The Long War Journal (Site-Wide)

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• Osama Bin Laden’s Files: AQIM considered a truce with Mauritania
• Osama Bin Laden’s Files: Al Qaeda relocated operatives out of northern Pakistan
• French special forces target al Qaeda commanders in Mali

Osama Bin Laden’s Files: AQIM considered a truce with Mauritania Posted: 01 Mar 2016 01:05 PM PST Newly released files recovered in Osama bin Laden's compound reveal that al Qaeda's leadership drafted a truce proposal for the Mauritanian government. There is no evidence in the files that Mauritania agreed to the deal, which would have allowed al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) to operate freely in the country. In a separate letter, AQIM emir Abdelmalek Droukdel asked for bin Laden's advice concerning the staffing of his elite Shura council.

Osama Bin Laden’s Files: Al Qaeda relocated operatives out of northern Pakistan Posted: 01 Mar 2016 10:05 AM PST Just months prior to his death, Osama bin Laden ordered his right hand man to relocate the al Qaeda "brothers" out of North and South Waziristan. The al Qaeda men were to be moved to Afghanistan and other areas in Pakistan.

French special forces target al Qaeda commanders in Mali Posted: 29 Feb 2016 06:04 PM PST The raids targeted AQIM field commander Abu al Nour al Andalusi, a Spanish national, and the Saudi spokesman for Al Murabitoon, Abu Dujana al Qasimi. Neither the French nor AQIM have commented on the raids, which are said to have occurred in recent days.