Abu Laith al-Libi

April 18, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

IMU Lauds Another German Killed in US Drone Strike

The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan released martyrdom tape today praising a German member who was killed in a US drone strike in Pakistan over a year ago. The German, who was identified as Samir...

February 13, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Pakistani Taliban Praise Slain American, British Jihadists

The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan recently released a video of so-called "martyrs" that includes two previously unknown jihadists from the United States and Britain. The two dead Western ji...

October 22, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Omar Hammami Says ‘Friction’ Exists Between Shabaab, Foreign Fighters

A videotape of Omar Hammami in which he urges "commanders of jihad and the honorable scholars" to intervene to resolve "friction" between foreign fighters and Somali members of Shabaab...

October 17, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Jund al Khilafah Emir Killed in ‘Treacherous Raid’

Co-authored by Lisa Lundquist A Swiss jihadist who is known to have recruited and trained al Qaeda fighters and has been linked to top al Qaeda leaders has been killed in a "tre...

April 26, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Egyptian Jihadist Killed in Recent US Predator Strike in Yemen

An Egyptian jihadist who fought alongside al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and its political front, Ansar al Sharia, was killed in a recent US drone strike in the southern Yemeni province of Sha...

April 18, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Sudanese al Qaeda Fighter Killed in Yemen

A well-known jihadist Internet forum has announced that a Sudanese fighter who fought with a top al Qaeda military commander in Pakistan was killed during recent fighting in southern Yemen....

October 28, 2010 | The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda Martyrdom Tape Shows Nature and Extent of Terror Group’s Reach in Afghanistan

A recently released al Qaeda martyrdom videotape identifies five foreign commanders who have fought and died in Afghanistan within the past few years. The profiles of these commanders reveal that...

October 9, 2010 | The Long War Journal |

Al Qaeda Leader Linked to Iran May Have Been Killed in Recent Predator Strike

A senior al Qaeda leader who serves as al Qaeda's ambassador to Iran, and is wanted by the US, is reported to have been killed in a Predator airstrike in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled t...

May 31, 2010 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Top al Qaeda leader Mustafa Abu Yazid confirmed killed in airstrike in North Waziristan

A banner from As Sahab announcing the death of top al Qaeda leader Mustafa Abu Yazid. Al Qaeda has announced that its top leader in Afghanistan and chief financial official...

August 31, 2008 | Bill Roggio Long War Journal

Five killed in al Qaeda safe house strike in South Waziristan

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August 20, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda safe house targeted in South Waziristan strike

Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the tribal areas. Map from PBS' Frontline. Click to view. An attack on an al Qaeda safe house in Pakistan's lawless tribal agency of South...

August 19, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda suicide attack hits police center in Algeria

An al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb suicide car bomber killed 43 Algerians and wounded more than 45 in an attack on a police acad...

August 13, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Cross-border strike targets one of the Taliban’s 157 training camps in Pakistan’s northwest

Hangu is the latest district to fall under Taliban control. The government signed peace agreements in the red agencies/ districts; purple districts are under de facto Taliban control;...

August 12, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda’s commander in Afghanistan rumored killed in Pakistan

Mustafa Abu Yazid on As Sahab, al Qaeda's propaganda arm. . Unconfirmed reports from Pakistan indicate that Mustafa Abu Yazid, al Qaeda's commander in Afghanistan,...

August 3, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda confirms WMD expert Abu Khabab killed in South Waziristan strike

Abu Khabab, via the US Rewards for Justice website. Al Qaeda has confirmed that Abu Khabab al Masri, the chief of the terror group's weapons of mass destruction program,...

August 1, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Analysis: Reports of Zawahiri’ s death are based on suspect sources

Ayman al Zawahiri. As Western and Pakistani intelligence sort through the fallout from the July 28 airstrike in South Waziristan, Pakistan, rumors are swirling that Ayman al...

July 28, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Six killed in strike in South Waziristan

Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the tribal areas. Map from PBS' Frontline. Click to view. Three foreign terrorist are among six killed in a targeted strike in Pakistan's...