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Boko Haram member warns of more kidnappings
In an interview, a Boko Haram member threatened that the group will conduct more kidnapping operations similar to its attack in Chibok where the group abducted over 300 schoolgirls.
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Book excerpt: Chemical attack in Iraq
From ‘Fallujah Awakens’: a chlorine truck bomb deployed by insurgents against the village of Albu Aifan on March 16, 2007.
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Fallujah Awakens: Marines, Sheikhs and the Battle Against al Qaeda
The story of the tribal “Awakening” and counterinsurgency campaign in the famous battleground.
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‘Last Gasp’ of the Taliban?
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta tells tall tales about the Taliban’s dying “last gasp.”
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The Long View: The Taliban Express
A monthly cartoon that tackles the issues of the war. This month’s topic: NATO’s supply lines from Pakistan to Afghanistan.
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US killing moderate al Qaeda leaders, like Abu Yahya, says CT analyst
Abu Yahya al Libi and other al Qaeda leaders “were actually a moderating force” and killing them leads to the promotion of leaders “less likely to be amenable to restraining their actions,” a CT analyst would have you believe.
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Strategic retreat
The Obama administration is pulling back from the war on terror, even as al Qaeda and its allies remain a serious threat.
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Afghanistan
Coalition forces killed a former Gitmo detainee and “al Qaeda associate” in Nangarhar. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban fighters in Helmand, Khost, Wardak, and Balkh. The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers in the south.
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Iraq
A suicide bomber killed himself in a premature detonation. An “Iranian sniper” killed an Iraqi civilian in Haj Omran. Ninewa police discovered the body of an escaped prisoner.
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Yemen
A suicide bomber killed six Yemeni soldiers at a checkpoint in the southern port city of Aden. President Saleh’s son halted negotiations with the opposition and will not support a transition of power.
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Somalia
Six people were killed as Somali security forces fought amongst themselves in Mogadishu. African Union soldiers accidentally shot and killed a Malaysian reporter in the Somali capital.
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Libya
Rebels have surrounded the pro-Gaddafi towns of Sirte, Bani Walid, Jufra, and Sabha, and have given forces there one week to surrender. Libyan Islamic Fighting Group leader Abdul Hakim Belhaj played down his ties to al Qaeda and Islamists.
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Pakistani journalist executed by ISI: report
Syed Saleem Shahzad was kidnapped, tortured, and murdered by Pakistan’s intelligence service, according to Human Rights Watch.
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On patrol in Karamanda
US Marines from the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment and an Afghan policeman cross a wadi as they enter the town of Karamanda in Musa Qala. Photo by Bill Ardolino for The Long War Journal Bill Ardolino published an article on the the US Marines from the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment operating near the…
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Counting al Qaeda
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Bill Roggio published an article at The Weekly Standard on recent claims by the CIA and other intelligence agencies that there are merely 50-100 al Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan. When CIA director Leon Panetta declared on a Sunday talk show in late June that “we’re looking at maybe 50 to 100” al…
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Iran’s PressTV continues to distort LWJ’s coverage of US strikes in Pakistan
Iran’s PressTV continues to distort The Long War Journal‘s data on the US air campaign against al Qaeda and the Taliban in northwestern Pakistan. According to PressTV, LWJ‘s data shows that mostly civilians are killed in the covert air campaign in Pakistan: Washington claims its airstrikes target militant hideouts though most of the attacks have…
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Bill Ardolino reports from Afghanistan
The Long War Journal is pleased to announce that Bill Ardolino is currently embedded with the US Marines in Musa Qala in Helmand province, Afghanistan. An excellent observer and reporter, Bill has reported for us previously from Fallujah, Iraq, in 2006 and 2007; and from Baghdad in 2008. In Helmand, Bill will be assessing the…
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Analysis: US outlines new Afghanistan strategy
The focus is on Pakistan’s sanctuaries, a troop and civilian “surge,” accelerating the growth of the Afghan security forces, reconciliation with the Taliban, improved governance, and international cooperation.
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Pakistan’s Jihad
By Bill Roggio & Thomas Joscelyn. In the war on terror, Islamabad is both with us and against us. Originally published in The Weekly Standard magazine.
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Afghanistan: Mapping the rising violence
Attacks continue to rise in the southern and eastern provinces bordering Pakistan, where the Taliban and al Qaeda maintain safe havens.
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Sadr’s Special Groups
Muqtada al Sadr influences the Mahdi Army’s ‘Special Groups’ more than the military will admit. Written by Bill Roggio and Daveed Gartenstein-Ross for The Weekly Standard.
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Descent into Appeasement
A look at Pakistan’s dangerous deals with terrorists in the Northwest Frontier Province. Written by Bill Roggio and Daveed Gartenstein-Ross for The Weekly Standard magazine.
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In Pictures: The Sons of Iraq
Gordon Alanko, who is currently embedded with US forces in southern Arab Jabour in Baghdad province, Iraq, provides a pictorial of a Sons of Iraq recruiting drive.
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Iraq in pictures
David Tate provides a view of Baghdad and southern Baghdad province from his September 2007 embed with Bill Roggio. David was embedded with US forces in East Rashid, Mahmudiyah, Al Haswa, Arab Jabour and Iskandariyah.
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To raise them up. Part 3: Investing in people
B.A. Patty was recently embedded with the Armed Forces of the Philippines. In part three of the series, Patty discusses the role investments – in the NCO corps of the AFP, in the local economy – play in counterinsurgency.
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To raise them up. Part 1: The lesser and greater insurgencies of the Philippines
B.A. Patty was recently embedded with the Armed Forces of the Philippines. In part one of his three-part series, Patty examines the roles of organizations such as Abu Sayyaf and MNLF in the insurgency and what Filipino and US troops are doing to squelch terrorist activities.
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Conducting the surge, one raid at a time
Joe Talley of Tango Alpha Productions is currently embedded with US forces south of Baghdad. You can read part 1, The surge: Gunners on patrol,.
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The surge: Gunners on patrol
Forward Operating Base Loyalty, Baghdad, Iraq — The signs of war are never far from the men and women of the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, currently stationed at Forward Operating Base Loyalty in eastern Baghdad. Yesterday at lunch, a sergeant entered the building yelling, “ATTENTION IN THE CHOW HALL! ATTENTION IN THE CHOW HALL!”…
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Battle Sight Zero
By Gene E. Blanton, who is currently embedded with the Multi-National Forces West Training Center in Habbaniyah. Support for Gene’s reporting was provided by Public Multimedia Inc. I’ve had the privilege to hang around the men of the Multi-National Forces West Training Center in Al Anbar Province, Camp Habbaniyah, Iraq led by CWO-5 “Gunner” Terry…
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The Intellectual Grunt – Part Two
By Gene E. Blanton, who is currently embedded with the Multi-National Forces West Training Center in Habbaniyah. Support for Gene’s reporting was provided by Public Multimedia Inc. Lt. Col. McGrath touring his battle space between Fallujah and Ramadi. Click to view. CAMP HABBANIYAH, AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ: To the uniformed, the term “intellectual grunt” may…
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