The Long War Journal (Site-Wide)

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Jihadists see divine approval in suicide bombing Posted: 08 Jul 2015 10:11 AM PDT Supporters of the Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda's official branch in Syria, think that the hand of Allah can be seen in footage of a recent suicide bombing. Jihadists have marketed supposedly divine miracles for decades. Abdullah Azzam, Osama bin Laden's mentor, was an early innovator in this genre of propaganda.

Deputy emir of Islamic State’s Khorasan province reported killed in US drone strike Posted: 08 Jul 2015 05:24 AM PDT Afghanistan's National Directorate of Intelligence said that "Gull Zaman," his deputy, and five fighters were killed in a US drone strike in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan.