The Long War Journal (Site-Wide)

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• Taliban promotes ‘Special Group’ training in northwestern Pakistan
• Iraqi troops advance on key town south of Mosul
• References to the Islamic State omitted from Chelsea bombing complaint

Taliban promotes ‘Special Group’ training in northwestern Pakistan Posted: 22 Sep 2016 12:33 PM PDT The video of fighters purportedly training and firing RPGs in the open in Swabi indicates that the Taliban have returned.

Iraqi troops advance on key town south of Mosul Posted: 22 Sep 2016 07:36 AM PDT Iraqi forces retook control of Shirqat in order to secure its supply lines south of the Islamic State-held city of Mosul. The Islamic State is also thought to have fired a shell filled with a mustard agent at US troops nearby.

References to the Islamic State omitted from Chelsea bombing complaint Posted: 21 Sep 2016 12:30 PM PDT The complaint filed in the case against Ahmad Khan Rahami, who is accused of planting bombs in New York and New Jersey on Sept. 17, omitted any reference to the Islamic State. But a newly released page from Rahami's notebook shows that he mentioned Abu Muhammad al Adnani in the context of being unable to travel abroad for jihad. Prior to his demise in August, Adnani repeatedly told followers to strike in their home countries if they were unable to emigrate to the lands of the so-called caliphate.