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'''''FDD's Long War Journal''''' ('''LWJ''') is an American ], also described as a ], which reports on the ]. The site is operated by Public Multimedia Incorporated (PMI), a non-profit media organization established in 2007. PMI is run by Paul Hanusz and ]. Roggio is the managing editor of the journal and ] is senior editor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://homeland.house.gov/sites/homeland.house.gov/files/Testimony%20Joscelyn_0.pdf|title=Testimony of Thomas Joscelyn|access-date=January 18, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121216033739/http://homeland.house.gov/sites/homeland.house.gov/files/Testimony%20Joscelyn_0.pdf|archive-date=December 16, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The site is a project of the ], where both Roggio and Joscelyn are senior fellows.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/apr/15/us-forces-make-gains-after-trading-static-afghan-o/ |title=U.S. forces make gains after trading static Afghan outposts for mobility |work=The Washington Times |date=April 15, 2012 |access-date=January 18, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=8840 |title=Interfax-Religion |publisher=Interfax-Religion |access-date=January 18, 2013}}</ref> '''''FDD's Long War Journal''''' ('''LWJ''') is an American ] that reports on the ]. The site is operated by Public Multimedia Incorporated (PMI), a non-profit media organization established in 2007. PMI is run by Paul Hanusz and ]. Roggio is the managing editor of the journal and ] is senior editor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://homeland.house.gov/sites/homeland.house.gov/files/Testimony%20Joscelyn_0.pdf|title=Testimony of Thomas Joscelyn|access-date=January 18, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121216033739/http://homeland.house.gov/sites/homeland.house.gov/files/Testimony%20Joscelyn_0.pdf|archive-date=December 16, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The site is a project of the ], where both Roggio and Joscelyn are senior fellows.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/apr/15/us-forces-make-gains-after-trading-static-afghan-o/ |title=U.S. forces make gains after trading static Afghan outposts for mobility |work=The Washington Times |date=April 15, 2012 |access-date=January 18, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=8840 |title=Interfax-Religion |publisher=Interfax-Religion |access-date=January 18, 2013}}</ref>


The journal evolved from Roggio's personal blog with which he reported on conflicts involving terrorism and Islamic insurgencies around the world. PMI states that its journal seeks to provide news on conflicts without promoting a political agenda and with a goal of providing in-depth, contextual, detailed reporting. The site's staff, led by Roggio, use international media sources plus contacts in the ] for information for their reports. The ''Journal'' evolved from Roggio's personal blog, where he reported on conflicts involving terrorism and Islamic insurgencies around the world. PMI states that the ''Journal'' seeks to provide news on conflicts without promoting a political agenda and with a goal of providing in-depth, contextual, detailed reporting. The site's staff, led by Roggio, use international media sources and contacts in the ] for information for their reports.


The organization is funded by private donations, sponsorships, and grants. As of 2011, the site received an estimated average of 12,000 views a day. ''FDD's Long War Journal'' has been used as a source by a number of large, mass media organizations. The journal's reporting has included stories on insurgent and terrorist activities in Pakistan. The organization is funded by private donations, sponsorships, and grants. ''The Journal'' has been used as a source by a number of mass media organizations. The ''Journal''<nowiki/>'s reporting has included stories on insurgent and terrorist activities in Pakistan.


==History and mission== ==History and mission==
''FDD's Long War Journal'' began as Roggio's personal blog, BillRoggio.com, in which he provided detailed reporting on conflicts around the world using information obtained from media and internet sources plus information given him by contacts in the United States intelligence community. Hanusz, a regular reader and financial contributor to Roggio's blog, had the idea of organizing Roggio's reporting into a nonprofit journalism organization along the lines of the ]. Thus, in 2007, Roggio and Hanusz left their full-time jobs and created PMI as a non-profit corporation with the goal, according to the '']'', "to develop a first-of-its-kind media entity made up of independent reporters, at home and abroad, dedicated solely to reporting on terrorism, so-called small wars, and counterterrorism efforts around the world, to do it in the kind of fine-grained detail that the mainstream press never will, and, as much as possible, without an overt partisan bent."<ref name="cjr.org">Mcleary, Paul, "", '']'', 46.6 (March–April 2008): 36+, (3621 words).</ref><ref>Chinni, Dante, "", '']'', May 22, 2007; retrieved June 16, 2011.</ref><ref>Blakely, Rhys, "In the zone; The year on the web", '']'', December 31, 2005, p. 32.</ref><ref name="All About the Blog">Spillman, Benjamin, "", '']'', November 9, 2007; retrieved June 16, 2011.</ref><ref>Chinni, Dante, "The value of a pro-war blogger's reports from Iraq; Bill Roggio's accounts bring home a feel for what US troops are facing in Iraq", '']'', December 12, 2006, p. 9.</ref> ''FDD's Long War Journal'' began as Roggio's personal blog, BillRoggio.com, in which he provided detailed reporting on conflicts around the world using information obtained from media and internet sources plus information given him by contacts in the United States intelligence community. Hanusz, a regular reader and financial contributor to Roggio's blog, had the idea of organizing Roggio's reporting into a nonprofit journalism organization along the lines of the ]. Thus, in 2007, Roggio and Hanusz left their full-time jobs and created PMI as a non-profit corporation with the goal, according to the '']'', "to develop a first-of-its-kind media entity made up of independent reporters, at home and abroad, dedicated solely to reporting on terrorism, so-called small wars, and counterterrorism efforts around the world, to do it in the kind of fine-grained detail that the mainstream press never will, and, as much as possible, without an overt partisan bent."<ref name="cjr.org">Mcleary, Paul, "", '']'', 46.6 (March–April 2008): 36+, (3621 words).</ref><ref>Chinni, Dante, "", '']'', May 22, 2007; retrieved June 16, 2011.</ref><ref>Blakely, Rhys, "In the zone; The year on the web", '']'', December 31, 2005, p. 32.</ref><ref name="All About the Blog">Spillman, Benjamin, "", '']'', November 9, 2007; retrieved June 16, 2011.</ref><ref>Chinni, Dante, "The value of a pro-war blogger's reports from Iraq; Bill Roggio's accounts bring home a feel for what US troops are facing in Iraq", '']'', December 12, 2006, p. 9.</ref>


Roggio and the ''Long War Journal's'' staff use reports from various media organizations, including publications in countries where terrorists or Islamic insurgencies are active, such as in Afghanistan and Pakistan, then amplify and add historical context to what they find with information from their own network of US intelligence sources. In some cases, PMI has funded trips by its own media-credentialed journalists to report on war zones such as Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Philippines. Roggio, a former ] ] and ]man, uses his military experience to add strategic, operational, and tactical level context to the journal's reports. According to the ''Columbia Journalism Review'', "Roggio's greatest service, then, may be the way he picks up where the mainstream press leaves off, giving readers a simultaneously more specific and holistic understanding of the battlefield."<ref name="cjr.org"/> Roggio and the ''Long War Journal's'' staff use reports from various media organizations, including publications in countries where terrorists or Islamic insurgencies are active, such as in Afghanistan and Pakistan, then amplify and add historical context to what they find with information from their own network of US intelligence sources. In some cases, PMI has funded trips by its own media-credentialed journalists to report on war zones such as Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Philippines. Roggio, a former ] ] and ]man, uses his military experience to add strategic, operational, and tactical level context to the journal's reports. According to the ''Columbia Journalism Review'', "Roggio's greatest service, then, may be the way he picks up where the mainstream press leaves off, giving readers a simultaneously more specific and holistic understanding of the battlefield."<ref name="cjr.org"/>


The ''Columbia Journalism Review'' reports that the ''Long War Journal'' for the most part avoids political bias in its stories. The ''Review'', however, noted that Roggio has at times aligned himself with conservative bloggers on issues such as the "]" controversy.<ref name="cjr.org"/> The journal states that it is a publication of the ], which describes itself as non-partisan but has been called "]" by various resources.<ref name="The 'Hero' of the War on Terror">Goldberg, Michelle, "", '']'', February 10, 2011; retrieved June 17, 2011.</ref><ref>, {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120201153203/http://www.nogw.com/download/2006_spheres_of_influence.pdf |date=February 1, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/FJ09Ak01.html |title=Asia Times – Asia's most trusted news source for the Middle East |publisher=Atimes.com |date=October 9, 2004 |access-date=April 30, 2012 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20050409035035/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/FJ09Ak01.html |archive-date=April 9, 2005 }}</ref> The ''Columbia Journalism Review'' reports that the ''Journal'' for the avoids political bias for the most part in its stories. The ''Review'', however, noted that Roggio has at times aligned himself with conservative bloggers on issues such as the "]" controversy.<ref name="cjr.org"/> The J''ournal'' states that it is a publication of the ], which describes itself as non-partisan but has been called "]" by various resources.<ref name="The 'Hero' of the War on Terror">Goldberg, Michelle, "", '']'', February 10, 2011; retrieved June 17, 2011.</ref><ref>, {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120201153203/http://www.nogw.com/download/2006_spheres_of_influence.pdf |date=February 1, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/FJ09Ak01.html |title=Asia Times – Asia's most trusted news source for the Middle East |publisher=Atimes.com |date=October 9, 2004 |access-date=April 30, 2012 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20050409035035/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/FJ09Ak01.html |archive-date=April 9, 2005 }}</ref>


In 2006, before the establishment of the ''Journal'', ] commentator ] criticized Roggio after Roggio complained about '']'s'' negative coverage of his 2005 trip to Iraq as an embedded reporter with the ]. Kaus criticized Roggio as a sensationalist who likes to get people to read his articles by distorting the news.<ref name=roggioqvzv /> Kaus later added, however, that "I should make clear that Roggio's reporting and blogging make a valuable contribution and I take my hat off to his courage. It is the attacks on the Post that are unwarranted."<ref name=roggioqvzv>], "", '']'', January 8, 2006.</ref> In 2006, before the establishment of the ''Journal'', ] commentator ] criticized Roggio after Roggio complained about '']'s'' negative coverage of his 2005 trip to Iraq as an embedded reporter with the ]. Kaus criticized Roggio as a sensationalist who likes to get people to read his articles by distorting the news.<ref name=roggioqvzv /> Kaus later added, however, that "I should make clear that Roggio's reporting and blogging make a valuable contribution and I take my hat off to his courage. It is the attacks on the Post that are unwarranted."<ref name=roggioqvzv>], "", '']'', January 8, 2006.</ref>


==Staff and funding== ==Staff and funding==
{{As of|2013}}, PMI's editorial board includes Roggio (managing editor) and four senior and associate editors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/staff.php|title=Contributors to FDD's Long War Journal|work=Long War Journal|access-date=February 6, 2013}}</ref> Reporters work on a part-time or voluntary basis. The organization has employed up to 16 reporters at various times, including sending them on field reporting trips to Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Philippines.<ref name="cjr.org"/> {{As of|2013}}, PMI's editorial board includes Roggio (managing editor) and four senior and associate editors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/staff.php|title=Contributors to FDD's Long War Journal|work=Long War Journal|access-date=February 6, 2013}}</ref> Reporters work on a part-time or voluntary basis. The organization has employed up to 16 reporters at various times, including sending them on field reporting trips to Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Philippines.<ref name="cjr.org"/>


Reader donations help finance PMI, which also seeks financial assistance through corporate sponsorships, foundation grants, and content-distribution deals. The organization does not release details on its finances.<ref name="cjr.org"/> Reader donations help finance PMI, which also seeks financial assistance through corporate sponsorships, foundation grants, and content-distribution deals. The organization does not release details on its finances.<ref name="cjr.org"/>


==Traffic and use== ==Traffic and use==
The '']'' reported in November 2007 that ''FDD's Long War Journal'' was getting between 10,000 and 20,000 views each day.<ref name="All About the Blog"/> In 2008, the ''Columbia Journalism Review'' reported that ''FDD's Long War Journal'' website was receiving about 6,000 daily visitors.<ref name="cjr.org"/> The '']'' reported in November 2007 that the ''Long War Journal'' was getting between 10,000 and 20,000 views each day.<ref name="All About the Blog"/> In 2008, the ''Columbia Journalism Review'' reported that the ''Long War Journal'' website was receiving about 6,000 daily visitors.<ref name="cjr.org"/>


As of June 2011, the site ranked 91,493 on ]. The site's rank in the United States was 25,177 and 20,141 in Pakistan. According to Alexa, 984 other sites linked to ''FDD's Long War Journal's'' site.<ref>", '']'', retrieved June 16, 2011.</ref> As of June 2011, the site ranked 91,493 on ]. The site's rank in the United States was 25,177 and 20,141 in Pakistan. According to Alexa, 984 other sites linked to the ''Journal's'' site.<ref>", '']'', retrieved June 16, 2011.</ref>


], in June 2011, estimated that the site received an average of 12,000 visitors a day for the preceding one-year period. According to Quantcast estimation, 67% of the site's visitors are male, 84% are ], and 67% are attending or have graduated from college.<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021152449/http://www.quantcast.com/longwarjournal.org |date=October 21, 2012 }}, '']'', retrieved June 16, 2011.</ref> ], in June 2011, estimated that the site received an average of 12,000 visitors a day for the preceding one-year period. According to Quantcast estimation, 67% of the site's visitors are male, 84% are ], and 67% are attending or have graduated from college.<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021152449/http://www.quantcast.com/longwarjournal.org |date=October 21, 2012 }}, '']'', retrieved June 16, 2011.</ref>


''FDD's Long War Journal'' has been used as a source by media organizations or quoted in press publications including '']'' (two of which were on the newspaper's front page),<ref>Shane, Scott, "", '']'', August 12, 2011, p. 1.</ref><ref>Schmitt, Eric, "", ''The New York Times'', April 13, 2011; retrieved June 17, 2011.</ref><ref>Bumiller, Elisabeth, and Thom Shanker, "War Evolves With Drones, Some Tiny As Bugs", ''The New York Times'', June 20, 2011, p. 1.</ref> '']'',<ref>Taylor, Rob, "", '']'', April 26, 2011; retrieved June 17, 2011.</ref> '']'',<ref>Straziuso, Jason, " {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518125646/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2014755865_somalirapper13.html |date=May 18, 2011 }}", ] via '']'', April 12, 2011; retrieved June 17, 2011.</ref> '']'',<ref>'']'', "Bin laden aide leaves Iran.", September 29, 2010 (wire service report).</ref><ref>''United Press International'', "'Pretty sure' bin Laden son killed", July 23, 2009 (wire service report).</ref><ref>''United Press International'', "Iraq security development slowed in 2008", January 16, 2009, (wire service report).</ref> '']'',<ref>Lamb, Christina, "School bombing exposes Obama's secret war inside Pakistan", '']'', February 7, 2010 (correction published on February 15, 2010 noting attribution to ''FDD's Long War Journal'' was accidentally omitted), p. 27.</ref> '']'',<ref>Joshua, Anita, "Senior Taliban leader killed in drone attack: report", '']'', December 21, 2010</ref> '']'',<ref>'']'', {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506084738/http://articles.cnn.com/2011-04-26/world/afghanistan.insurgent.killed_1_long-war-journal-top-al-qaeda-leader-foreign-fighters?_s=PM%3AWORLD |date=May 6, 2011 }}", April 26, 2011; retrieved June 16, 2011</ref> the '']'',<ref>'']'', "", May 4, 2011; retrieved June 16, 2011.</ref> '']'',<ref>Neighbor, Sally, "", '']'', April 26, 2011; retrieved June 16, 2011.</ref> '']'',<ref>'']'', July 2009.</ref> '']'',<ref name="battleland.blogs.time.com">Thompson, Mark, "", '']'', April 21, 2011; retrieved June 17, 2011.</ref> '']'',<ref name="The 'Hero' of the War on Terror"/> '']'',<ref>Lake, Eli, "", '']'', May 25, 2010; retrieved June 17, 2011.</ref> and '']''.<ref>Hudson, John, " {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105015114/http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2010/09/what-we-know-about-the-planned-terror-plot-in-europe/22850/ |date=November 5, 2012 }}", '']'', September 30, 2010; retrieved June 17, 2011.</ref> ] used the journal as a source in a March 15, 2011 opinion piece for ''The Washington Post''.<ref>], "", '']'', March 15, 2011; retrieved June 17, 2011.</ref> ]-winning reporter ] cited ''FDD's Long War Journal'' reporter Nathan Webster in Ricks' Iraq-related book, ].<ref>], '']'' (New York: Penguin Press, 2009), p. 266.</ref> ''FDD's Long War Journal'' has been used as a source by media organizations or quoted in press publications including '']'' (two of which were on the newspaper's front page),<ref>Shane, Scott, "", '']'', August 12, 2011, p. 1.</ref><ref>Schmitt, Eric, "", ''The New York Times'', April 13, 2011; retrieved June 17, 2011.</ref><ref>Bumiller, Elisabeth, and Thom Shanker, "War Evolves With Drones, Some Tiny As Bugs", ''The New York Times'', June 20, 2011, p. 1.</ref> '']'',<ref>Taylor, Rob, "", '']'', April 26, 2011; retrieved June 17, 2011.</ref> '']'',<ref>Straziuso, Jason, " {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518125646/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2014755865_somalirapper13.html |date=May 18, 2011 }}", ] via '']'', April 12, 2011; retrieved June 17, 2011.</ref> '']'',<ref>'']'', "Bin laden aide leaves Iran.", September 29, 2010 (wire service report).</ref><ref>''United Press International'', "'Pretty sure' bin Laden son killed", July 23, 2009 (wire service report).</ref><ref>''United Press International'', "Iraq security development slowed in 2008", January 16, 2009, (wire service report).</ref> '']'',<ref>Lamb, Christina, "School bombing exposes Obama's secret war inside Pakistan", '']'', February 7, 2010 (correction published on February 15, 2010 noting attribution to ''FDD's Long War Journal'' was accidentally omitted), p. 27.</ref> '']'',<ref>Joshua, Anita, "Senior Taliban leader killed in drone attack: report", '']'', December 21, 2010</ref> '']'',<ref>'']'', {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506084738/http://articles.cnn.com/2011-04-26/world/afghanistan.insurgent.killed_1_long-war-journal-top-al-qaeda-leader-foreign-fighters?_s=PM%3AWORLD |date=May 6, 2011 }}", April 26, 2011; retrieved June 16, 2011</ref> the '']'',<ref>'']'', "", May 4, 2011; retrieved June 16, 2011.</ref> '']'',<ref>Neighbor, Sally, "", '']'', April 26, 2011; retrieved June 16, 2011.</ref> '']'',<ref>'']'', July 2009.</ref> '']'',<ref name="battleland.blogs.time.com">Thompson, Mark, "", '']'', April 21, 2011; retrieved June 17, 2011.</ref> '']'',<ref name="The 'Hero' of the War on Terror"/> '']'',<ref>Lake, Eli, "", '']'', May 25, 2010; retrieved June 17, 2011.</ref> and '']''.<ref>Hudson, John, " {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105015114/http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2010/09/what-we-know-about-the-planned-terror-plot-in-europe/22850/ |date=November 5, 2012 }}", '']'', September 30, 2010; retrieved June 17, 2011.</ref> ] used the ''Journal'' as a source in a March 15, 2011 opinion piece for ''The Washington Post''.<ref>], "", '']'', March 15, 2011; retrieved June 17, 2011.</ref> ]-winning reporter ] cited ''FDD's Long War Journal'' reporter Nathan Webster in Ricks' Iraq-related book, ].<ref>], '']'' (New York: Penguin Press, 2009), p. 266.</ref>


==Reports== ==Reports==
In December 2007 the journal reported, with accompanying graphics and maps, on supply routes for weapons and supplies from Iran to insurgents in Iraq. The story was ignored by the mainstream press.<ref name="cjr.org"/> In December 2007 the journal reported, with accompanying graphics and maps, on supply routes for weapons and supplies from Iran to insurgents in Iraq. The story was ignored by the mainstream press.<ref name="cjr.org"/>


''FDD's Long War Journal'' predicted nine months in advance that the government of Pakistan would make a truce with the Taliban of North Waziristan. The journal also was among the first, before most mainstream media, to report on Al Qaeda training camps in Pakistan and the conflict between militants in those areas and the Pakistani military.<ref name="cjr.org"/> In addition, the journal has reported on the relationship between the Pakistani government and military and the ].<ref name="battleland.blogs.time.com"/> ''FDD's Long War Journal'' predicted nine months in advance that the government of Pakistan would make a truce with the Taliban of North Waziristan. The ''Journal'' also was among the first, before most mainstream media, to report on Al Qaeda training camps in Pakistan and the conflict between militants in those areas and the Pakistani military.<ref name="cjr.org"/> In addition, the ''Journal'' has reported on the relationship between the Pakistani government and military and the ].<ref name="battleland.blogs.time.com"/>


==Controversies== ==Controversies==


After Baitullah Mehsud was killed in August 2009, Roggio claimed on August 6, 2009 that a US intelligence official told him US officials thought Mehsud was still alive.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/08/baitullah_mehsud_is.php |title='Baitullah Mehsud is alive' - US intelligence official |author=Bill Roggio |publisher=Long War Journal |date=August 6, 2009 |access-date=April 1, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105015114/http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/08/baitullah_mehsud_is.php |archive-date=November 5, 2012 }}</ref> This claim about Mehsud's fate was not accurate, as Pentagon spokesman Jeff Morrell and National Security Advisor James Jones claimed that US officials were 90% certain he was killed and they had yet to see any evidence to assume otherwise,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/90-sure-Mehsud-is-dead-Pentagon/Article1-442459.aspx |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120909191459/http://www.hindustantimes.com/90-sure-Mehsud-is-dead-Pentagon/Article1-442459.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 9, 2012 |title=90% sure Mehsud is dead: Pentagon |publisher=Hindustan Times |date=August 12, 2009 |access-date=April 1, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/6003341/Pakistan-issues-reassurance-that-Baitullah-Mehsud-is-dead.htmlx |title=Pakistan issues reassurance that Baitullah Mehsud is dead| location=London }}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> and the Pakistan Taliban later confirmed he was killed.<ref name="death_1">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8220762.stm|title=Taliban admit commander's death|date=2009-08-25|publisher=BBC|access-date=2012-04-01}}</ref> After Baitullah Mehsud was killed in August 2009, Roggio claimed on August 6, 2009 that a US intelligence official told him US officials thought Mehsud was still alive.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/08/baitullah_mehsud_is.php |title='Baitullah Mehsud is alive' - US intelligence official |author=Bill Roggio |publisher=Long War Journal |date=August 6, 2009 |access-date=April 1, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105015114/http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/08/baitullah_mehsud_is.php |archive-date=November 5, 2012 }}</ref> This claim about Mehsud's fate was not accurate, as Pentagon spokesman Jeff Morrell and National Security Advisor James Jones claimed that US officials were 90% certain he was killed and they had yet to see any evidence to assume otherwise,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/90-sure-Mehsud-is-dead-Pentagon/Article1-442459.aspx |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120909191459/http://www.hindustantimes.com/90-sure-Mehsud-is-dead-Pentagon/Article1-442459.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 9, 2012 |title=90% sure Mehsud is dead: Pentagon |publisher=Hindustan Times |date=August 12, 2009 |access-date=April 1, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/6003341/Pakistan-issues-reassurance-that-Baitullah-Mehsud-is-dead.htmlx |title=Pakistan issues reassurance that Baitullah Mehsud is dead| location=London }}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> and the Pakistan Taliban later confirmed he was killed.<ref name="death_1">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8220762.stm|title=Taliban admit commander's death|date=2009-08-25|publisher=BBC|access-date=2012-04-01}}</ref>


In April 2009, Roggio claimed ], an Al Qaeda operative who was reported to have been killed in a US ] which took place in North Waziristan on November 22, 2008,<ref>, ''The New York Times'', 2008-11-23</ref> was still alive.<ref>{{cite web In April 2009, Roggio claimed ], an Al Qaeda operative who was reported to have been killed in a US ] which took place in North Waziristan on November 22, 2008,<ref>, ''The New York Times'', 2008-11-23</ref> was still alive.<ref>{{cite web
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}}</ref> This claim about Rauf's fate was never proven to be true and in July 2010, a U.S. counterterrorism official told the '']'' that Rauf was killed in the drone strike.<ref>http://articles.nydailynews.com/2010-07-08/news/27069354_1_terror-plots-rashid-rauf-counterterrorism-official</ref> In October 2012. Rauf's family confirmed he was killed in a drone strike.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/al-qaida-terrorist-rashid-raufs-270221|title=Family of Al Qaida terrorist Rashid Rauf to sue British Government for murder|last=Bassey|first=Amardeep|date=2012-10-27|newspaper=birminghammail|access-date=2016-11-13}}</ref> }}</ref> This claim about Rauf's fate was never proven to be true and in July 2010, a U.S. counterterrorism official told the '']'' that Rauf was killed in the drone strike.<ref>http://articles.nydailynews.com/2010-07-08/news/27069354_1_terror-plots-rashid-rauf-counterterrorism-official</ref> In October 2012. Rauf's family confirmed he was killed in a drone strike.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/al-qaida-terrorist-rashid-raufs-270221|title=Family of Al Qaida terrorist Rashid Rauf to sue British Government for murder|last=Bassey|first=Amardeep|date=2012-10-27|newspaper=birminghammail|access-date=2016-11-13}}</ref>


In September 2010, Thomas Joscelyn falsely claimed that ] had released al-Qaeda spokesman ].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/09/osama_bin_ladens_spo.php |title=Osama bin Laden's spokesman freed by Iran |newspaper=The Long War Journal |access-date=2016-11-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/63F3uXgji?url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/09/osama_bin_ladens_spo.php |archive-date=November 16, 2011 }}</ref> In reality, Abu Ghaith was still under house arrest and was not released until 2013. Abu Ghaith was subsequently captured in Turkey, deported to Jordan and handed over to U.S. law enforcement.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-sulaiman-abu-ghaith-was-caught/|title=How Sulaiman Abu Ghaith was caught|access-date=2016-11-13}}</ref> In September 2010, Thomas Joscelyn falsely claimed that ] had released al-Qaeda spokesman ].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/09/osama_bin_ladens_spo.php |title=Osama bin Laden's spokesman freed by Iran |newspaper=The Long War Journal |access-date=2016-11-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/63F3uXgji?url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/09/osama_bin_ladens_spo.php |archive-date=November 16, 2011 }}</ref> In reality, Abu Ghaith was still under house arrest and was not released until 2013. Abu Ghaith was subsequently captured in Turkey, deported to Jordan and handed over to U.S. law enforcement.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-sulaiman-abu-ghaith-was-caught/|title=How Sulaiman Abu Ghaith was caught|access-date=2016-11-13}}</ref>


After Osama bin Laden was killed in May 2011, Roggio claimed that his son Sa'ad, who was believed to have been killed in a drone strike in 2009,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106903109|title=Bin Laden Son Reported Killed in Pakistan |date=22 July 2009|author=Mary Louise Kelly|publisher=]|access-date=22 September 2012}}</ref> was one of his possible successors.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/05/after_bin_laden_who.php |title=After bin Laden: who will lead al Qaeda? |newspaper=The Long War Journal |access-date=2016-11-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020114191003/http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/05/after_bin_laden_who.php |archive-date=January 14, 2002 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2011/05/can_ilyas_kashmiri_take_contro.php |title=Can Ilyas Kashmiri take control of al Qaeda? |newspaper=The Long War Journal |access-date=2016-11-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020114191003/http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2011/05/can_ilyas_kashmiri_take_contro.php |archive-date=January 14, 2002 }}</ref> At this time, Roggio gave no mention to the earlier report about Sa'ad's death and stated that Sa'ad "is considered a senior leader and an operational commander in al Qaeda" and that "he is known to shelter in Iran and to move back and forth across the Iranian border with Pakistan." A letter captured from the compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan where Osama was killed also discussed Sa'ad's death.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/may/03/bin-laden-letter-worries-gaffes|title=Being Bin Laden: al-Qaida leader's banal jihad business revealed|work=The Guardian|author=Jason Burke|date=3 May 2012|access-date=22 September 2012|location=London}}</ref> In September 2012, al-Qaeda leader ] confirmed in a video message that Saad was killed in a drone strike.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ojihad.wordpress.com/2012/09/28/al-qaida-confirms-sa%C2%B4ad-bin-laden-is-dead/|title=Al-Qaida Confirms: Sa´ad Bin Laden Is Dead|date=September 28, 2012}}</ref> After Osama bin Laden was killed in May 2011, Roggio claimed that his son Sa'ad, who was believed to have been killed in a drone strike in 2009,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106903109|title=Bin Laden Son Reported Killed in Pakistan |date=22 July 2009|author=Mary Louise Kelly|publisher=]|access-date=22 September 2012}}</ref> was one of his possible successors.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/05/after_bin_laden_who.php |title=After bin Laden: who will lead al Qaeda? |newspaper=The Long War Journal |access-date=2016-11-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020114191003/http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/05/after_bin_laden_who.php |archive-date=January 14, 2002 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2011/05/can_ilyas_kashmiri_take_contro.php |title=Can Ilyas Kashmiri take control of al Qaeda? |newspaper=The Long War Journal |access-date=2016-11-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020114191003/http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2011/05/can_ilyas_kashmiri_take_contro.php |archive-date=January 14, 2002 }}</ref> At this time, Roggio gave no mention to the earlier report about Sa'ad's death and stated that Sa'ad "is considered a senior leader and an operational commander in al Qaeda" and that "he is known to shelter in Iran and to move back and forth across the Iranian border with Pakistan." A letter captured from the compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan where Osama was killed also discussed Sa'ad's death.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/may/03/bin-laden-letter-worries-gaffes|title=Being Bin Laden: al-Qaida leader's banal jihad business revealed|work=The Guardian|author=Jason Burke|date=3 May 2012|access-date=22 September 2012|location=London}}</ref> In September 2012, al-Qaeda leader ] confirmed in a video message that Saad was killed in a drone strike.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ojihad.wordpress.com/2012/09/28/al-qaida-confirms-sa%C2%B4ad-bin-laden-is-dead/|title=Al-Qaida Confirms: Sa´ad Bin Laden Is Dead|date=September 28, 2012}}</ref>


In March 2012, Roggio echoed claims by the ] that ] was still alive and was spotted in a meeting with Pakistan Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud in North Waziristan.<ref>{{cite web In March 2012, Roggio echoed claims by the ] that ] was still alive and was spotted in a meeting with Pakistan Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud in North Waziristan.<ref>{{cite web
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}}</ref> However, the accuracy of this report was disputed because journalists were unable to access the region where Kashmiri was allegedly spotted.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/al-qaeda-leader-reported-dead-found-alive-and-well |title=Al-Qaeda leader reported dead found "alive and well" |publisher=AL-Akhbar |date=March 8, 2012 |access-date=April 1, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020114191003/http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/al-qaeda-leader-reported-dead-found-alive-and-well |archive-date=January 14, 2002 }}</ref> A few days later, the report of Kashmiri's survival was further contradicted when an Al Qaeda spokesman eulogized him along with other Pakistani militants who had been killed in various drone strikes.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/41890.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130415224953/http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/41890.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 15, 2013 |title=New Statement By Al-Qaeda's Ustad Ahmad Farooq Confirms Ilyas Kashmiri Dead |publisher=Memri Urdu-Pashtu Media Blog |date=March 16, 2012 |access-date=April 1, 2012 }}</ref> }}</ref> However, the accuracy of this report was disputed because journalists were unable to access the region where Kashmiri was allegedly spotted.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/al-qaeda-leader-reported-dead-found-alive-and-well |title=Al-Qaeda leader reported dead found "alive and well" |publisher=AL-Akhbar |date=March 8, 2012 |access-date=April 1, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020114191003/http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/al-qaeda-leader-reported-dead-found-alive-and-well |archive-date=January 14, 2002 }}</ref> A few days later, the report of Kashmiri's survival was further contradicted when an Al Qaeda spokesman eulogized him along with other Pakistani militants who had been killed in various drone strikes.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/41890.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130415224953/http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/41890.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 15, 2013 |title=New Statement By Al-Qaeda's Ustad Ahmad Farooq Confirms Ilyas Kashmiri Dead |publisher=Memri Urdu-Pashtu Media Blog |date=March 16, 2012 |access-date=April 1, 2012 }}</ref>


==References == ==References ==

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FDD's Long War Journal
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OwnerPublic Multimedia, Inc.
Created byBill Roggio
Paul Hanusz
URLhttp://www.longwarjournal.org
CommercialNo
Launched2007
Current statusOnline

FDD's Long War Journal (LWJ) is an American news website that reports on the war on terror. The site is operated by Public Multimedia Incorporated (PMI), a non-profit media organization established in 2007. PMI is run by Paul Hanusz and Bill Roggio. Roggio is the managing editor of the journal and Thomas Joscelyn is senior editor. The site is a project of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, where both Roggio and Joscelyn are senior fellows.

The Journal evolved from Roggio's personal blog, where he reported on conflicts involving terrorism and Islamic insurgencies around the world. PMI states that the Journal seeks to provide news on conflicts without promoting a political agenda and with a goal of providing in-depth, contextual, detailed reporting. The site's staff, led by Roggio, use international media sources and contacts in the United States intelligence community for information for their reports.

The organization is funded by private donations, sponsorships, and grants. The Journal has been used as a source by a number of mass media organizations. The Journal's reporting has included stories on insurgent and terrorist activities in Pakistan.

History and mission

FDD's Long War Journal began as Roggio's personal blog, BillRoggio.com, in which he provided detailed reporting on conflicts around the world using information obtained from media and internet sources plus information given him by contacts in the United States intelligence community. Hanusz, a regular reader and financial contributor to Roggio's blog, had the idea of organizing Roggio's reporting into a nonprofit journalism organization along the lines of the Center for Public Integrity. Thus, in 2007, Roggio and Hanusz left their full-time jobs and created PMI as a non-profit corporation with the goal, according to the Columbia Journalism Review, "to develop a first-of-its-kind media entity made up of independent reporters, at home and abroad, dedicated solely to reporting on terrorism, so-called small wars, and counterterrorism efforts around the world, to do it in the kind of fine-grained detail that the mainstream press never will, and, as much as possible, without an overt partisan bent."

Roggio and the Long War Journal's staff use reports from various media organizations, including publications in countries where terrorists or Islamic insurgencies are active, such as in Afghanistan and Pakistan, then amplify and add historical context to what they find with information from their own network of US intelligence sources. In some cases, PMI has funded trips by its own media-credentialed journalists to report on war zones such as Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Philippines. Roggio, a former United States Army signalman and infantryman, uses his military experience to add strategic, operational, and tactical level context to the journal's reports. According to the Columbia Journalism Review, "Roggio's greatest service, then, may be the way he picks up where the mainstream press leaves off, giving readers a simultaneously more specific and holistic understanding of the battlefield."

The Columbia Journalism Review reports that the Journal for the avoids political bias for the most part in its stories. The Review, however, noted that Roggio has at times aligned himself with conservative bloggers on issues such as the "Easongate" controversy. The Journal states that it is a publication of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, which describes itself as non-partisan but has been called "neoconservative" by various resources.

In 2006, before the establishment of the Journal, Huffington Post commentator Stephen Kaus criticized Roggio after Roggio complained about The Washington Post's negative coverage of his 2005 trip to Iraq as an embedded reporter with the United States Marine Corps. Kaus criticized Roggio as a sensationalist who likes to get people to read his articles by distorting the news. Kaus later added, however, that "I should make clear that Roggio's reporting and blogging make a valuable contribution and I take my hat off to his courage. It is the attacks on the Post that are unwarranted."

Staff and funding

As of 2013, PMI's editorial board includes Roggio (managing editor) and four senior and associate editors. Reporters work on a part-time or voluntary basis. The organization has employed up to 16 reporters at various times, including sending them on field reporting trips to Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Philippines.

Reader donations help finance PMI, which also seeks financial assistance through corporate sponsorships, foundation grants, and content-distribution deals. The organization does not release details on its finances.

Traffic and use

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported in November 2007 that the Long War Journal was getting between 10,000 and 20,000 views each day. In 2008, the Columbia Journalism Review reported that the Long War Journal website was receiving about 6,000 daily visitors.

As of June 2011, the site ranked 91,493 on Alexa. The site's rank in the United States was 25,177 and 20,141 in Pakistan. According to Alexa, 984 other sites linked to the Journal's site.

Quantcast, in June 2011, estimated that the site received an average of 12,000 visitors a day for the preceding one-year period. According to Quantcast estimation, 67% of the site's visitors are male, 84% are caucasian, and 67% are attending or have graduated from college.

FDD's Long War Journal has been used as a source by media organizations or quoted in press publications including The New York Times (two of which were on the newspaper's front page), Reuters, Associated Press, United Press International, Sunday Times, The Hindu, Cable News Network, the Times of India, The Australian, CTC Sentinel, Time, The Nation, The Washington Times, and The Atlantic. Marc Thiessen used the Journal as a source in a March 15, 2011 opinion piece for The Washington Post. Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Thomas E. Ricks cited FDD's Long War Journal reporter Nathan Webster in Ricks' Iraq-related book, The Gamble.

Reports

In December 2007 the journal reported, with accompanying graphics and maps, on supply routes for weapons and supplies from Iran to insurgents in Iraq. The story was ignored by the mainstream press.

FDD's Long War Journal predicted nine months in advance that the government of Pakistan would make a truce with the Taliban of North Waziristan. The Journal also was among the first, before most mainstream media, to report on Al Qaeda training camps in Pakistan and the conflict between militants in those areas and the Pakistani military. In addition, the Journal has reported on the relationship between the Pakistani government and military and the Haqqani network.

Controversies

After Baitullah Mehsud was killed in August 2009, Roggio claimed on August 6, 2009 that a US intelligence official told him US officials thought Mehsud was still alive. This claim about Mehsud's fate was not accurate, as Pentagon spokesman Jeff Morrell and National Security Advisor James Jones claimed that US officials were 90% certain he was killed and they had yet to see any evidence to assume otherwise, and the Pakistan Taliban later confirmed he was killed.

In April 2009, Roggio claimed Rashid Rauf, an Al Qaeda operative who was reported to have been killed in a US drone strike which took place in North Waziristan on November 22, 2008, was still alive. This claim about Rauf's fate was never proven to be true and in July 2010, a U.S. counterterrorism official told the Daily News that Rauf was killed in the drone strike. In October 2012. Rauf's family confirmed he was killed in a drone strike.

In September 2010, Thomas Joscelyn falsely claimed that Iran had released al-Qaeda spokesman Sulaiman Abu Ghaith. In reality, Abu Ghaith was still under house arrest and was not released until 2013. Abu Ghaith was subsequently captured in Turkey, deported to Jordan and handed over to U.S. law enforcement.

After Osama bin Laden was killed in May 2011, Roggio claimed that his son Sa'ad, who was believed to have been killed in a drone strike in 2009, was one of his possible successors. At this time, Roggio gave no mention to the earlier report about Sa'ad's death and stated that Sa'ad "is considered a senior leader and an operational commander in al Qaeda" and that "he is known to shelter in Iran and to move back and forth across the Iranian border with Pakistan." A letter captured from the compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan where Osama was killed also discussed Sa'ad's death. In September 2012, al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri confirmed in a video message that Saad was killed in a drone strike.

In March 2012, Roggio echoed claims by the Daily Times that Ilyas Kashmiri was still alive and was spotted in a meeting with Pakistan Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud in North Waziristan. However, the accuracy of this report was disputed because journalists were unable to access the region where Kashmiri was allegedly spotted. A few days later, the report of Kashmiri's survival was further contradicted when an Al Qaeda spokesman eulogized him along with other Pakistani militants who had been killed in various drone strikes.

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