just hours after President Obama reiterated that the US seeks a negotiated settlement with the Taliban to end the war.