The Long War Journal (Site-Wide)

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• State Department refuses to admit that Mullah Mansour was killed inside Pakistan
• Iranian Qods Force leader reportedly in Fallujah
• Iraqi forces, militias launch operation to recapture Fallujah

State Department refuses to admit that Mullah Mansour was killed inside Pakistan Posted: 24 May 2016 06:11 AM PDT "How could you fire something out of the sky and blow something up and kill people and not know what country it’s in? ," a reporter responded incredulously to a State Department spokesman's claim that the government didn't know whether the US killed Taliban emir Mullah Mansour in Afghanistan or Pakistan.

Iranian Qods Force leader reportedly in Fallujah Posted: 23 May 2016 01:27 PM PDT The photo shows Soleimani's and the militias dependent on Iran's importance in the fight for Fallujah.

Iraqi forces, militias launch operation to recapture Fallujah Posted: 23 May 2016 01:25 PM PDT Iranian-supported militias such as Hezbollah Brigades, Asaib al Haq, Harakat al Nujaba, Kata'ib Imam Ali, and Kata'ib Sayyid al Shuhada are taking part in the effort to wrest Fallujah from the Islamic State.