The Long War Journal (Site-Wide)

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• Iraqi Hezbollah Brigades suspected of kidnapping Turkish workers
• 12 Ugandan troops killed as Shabaab assaults base in Somalia
• AQIM highlights attack on UN troops in Mali

Iraqi Hezbollah Brigades suspected of kidnapping Turkish workers Posted: 04 Sep 2015 01:00 PM PDT One Iraqi soldier was killed today as the military raided a Hezbollah Brigades headquarters while searching for 18 Turkish construction workers who were kidnapped in Baghdad.

12 Ugandan troops killed as Shabaab assaults base in Somalia Posted: 04 Sep 2015 07:50 AM PDT The Ugandan military confirmed that 12 of its troops were killed after the al Qaeda branch assault a base in Janale near the capital of Mogadishu. Shabaab had claimed fighters from its Sheikh Abu Zubayr Battalion killed 50 troops while overrunning the facility.

AQIM highlights attack on UN troops in Mali Posted: 03 Sep 2015 03:26 PM PDT The video shows an attack on a convoy between Goundam and Timbuktu in northern Mali in July.