Ground war heats up in Gaza

January 5, 2009 8:25 PM ET
By Bill Roggio

Israeli troops meet resistance in northern Gaza on the second day of ground operations designed to rout Hamas' military and end the missile attacks into southern Israel.
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In eastern Mosul, veteran Iraqi unit adapts to new situation

January 5, 2009 10:33 AM ET
By Wesley Morgan

An Iraqi battalion shifts from Baghdad to the northern city of Mosul to conduct counterinsurgency operations.
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10 killed in suicide bombing in northwestern Pakistan

January 4, 2009 3:10 PM ET
By Bill Roggio

Explosives, suicide vests seized in region. Sharia declared in Bannu. NATO supply route partially reopened.
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Baghdad area rocked by second large suicide attack in 3 days

January 4, 2009 11:59 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

An attack at a checkpoint in Baghdad comes two days after an attack at a tribal reconciliation meeting in Yusafiyah and as Iraqi security forces are asserting control.
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Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle Update: January 2009

January 3, 2009 11:30 PM ET
By DJ Elliott

The Interior Ministry continues building a National Emergency Response Brigade while training and arming the forces continues.
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US hits South Waziristan in second strike

January 2, 2009 11:31 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

Latest attack hits Taliban operating from a school in Baitullah Mehsud's tribal areas. Four Taliban fighters reported killed in the strike.
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The State of Jihad: 2008

January 2, 2009 12:15 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

The Long War Journal's roundup of the major developments in the primary and secondary theaters during the past year.
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US kills four al Qaeda operatives in South Waziristan strike

January 1, 2009 7:33 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

Unmanned aircraft targeted a vehicle in Karikot, the location of the last strike in 2008. All of those killed or wounded were from Turkmenistan.
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Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives directly linked to Mumbai

December 31, 2008 8:37 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

Zarar Shah admits role in Mumbai attacks; Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi is caught on tape communicating with Mumbai attackers.
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Pakistan shuts down NATO supply line through the Khyber Pass

December 30, 2008 2:38 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

The military launches an operation in the Jamrud region outside of Peshawar, where the Taliban has taken control. This is the third time the route has been closed since September.
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Pakistani military continues to withdraw from the tribal areas

December 29, 2008 5:02 PM ET
By Bill Roggio

More troops are being pulled from Bajaur, Mohmand, and the North and South Waziristan tribal agencies. Another division is thought to be leaving the northwest.
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Taliban suicide bombers strike in Pakistan, Afghanistan

December 28, 2008 3:17 PM ET
By Bill Roggio

Attack at school in Buner kills 35 civilians; 14 children, two policemen killed in Khost attack.
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Taliban consolidate control in Arakzai tribal agency

December 28, 2008 1:17 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

Sharia declared in upper and lower Arakzai; 16 of 21 tribes bow to Taliban law. Taliban welcome Pakistani Army withdrawal in the northwest, negotiations with the government are underway.
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Pakistan deploys troops from tribal areas to the Indian border

December 26, 2008 1:22 PM ET
By Bill Roggio

At least one division of Pakistani troops has been redeployed from the Bajaur-Dir region to the border near Lahore in eastern Pakistan.
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Punjabi Taliban group takes credit for Lahore bombing

December 26, 2008 12:16 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

The Pakistani police claim the attack was carried out by Indian intelligence operatives.
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Pakistani intel service behind new terror plot: India

December 24, 2008 8:49 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

Three Jaish-e-Mohammed operatives detained in Jammu and Kashmir were supported by the Inter-Services Intelligence, according to Indian police. One of the men is a Pakistani soldier.
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'Pro-government' Taliban group threatens Pakistani military

December 24, 2008 1:09 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

A senior lieutenant of Mullah Nazir threatens to hit the Pakistani military with suicide bombers if US airstrikes continue.
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Pakistani Taliban vows to battle India

December 23, 2008 9:17 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

Baitullah Mehsud offers to send hundreds of suicide bombers and thousands of "well-armed" fighters to fight alongside the Pakistani Army in the event of war with India.
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US strikes in two villages in South Waziristan

December 22, 2008 1:13 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

Eight people have been reported killed in two attacks near Wana; no high-value targets have been reported killed.
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Lashkar-e-Taiba operative details links to Pakistan

December 21, 2008 11:45 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

Sabauddin Ahmed trained at same camps as Mumbai attacks and met senior Lashkar leaders. The US warns Pakistan to act decisively.
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Ayman al Zawahiri vowed revenge for the deaths of Palestinians in Gaza on a newly released 10-minute audio tape. "We will never stop until we avenge the death of all who are killed, injured, widowed and orphaned in Palestine and throughout the Islamic world," he said. He also blamed President-elect Obama and Egyptian President Mubarak for the Israeli operation.

A spokesman for Jamaat-ud Dawa, the front group for Lashkar-e-Taiba, warned that Pakistan is making a "big mistake" by acting against the group after the United Nations labeled it a terror entity last December. “Hafiz Saeed (the group's founder) has followers all over Pakistan, and it is not possible for the government of Pakistan to even think about handing him over to India,” the spokesman said.

The Taliban murdered two more "US spies" in North Waziristan. The Taliban killed four policemen during an attack on a checkpoint in Hangu; another policeman was killed while defusing a bomb in Bannu. Four more beheaded bodies were found in Swat. An office of the political administration in Mohmand was bombed and the Taliban attacked police checkpoints in the agency.

The Taliban killed three policemen and a cleric in separate attacks in Kandahar. Afghan and Coalition forces detained four Haqqani Network and Taliban fighters during raids in Khost and Zabul provinces. ISAF is investigating a reported incident of civilians being wounded by Coalition fire.

Security forces detained seven al Qaeda fighters in Diyala and two more in Touz Khormato. Border police in Trebil seized 50 kilos of heroin. One civilian was killed and six more were wounded in an IED attack in Baghdad. Seven civilians were wounded in a bombing in Mosul.

Israeli troops have surrounded Gaza City and are advancing on Khan Younis and Dir el Balah. Thirty Palestinian civilians were killed after IDF tank shells struck a UN school. The IDF killed the chief of Hamas' rocket program and two other military commanders. Hamas fired more than 30 rockets into southern Israel.

Lebanon's majority leader Saad Hariri said that the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council told him that Hezbollah would not attack Israel from Lebanon to aid Hamas in Gaza. Hezbollah has increased its military's preparedness after the battle in Gaza began in late December. The US Treasury designated the Waad Project, a Hezbollah-run construction firm, under Executive Order 13224.

The Taliban took 11 tribal leaders hostage in Bajaur and killed three "US spies" in North Waziristan. The Taliban killed two people and bombed the home of a journalist in Swat, where police are resigning due to threats. Afghans have been ordered to leave Khyber in one week.

Iraqi forces detained eight insurgents in Babil and captured six more during raids nationwide. The Sons of Iraq detained two suspects thought to be behind a bombing in Baghdad. Two Iraqis were killed and 27 were wounded in six small-scale bombings in Baghdad. Five Iraqis were wounded in a bombing in Mosul.

A French warship prevented pirates from attacking two cargo vessels; 19 Somalis were captured. Burundi and Uganda governments asked the African Union to allow their troops to take action against the insurgents.