The Long War Journal meets President Bush
President Bush speaks to Bill Roggio and Bill Ardolino via a video teleconference call from Camp Victory, Iraq.
Monthly Archives: September 2007
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Lt. Gen. Dubik on IA NCO corps training
Philippines
Operations against Abu Sayyaf will continue throughout Ramadan while the military is deploying two additional battalions to the islands of Basilan and Jolo. MILF rejected an offer of autonomy.
Pakistan
Pakistan probes Al Qaeda link to attack on commandos
Al Qaeda
Iraq: Revenge sought in sheik’s death
Pakistan
Pakistan: Bhutto won’t be deported
Al Qaeda
Pentagon Releases Audio of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Testimony
Somalia
Islamic Courts leader Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed and the former leader of parliament Sharif Hassan Sheik Aden were named as the chairmen of the new opposition alliance. Five soldiers were killed and a vehicle and weapons were captured after the Islamic Courts fighters ambushed a patrol north of Mogadishu. The deputy national police commander escaped […]
Thailand
Thailand’s Counter-Insurgency Operations in the Deep South
Iraq
Truck bomb kills seven police in Baiji, Iraq
Iraq
US statement regarding the asassination of Sheikh Abdul Sattar al-Rishawi
Iraq
Iran Linked to Iraq Rocket Attack at MNC-I Headquarters
Iran
Iranian Special-ops Unit Flees Iraq to Avoid Capture
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Released detainees pledge to uphold Rule of Law in Baqubah
Iraq
US military starts freeing Iraqis for Ramadan
Pakistan
A suicide bomber killed 15 soldiers of the elite Karar commando anti-terrorism group and wounded 11 while they were in their barracks. The military claimed up to 40 Taliban were killed in helicopter strikes in North and South Waziristan; the Taliban denied the claim. Eleven Frontier Corps soldiers and a policeman were captured during a […]
Afghanistan
Afghan and ISAF forces killed over 45 Taliban in the Deh Rawood district of Uruzgan. Ten Taliban were captured in the Garmsir district of Helmand Province.
Iraq
The ‘proxy war’: UK troops are sent to Iranian border
Sheikh Sattar, leader of the Anbar Awakening, killed in bombing
Sheikh Abdul Sattar Abu Risha, the founder of the Anbar Awakening movement and catalyst behind the fight against al Qaeda in Iraq in Anbar province and beyond, has been murdered in a car bombing attack in Ramadi.
Counterinsurgency success in Haswa
Embedded report from Haswa, Iraq. US forces work with Sunni and Shia volunteers to drive out al Qaeda and restore peace to one of the most dangerous regions in Iraq.
Afghanistan
The Afghan government is investigating a Taliban offer to negotiate a peace agreement. Afghan and British forces killed seven Taliban fighters and wounded eight during an operation in the Sangin District of Helmand province.
Turkey
Police in Turkey defuse explosives found in minibus
Israel
Rocket Attack Hits Israeli Soldiers
Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s Karzai urges Taliban to negotiate
Al Qaeda
Osama bin Laden released his second video tape in less than one week. In the Tape, bin Laden praised the 9/11 hijackers and called on others to become martyrs. As Sahab, al Qaeda’s propaganda arm, released the video to television stations prior to posting it on the Internet.
Pakistan
A 15-year-old suicide bomber killed 17 in an attack on a bus in Dera Ismail Khan. The Taliban clashed with security forces after one of Baitullah Mehsud’s aides was killed. The Taliban damaged a Buddhist statue in Swat.
Resistance “is a normal thing, and a right for everyone”
What do everyday Fallujans think about the war? What do they think about Americans and why did so many of them fight us? What was the city like under al Qaeda? How do they view the central government in Iraq, their city, and their future? Bill Ardolino poses these questions to a local interpreter working for the US Army.
Gen. Petraeus reports to Congress
Full text and accompanying slides of General Petraeus’ report to Congress on the military situation in Iraq.
Afghanistan
A Taliban suicide bomber killed 13 police and 15 civilians in a motorcycle attack on a market in Girshk in Helmand province. Police captured a Taliban district commander of Andar in Ghazni and four fighters. Two Taliban were wounded in a raid on a compound in Ghazni.
Pakistan
Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been deported to Saudi Arabia just hours after arriving at Islamabad’s international airport. Nawaz was charged with corruption prior to being deported. The Supreme Court had approved Nawaz’s return to Pakistan. [Second Update]