The Long War Journal Photos tag:www.longwarjournal.org,2012:/photos/14 2012-06-01T16:18:56Z Movable Type Pro 4.38 Security in Dizhak tag:www.longwarjournal.org,2012:/photos//14.44461 2012-06-01T16:17:02Z 2012-06-01T16:18:56Z US Army Staff Sergeant Matthew Lewis, a security forces member of the Farah Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT), provides security during an Afghan Local Police graduation ceremony in Dizhak village, Farah province, Afghanistan, May 29, 2012. US Navy photo by... Bill Ardolino US Army Staff Sergeant Matthew Lewis, a security forces member of the Farah Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT), provides security during an Afghan Local Police graduation ceremony in Dizhak village, Farah province, Afghanistan, May 29, 2012. US Navy photo by Lt. Benjamin Addison]]> http://www.longwarjournal.org/photos/2012/06/security_in_dizhak.php Ghazni firefight II tag:www.longwarjournal.org,2012:/photos//14.44380 2012-05-29T14:15:16Z 2012-05-30T16:14:11Z An Afghan soldier and policeman fire on insurgent positions during a firefight May 17, 2012, near Combat Outpost Giro, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. The Afghans are part of a presence patrol with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team.... Bill Ardolino An Afghan soldier and policeman fire on insurgent positions during a firefight May 17, 2012, near Combat Outpost Giro, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. The Afghans are part of a presence patrol with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team. US Army photo by Sergeant Michael J. MacLeod.]]> http://www.longwarjournal.org/photos/2012/05/ghazni_firefight_ii.php Omar Hammami poses with autobiography tag:www.longwarjournal.org,2012:/photos//14.44254 2012-05-24T16:10:09Z 2012-05-24T18:24:34Z A picture of Omar Hammami, the American Islamist and member of Shabaab, has surfaced on the Internet. Via the SITE Intelligence Group: The individual behind the recent postings of material from Omar Hammami provided a picture of Hammami posing... Bill Ardolino A picture of Omar Hammami, the American Islamist and member of Shabaab, has surfaced on the Internet. Via the SITE Intelligence Group:
The individual behind the recent postings of material from Omar Hammami provided a picture of Hammami posing with a laptop computer on which the cover of his autobiography is displayed. The individual, a Somali jihadist calling himself "Abu Muhammad as-Somaali," posted a link to access the picture on his social networking accounts on May 23, 2012. Somaali had earlier posted the video in which Hammami AKA Abu Mansour al-Amriki stated that he feels his life may be endangered by the Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, and also posted Hammami's autobiography, "The Story of an American Jihaadi, Part One." On his Twitter account, Somaali has been actively commenting and debating fellow users about the conflict in Somalia between AMISOM and the Shabaab, and other issues.
]]> http://www.longwarjournal.org/photos/2012/05/omar_hammami_poses_with_autobi.php Ghazni firefight tag:www.longwarjournal.org,2012:/photos//14.44201 2012-05-22T13:13:28Z 2012-05-23T15:05:14Z An Afghan National Army soldier fires a rocket-propelled grenade at an insurgent position during a firefight on May 17, 2012 in Ghazni province, Afghanistan. In the distance, Afghan police are running to find cover near a position manned by... Bill Ardolino An Afghan National Army soldier fires a rocket-propelled grenade at an insurgent position during a firefight on May 17, 2012 in Ghazni province, Afghanistan. In the distance, Afghan police are running to find cover near a position manned by paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team. US Army photo by Sergeant Michael J. MacLeod.]]> http://www.longwarjournal.org/photos/2012/05/ghazni_firefight.php Brown out tag:www.longwarjournal.org,2012:/photos//14.44104 2012-05-17T18:05:31Z 2012-05-17T18:26:21Z A British Royal Air Force Chinook stirs up a cloud of dust in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Photo via UK Forces Afghanistan.... Bill Ardolino A British Royal Air Force Chinook stirs up a cloud of dust in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Photo via UK Forces Afghanistan.]]> http://www.longwarjournal.org/photos/2012/05/brown_out.php 82nd Airborne Medic tag:www.longwarjournal.org,2012:/photos//14.44050 2012-05-15T13:59:10Z 2012-05-15T14:06:41Z Private First Class Kristina Batty, a medic with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, dons a headscarf to meet with female Afghan villagers May 5, 2012, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. Batty is joining Female Engagement Team members to... Bill Ardolino Private First Class Kristina Batty, a medic with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, dons a headscarf to meet with female Afghan villagers May 5, 2012, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. Batty is joining Female Engagement Team members to discover what females of the village need. US Army photo by Sergeant Michael J. MacLeod.]]> http://www.longwarjournal.org/photos/2012/05/82nd_airborne_medic.php Counter IED tag:www.longwarjournal.org,2012:/photos//14.43954 2012-05-11T14:55:39Z 2012-05-12T21:56:39Z A paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team passes before the rising sun during a patrol into a village May 4, 2012, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. The equipment on his back is used to block remotely detonated... Bill Ardolino A paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team passes before the rising sun during a patrol into a village May 4, 2012, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. The equipment on his back is used to block remotely detonated improvised explosive devices. US Army photo by Sergeant Michael J. MacLeod.]]> http://www.longwarjournal.org/photos/2012/05/counter_ied.php Trek Nawa talk tag:www.longwarjournal.org,2012:/photos//14.43907 2012-05-09T14:21:15Z 2012-05-12T18:34:52Z US Marine Corps Lance Corporal John Ellington talks to a local Afghan boy in Trek Nawa, Afghanistan, April 24, 2012. Ellington's platoon partnered with Afghan soldiers in a clearing operation throughout the area. He is a team leader with... Bill Ardolino US Marine Corps Lance Corporal John Ellington talks to a local Afghan boy in Trek Nawa, Afghanistan, April 24, 2012. Ellington's platoon partnered with Afghan soldiers in a clearing operation throughout the area. He is a team leader with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment. US Marine Corps photo by Corporal Timothy Lenzo.]]> http://www.longwarjournal.org/photos/2012/05/trek_nawa_talk.php Ghazni sky tag:www.longwarjournal.org,2012:/photos//14.43858 2012-05-07T13:49:31Z 2012-05-07T13:50:17Z Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team and soldiers with the Afghan National Army 6 Kandak, 203rd Corps, move into a village April 28, 2012, in Ghazni province, Afghanistan. US Army photo by Sergeant Michael J.... Bill Ardolino Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team and soldiers with the Afghan National Army 6 Kandak, 203rd Corps, move into a village April 28, 2012, in Ghazni province, Afghanistan. US Army photo by Sergeant Michael J. MacLeod.]]> http://www.longwarjournal.org/photos/2012/05/ghazni_sky.php Bomb detection duo tag:www.longwarjournal.org,2012:/photos//14.43739 2012-05-02T13:46:07Z 2012-05-02T13:46:59Z US Marine Corporal Sean Grady and Ace, a military working dog trained to detect improvised explosive devices, provide security during a patrol in the Khan Neshin district in Afghanistan's Helmand province, April 27, 2012. Grady, a dog handler and... Bill Ardolino US Marine Corporal Sean Grady and Ace, a military working dog trained to detect improvised explosive devices, provide security during a patrol in the Khan Neshin district in Afghanistan's Helmand province, April 27, 2012. Grady, a dog handler and pointman assigned to Echo Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, and Ace have located 16 roadside bombs, the most of any team in their battalion since arriving in the province last October. Photo by Corporal Alfred V. Lopez]]> http://www.longwarjournal.org/photos/2012/05/bomb_detection_duo.php Doorway cover tag:www.longwarjournal.org,2012:/photos//14.43638 2012-04-27T16:35:01Z 2012-04-27T18:30:58Z US soldier Nicholas Dickhut from 5-20 infantry Regiment attached to 82nd Airborne points his rifle at a doorway after coming under fire by the Taliban while on patrol in Zharay district in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan April 26, 2012.... Bill Ardolino US soldier Nicholas Dickhut from 5-20 infantry Regiment attached to 82nd Airborne points his rifle at a doorway after coming under fire by the Taliban while on patrol in Zharay district in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan April 26, 2012. Photo by REUTERS/Baz Ratner. The photo is from the Reuters "Editor's Choice" slideshow of the "best photos from the last 24 hours." ]]> http://www.longwarjournal.org/photos/2012/04/doorway_cover.php Musa Qala talk tag:www.longwarjournal.org,2012:/photos//14.43581 2012-04-25T14:51:01Z 2012-04-25T14:52:54Z A Marine with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, interacts with an Afghan local during Operation Jaws April 7, 2012. Op Jaws was a large-scale operation that took place April 5-8. 2/5 participated in one phase of the operation, which... Bill Ardolino A Marine with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, interacts with an Afghan local during Operation Jaws April 7, 2012. Op Jaws was a large-scale operation that took place April 5-8. 2/5 participated in one phase of the operation, which was designed to find and destroy weapons caches, improvised explosive devices and drug producing facilities around Musa Qala district, Helmand province, Afghanistan.]]> http://www.longwarjournal.org/photos/2012/04/musa_qala_talk.php Windy day tag:www.longwarjournal.org,2012:/photos//14.43529 2012-04-23T14:03:38Z 2012-04-23T14:12:31Z A young girl pauses to adjust her scarf of a windy day on the road between Kunduz and Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. Photo by Thorne Anderson/Corbis. A full-size/frame version of the image, and others by Anderson, can be seen at "Afghanistan... Bill Ardolino A young girl pauses to adjust her scarf of a windy day on the road between Kunduz and Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. Photo by Thorne Anderson/Corbis. A full-size/frame version of the image, and others by Anderson, can be seen at "Afghanistan the Beautiful," a slideshow of photos from Foreign Policy's new eBook, Afghanistan by Donkey.]]> http://www.longwarjournal.org/photos/2012/04/windy_day.php Jalalabad view tag:www.longwarjournal.org,2012:/photos//14.43413 2012-04-18T14:11:32Z 2012-04-18T14:15:07Z The view looking north toward the Hindu Kush in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. The picture is part of a series of photographs by civilian contractor Peretz Partensky published in Business Insider.... Bill Ardolino The view looking north toward the Hindu Kush in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. The picture is part of a series of photographs by civilian contractor Peretz Partensky published in Business Insider.]]> http://www.longwarjournal.org/photos/2012/04/jalalabad_view.php Liftoff from COP Bari Alai tag:www.longwarjournal.org,2012:/photos//14.43368 2012-04-16T13:41:24Z 2012-04-16T20:04:58Z US Sergeant Major of the Army Ray Chandler and International Security Assistance Force US Army Command Sergeant Major Thomas Capel depart from Combat Outpost Bari Alai on a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter near Jalalabad, Afghanistan, April 3, 2012. US... Bill Ardolino US Sergeant Major of the Army Ray Chandler and International Security Assistance Force US Army Command Sergeant Major Thomas Capel depart from Combat Outpost Bari Alai on a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter near Jalalabad, Afghanistan, April 3, 2012. US Army photo by Sergeant Christopher Harper. ]]> http://www.longwarjournal.org/photos/2012/04/liftoff_from_cop_bari_alai.php