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First reported May 20 2013 - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

Taliban suicide bomber assassinates senior politician in Afghan north

The Taliban have claimed credit for a suicide attack in northern Afghanistan that killed the head of the provincial council in Baghlan province. The suicide bomber, who was dressed in a police uniform , attacked and killed Mohammad Rasol Mohseni as ... [Published The Long War Journal - May 20 2013]

Entities: Taliban, Assassination, Suicide Bomb, Suicide Attack

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 reports

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

US drones strike again in Yemen, kill 2 AQAP fighters

The US launched its second drone strike in Yemen in four days, killing two members of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in an area in the central part of the country. The remotely piloted Predators or the more deadly Reapers launched missiles at the ... [Published The Long War Journal - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Drone, Yemen

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

US drones kill 4 'militants' in first strike in Yemen a month

US drones launched the first strike in Yemen in a month, killing four "militants" in an attack on a vehicle carrying explosives in a southern town plagued by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. The remotely piloted Predators or the more deadly Reapers ... [Published The Long War Journal - May 19 2013]

Entities: Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Drone, Yemen, First Strike

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Uzbek national in Idaho arrested, charged with supporting the IMU

The Department of Justice arrested an Uzbek national living in Idaho and charged him with supporting the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and possessing an "unregistered destructive device," or bomb. Fazliddin Kurbanov faces charges in ... [Published The Long War Journal - May 17 2013]

Entities: Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Bomb

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Hezb-i-Islami suicide bomber in Kabul kills 6 Americans, 9 Afghans

This morning in Kabul, a suicide bomber in an explosives-packed vehicle blew up a two-car American military convoy, killing at least 15 people. Six Americans died in the attack along with nine Afghan civilians, including two children. The attack also ... [Published The Long War Journal - May 16 2013]

Entities: Hezb-e-Islami, Suicide Bomb, International Security Assistance Force, Kabul

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

International Security Assistance Force

ISAF targets al Qaeda facilitator in eastern Afghanistan

During a raid on in Nuristan province on May 15, Afghan and Coalition special operations forces targeted a senior Taliban leader who is known to assist members of al Qaeda in Afghanistan, according to the International Security Assistance Force. The ... [Published The Long War Journal - May 17 2013]

Entities: International Security Assistance Force, Al-Qaeda, Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Al-Qaeda

Al Nusrah Front's emir to be added to US terrorism list

Banner of the Al Nusrah Front. Image from the SITE Intelligence Group. The US State Department will add Sheikh Abu Muhammad al Julani, the emir of al Qaeda's affiliate in Syria, to the list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists in a decision to ... [Published The Long War Journal - May 16 2013]

Entities: Al-Nusra Front, Islamic State of Iraq, Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Al-Qaeda

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Tensions continue to escalate in Tunisia

Almost two months after Tunisia's prime minister and the head of Ansar al Sharia Tunisia, an al Qaeda-linked organization, traded barbs in the press and online , tensions have escalated once again. Tunisia Live reports that there were "clashes between ... [Published The Long War Journal - May 15 2013]

Entities: Tunisia, Shariah Law, Ennahda Movement, Al-Qaeda-linked, Islam

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

IMU suicide bomber targeted top police commander in Quetta

"Ali," the IMU suicide bomber who attacked a Pakistani police general in Quetta. Image from the SITE Intelligence Group. The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan claimed credit for yesterday's suicide attack in Quetta that targeted the chief of police in ... [Published The Long War Journal - May 14 2013]

Entities: Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Quetta, Suicide Bomb, Suicide Attack

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

Egyptian interior minister: Al Qaeda cell plotted suicide attack against Western embassy

Egypt's interior minister announced today the arrest of three members of an al Qaeda cell who were plotting to attack a Western embassy. "The interior ministry was able to direct a qualitative blow to a terrorist cell which was planning to carry out ... [Published The Long War Journal - May 11 2013]

Entities: Al-Qaeda, Mohammed Ibrahim, Nasr, Suicide Attack, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

'Pakistan has been trying to bring Afghanistan under its control': an interview with the Panjwai chief of police

District Chief of Police Lieutenant Colonel Sultan Mohammad listens to speakers during a land shura in Panjwai district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Photo by Bill Ardolino for The Long War Journal. Security in the Panjwai district of Kandahar ... [Published The Long War Journal - May 11 2013]

Entities: Taliban, Pakistan, Afghanistan

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 2 reports

Pakistani Taliban praise bin Laden by "waging jihad for the Caliphate"

The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan praised slain al Qaeda emir Osama bin Laden on the second anniversary of his death and vowed to continue "waging jihad for the Caliphate" in his name. Umar Studio, the media arm of the Movement of the Taliban ... [Published The Long War Journal - May 03 2013]

Entities: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, Taliban, Pakistan, Jihad, Usama bin Laden

Quotes

"Today at 11 am in front of the Baghlan provincial council office, we have carried out a suicide attack and killed the head of the council" the Taliban said in the statement, which was sent by spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid

Taliban suicide bomber assassinates senior politician in Afghan north [Published The Long War Journal - May 20 2013]

...These items were "to be used in preparation for and in carrying out an offense involving the use of a weapon of mass destruction."

Uzbek national in Idaho arrested, charged with supporting the IMU [Published The Long War Journal - May 17 2013]

The International Security Assistance Force issued a press release which stated that "[t]wo International Security Assistance Force service members and four ISAF contracted civilians died following an improvised explosive device attack in Kabul, Afghanistan today." Afghan and ISAF officials confirmed that the ISAF members killed in the attack were American

Hezb-i-Islami suicide bomber in Kabul kills 6 Americans, 9 Afghans [Published The Long War Journal - May 16 2013]

...Jihad, Sheikh AymanAyman al Zawahiri, may Allah preserve him," al Julani said, according to a translation provided by the SITE Intelligence Group. "We give a pledge of allegiance for obedience in good and bad in emigration and jihad and not to dispute with our superiors unless we see clear disbelief about which we have proof from Allah."

Al Nusrah Front's emir to be added to US terrorism list [Published The Long War Journal - May 16 2013]

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US drones strike again in Yemen, kill 2 AQAP fi... [Published The Long War Journal - 22 hours ago] The US launched its second drone strike in Yemen in four days, killing two members of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in an area in the central part of the country. The remotely piloted Predators or the more deadly Reapers launched missiles at the ...
Taliban suicide bomber assassinates senior poli... [Published The Long War Journal - May 20 2013] The Taliban have claimed credit for a suicide attack in northern Afghanistan that killed the head of the provincial council in Baghlan province. The suicide bomber, who was dressed in a police uniform , attacked and killed Mohammad Rasol Mohseni as ...
US drones kill 4 'militants' in first strike in... [Published The Long War Journal - May 19 2013] US drones launched the first strike in Yemen in a month, killing four "militants" in an attack on a vehicle carrying explosives in a southern town plagued by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. The remotely piloted Predators or the more deadly Reapers ...
ISAF targets al Qaeda facilitator in eastern Af... [Published The Long War Journal - May 17 2013] During a raid on in Nuristan province on May 15, Afghan and Coalition special operations forces targeted a senior Taliban leader who is known to assist members of al Qaeda in Afghanistan, according to the International Security Assistance Force. The ...
Uzbek national in Idaho arrested, charged with ... [Published The Long War Journal - May 17 2013] The Department of Justice arrested an Uzbek national living in Idaho and charged him with supporting the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and possessing an "unregistered destructive device," or bomb. Fazliddin Kurbanov faces charges in ...