The Long War Journal (Site-Wide)

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• Islamic State releases photos from captured Libyan town of Bin Jawad
• US charges American citizen with conspiring to kill soldiers in Afghanistan
• Ghana falsely claims 2 former Guantanamo detainees were ‘cleared of any involvement’ in terrorism

Islamic State releases photos from captured Libyan town of Bin Jawad Posted: 07 Jan 2016 12:38 PM PST The Islamic State's Libyan "province" has released images from the captured town of Bin Jawad. The jihadists have likely operated in the town for months, but they only declared complete control of it earlier this week after launching a new offensive. The photos and a short video released by an Islamic State-affiliated "news" agency are intended to advertise the jihadists' control of Bin Jawad.

US charges American citizen with conspiring to kill soldiers in Afghanistan Posted: 07 Jan 2016 12:29 PM PST Muhanad Mahmoud Al Farekh, a member of al Qaeda's paramilitary force in Afghanistan and Pakistan, was involved in a double suicide attack in Khost, Afghanistan in 2009.

Ghana falsely claims 2 former Guantanamo detainees were ‘cleared of any involvement’ in terrorism Posted: 07 Jan 2016 08:34 AM PST Ghana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Regional Integration said in a statement that it has accepted two Guantanamo detainees who "have been cleared of any involvement in terrorist activities, and are being released." But that is not true. Neither one of the detainees was "cleared" by President Obama's Guantanamo Review Task Force. One of the two was previously deemed a "high risk" by Joint Task Force - Guantanamo.