Friday, August 4, 2017

The Long War Journal (Site-Wide)

The Long War Journal (Site-Wide)



Posted: 04 Aug 2017 08:40 AM PDT
Australian authorities say they broke up an especially "sophisticated" Islamic State plot in late July. The so-called caliphate wanted to bring down an airliner using an improvised explosive device (IED). The Islamic State even shipped the IED components to the suspects in Australia. The accused men were also allegedly experimenting with a bomb intended to disperse hydrogen sulfide.
Posted: 03 Aug 2017 01:28 PM PDT
The Shiite jihadists were freed as part of a ceasefire deal with Sunni jihadists in the Lebanon-Syria border region.
Posted: 02 Aug 2017 08:33 PM PDT
The al Qaeda group continues to target French forces in northern Mali, as well as conduct attacks on Malian and UN troops elsewhere in the country.

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