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Pakistan
The US killed eight Taliban fighters in Predator strikes in North and South Waziristan. The Pakistani military killed 34 Taliban fighters in airstrikes in Arakzai and Kurram.
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Algeria
At least one person was killed and 8 soldiers injured after a suicide car bomber drove his vehicle into a building used by gendarmes in a village in the Kabylie region. The town watchman was killed in the village near the city of Tizi Ouzou in an operation likely executed by AQIM. Villagers say that explosion was caused by bombs planted by the building.
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Iraq
Insurgents killed seven Iraqi policemen in separate attacks in Mosul. Security forces detained 50 suspects in Karbala, 21 wanted men in Kirkuk, and 10 more in Basrah. More than 30,000 security personnel have been deployed for a pilgrimage in Karbala.
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan war logs: Story behind biggest leak in intelligence history
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Afghanistan
The Taliban took control of the district of Barg-e-Matal in Nuristan, claimed they killed one US sailor and captured another in Logar, and kidnapped a candidate for parliament in Ghazni. Coalition and Afghan forces killed 50 Taliban fighters in Nuristan and detained several Taliban and Haqqani Network leaders and fighters in Helmand, Kandahar, Logar, Khost, and Zabul. Police freed three Bangladeshis in Samagan.
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan war logs: Task Force 373 – special forces hunting top Taliban
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Afghanistan
Inside the fog of war – Reports from the ground in Afghanistan
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan: The War Logs (NY Times)
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan: The war logs (Guardian)
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Afghanistan
The Afghanistan protocol: Explosive leaks provide image of war from those fighting it
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On Wikileaks & the Pakistan memos
Today Wikileaks published 92,000 classified cables from military, intelligence, and other US officials in the field in Afghanistan. The New York Times, The Guardian, and Der Spiegel were given access to the documents a month ago and have published reports on the data (for a description on how this came about, see this NYT report). Of particular interest are the cables on Pakistan’s support of the Afghan Taliban and other terror groups. Read the full NYT report on this issue here for an excellent summary. Longtime readers of The Long War Journal will not be shocked by these reports. For…
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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Abu Musab Abdulwadud, the head of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, said his terror group executed French hostage Michel Germaneau to avenge a raid by French commandos and Mautanian forces in Mali. “As a quick response to the despicable French act, we confirm that we have killed hostage Germaneau in revenge for our six brothers who were killed in the treacherous operation,” Abdulwadud said in a audiotape.
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Doku Umarov names his successor
Aslambek Vadalov. Doku Umarov, the leader of the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Caucasus Emirate in southern Russia, has announced his successor as well as the new governor of Chechnya. From the Caucasus Emirate’s mouthpiece, Kavkaz Center: Emir of the Caucasus Emirate Dokku Abu Usman has officially announced the appointment as his deputy (naib) and future successor, case of his death, the commander of the Eastern Front of the Armed Forces of the Caucasus Emirate Emir Aslambek (Aslambek Vadalov). In a special message sent to commanders and governors of the provinces of the Caucasus Emirate, Dokku Abu Usman indicated that he took…
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Russia
Doku Umarov, the leader of the Islamic Caucasus Emirate, named his deputy, Aslambek Vadalov, as his successor. Russian security forces killed two terrorists involved in the attack that shut down a hydroelectric plant in Dagestan.
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Iran
The deputy commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps said Iran has “reached a never-ending point in (increasing) the quantity of ballistic missiles.” The former commander of the IRGC Naval Forces said US warships in the Persian Gulf are “easy targets.”
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Taliban seize district in northeastern Afghanistan
After a two-week siege, the Taliban have taken control of Barg-e-Matal, a district right on the border with Pakistan.
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Mission unchanged in Afghanistan, Mullen says
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US kills 4 ‘militants’ in North Waziristan in second strike today
Predators fired missiles at a compound near Miramshah. The strike is the second today, and the third in three days.
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Afghanistan
War in Afghanistan challenges air traffic controllers
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Libya
Special report: the Libya investment firm and the release of the Lockerbie bomber
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Al Qaeda
Uganda president urges action against Somali militants
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United States
US-S.Korea military exercises begin
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Afghanistan
The war: A trillion can be cheap
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US Predator strike kills 4 in South Waziristan
Today’s strike is the second in the tribal agency in 24 hours. Three of the past four strikes have taken place in South Waziristan, suggesting a shift in US targeting.
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French special operations forces join the fray in Africa
French commandos, likely from the General Directorate for External Security, or DGSE, and Mauritanian troops raided an al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb camp in Mali in search of a French citizen kidnapped by the terror group. From Reuters: A Mauritanian security source said the raids had continued some 200 km (125 miles) into Mali after Thursday’s pre-dawn attack on a group of Islamists who are believed to be holding the 78-year-old French hostage in Niger’s desert Sahel region. The French Defense Ministry source said the operation was launched after AQIM failed to provide proof that Germaneau was alive or…
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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
French special forces and Mauritanian troops killed seven al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb fighters during a raid on a terrorist camp in northern Mali. There is no word on the status of Michel Germaneau, a Frenchman held hostage by AQIM.
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Iraq
Al Qaeda in Iraq’s former finance minister, interior minister, and justice minister escaped from a prison in Baghdad. Coalition forces killed an al Qaeda operative and detained 13 more during raids in Sulayman Bak, Mansuriyah, and Qaryat ar Rufush; also detained were a Naqshabandiya leader near Baqubah and three insurgents in Al Kut. Insurgents killed two policemen in Mosul.
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US Military
Two US soldiers have gone missing in Logar province, just south of Kabul; they were reported missing on July 23. The Taliban claimed to have killed a US soldier and captured two others.
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Afghanistan
Mullen stresses commitment to Afghanistan, Pakistan
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Russia
Insurgents killed three Russian soldiers in two attacks in the Republic of Dagestan in the southern Caucasus. Three soldiers were gunned down in Buynaksk, while the chief administrator in the village of Cherniayevka was shot and killed near his home.
