Longwarjournal - longwarjournal.org - The Long War Journal ยป The Long War Journal
General Information:
Latest News:
Taliban suicide assault team attacks Afghan Army base in Kapisa 26 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
The Taliban have claimed credit for a suicide assault today on an Afghan Army base in Kapisa, where jihadists have been making inroads since Coalition forces withdrew from the central province. A sui...
Interdiction exercise 26 Aug 2013 | 03:52 pm
[click on photo for larger image] US Marine Corps Captain Justin G. Smith flies a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter during an air interdiction exercise over Helmand province, Afghanistan, Aug. 20, 201...
Al Nusrah vows revenge on Alawites 26 Aug 2013 | 02:06 pm
Al Nusrah Front has issued a statement vowing revenge on Alawite Muslims after apparent chemical weapons strikes in Syria.
AQAP official comments on Egypt events, says America retreating 25 Aug 2013 | 08:46 pm
In an audio message released to jihadist forums today, Harith bin Ghazi al Nadhari (also known as Muhammad al Murshidi), an official in al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), denounced the recent c...
Did the TTP 'expel' Asmatullah Muawiya? 24 Aug 2013 | 08:40 pm
Asmatullah Muawiya (center), from a March 2013 video. Osama bin Laden is to Muawiya's left, and Rasheed Ghazi, the slain leader of the Lal Masjid, is to his right. Image from the SITE Intelligence Gro...
ISAF confirms airstrike in Kunar 24 Aug 2013 | 07:03 pm
On Aug. 22, The Long War Journal noted that Afghan officials claimed that an International Security Assistance Force airstrike targeted and killed Qari Zia Rahman, the dual-hatted Taliban and al Qaeda...
Sinai jihadists threaten attacks as Egyptian army claims successes 24 Aug 2013 | 12:25 am
In a statement posted to Facebook today, Egyptian army spokesman Ahmed Ali announced that recent operations by Egyptian security forces in the Sinai Peninsula have led to the deaths of 78 militants. T...
Al Qaeda isn't dead yet, FBI director says 23 Aug 2013 | 11:52 pm
It seems that US government officials are beginning to come around to the fact that al Qaeda isn't quite as dead as the Obama administration would have you believe. In an interview with FOX News, FBI ...
Ansar al Sharia in Libya criticizes Muslim Brotherhood 23 Aug 2013 | 07:55 pm
On Aug. 20, Ansar al Sharia in Libya released a statement that criticized the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt for participating in the democratic process, and for failing to implement sharia, or Islamic l...
Israeli Air Force strikes south of Beirut in response to rocket fire 23 Aug 2013 | 05:58 pm
Early on Aug. 23, the Israeli Air Force struck a "terror site" south of Beirut, Lebanon. An IDF spokesman said the attack near the town of Na'ameh was in response to the rocket fire from Lebanon on Au...
