A Million Bullets: The Real Story of the British Army in Afghanistan (43 page)

mine clearance, HALO Trust

Minimi light machine-guns

Mir (Pashtun interpreter)

on collateral damage

Taliban contact

Mitchelmore, Flight Lieutenant Leigh

MoD 'Harmony Guidelines'

Mohammed [Taliban contact]

arrangements with Taliban

family contacts

Mohammed, Nek, ANP officer

Moltke, Helmuth von, on battle plans

Moore, Sir John

mortars, Fire Support Group and

Moses, Corporal of Horse 'JC', and

Operation Nakhod

Motorola-style radios, Taliban and

MSTAR 'man-portable surveillance and

target acquisition radar' system

Muhammadzai, Hajji, ANP chief at Now Zad

Muirhead, Lance Corporal Paul, at Musa Qala

Mujahidin, US weapons supply

Mull of Kintyre Chinook crash

Mullah Naqib

Mullah Omar

as ex-ally

Musa Qala

elders arrange mutual withdrawal

as failure

Taliban occupy

Taliban reoccupy

Musa Qala garrison

ANA reoccupy

Apache on rescue mission

Butler and withdrawal from

Operation Nakhod

Royal Fusiliers at

Scimitar tank destroyed

Spartan vehicle ambush

musicianship, Royal Fusiliers

Muslim servicemen, British

N

Nabin Rai, rifleman, at Now Zad

Nagen, Rifleman, at Now Zad

National Directorate of Security (NDS),

at Now Zad,

Nato

future

see also
International Security

Assistance Force (ISAF)

Neely, Bill, in ambush at Sangin

Neill, Captain John Martin Bladen

on Afghan wars

Nepal, recruiting Gurkhas

Nichol, John, captured Tornado pilot

Nicholls, Lance Corporal Ross, and

Operation Nakhod

Nimrod mid-air explosion

aftermath

9/11, Taliban on

non-combatants, unintentionally killed

Noorzai tribe, at Now Zad

Nott, Major General William

Now Zad

poppy farming

shura

US Special Forces operations near

Now Zad British garrison

Apache missions

attacks on

Gurkhas at

reinforcements

Royal Fusiliers at

Scimitars at

O

O'Sullivan, Lance Corporal, at Now Zad

Odiham RAF Chinook base

Operation Achilles, refugees from

Operation Augustus

air support

Chinooks ambushed,

Fog and

Sangin

Operation Enduring Freedom (US), and Herrick

Operation Herrick 4
see
Herrick

Operation Medusa

Taliban on

Operation Mountain Thrust (US),

Herrick 4 cooperation issues

Operation Mutay

Operation Nakhod

Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team (OMLT)

and Sangin

opium problem

addiction

Senlis Council and

see also
counter-narcotics strategies; poppy farming

ordnance quantities

Osama bin Laden

as ex-ally

Operation Mountain Thrust (US) and

Taliban on

Osprey body armour, lack of

overhead protection (OHP)

overstretch issues

P

padres, demand for

Pakistan, Inter-Services Intelligence

directorate (ISI)

Pakistani incomers

Panjshir Valley

Panjwayi district

insurgency

Taliban on

Parachute Regiment

The Battle for Helmand
(official account)

see also
3 Para; 7 Para

Pashmul district, insurgency

Pashtun people

hospitality

patrol ambushes, incidence

pederasty

Phillips, Captain Lee

on danger

at Now Zad

Phillipson, Captain Jim

at Forward Operating Base Robinson

killed at Sangin

phone calls allowance

platoon-house strategy

air support issues

and manpower

political

unplanned

unsustainable

politicians and military

poppy farming

at Now Zad

at Sangin

Senlis Council and

strategic red herring

Taliban and

Post Conflict Reconstruction Unit (PCRU), and 'Joint UK Plan for Helmand'

post-incident pro-formae (PIP forms)

post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

power vacuum, Helmand, US to UK handover

pre-fire op permission issues

Predator drones

Operation Augustus

Preston, Lance Corporal of Horse Leigh, at Sangin

proportionality issues

Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT)

and Bashling

at Lashkar Gah

psychologists, attitudes to

public relations failures

Q

Quetta, Taliban leadership, and Musa Qala

quick-impact projects (QIP)

Quick Reaction Force (QRF), Now Zad

R

Radford, Lance Corporal Andrew, and Operation Nakhod

radios, inadequate

Rayner, Ramon, in Scimitar

recreations, Royal Fusiliers

recruitment issues

Regional Command South, command rotation

Reid, John [UK defence secretary]

on campaign duration

on Helmand

and Task Force

Rex, Major Dan

and ANP

at Now Zad

Richards, General David

and Chinook operations

on construction not destruction

on counter-narcotics

on insufficient development effort

and Kandahar

on Maiwand legacy

on media second–guessing

on Musa Qala situation

and platoon-house strategy

and Senlis

roads, dangerous

Roberts, Lieutenant General Sir

Frederick

Rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs)

attacks, Now Zad

Chinooks and

how to fire

Royal Air Force

interviewees

at Kandahar

roundel insulted

support, Now Zad

see also
Chinook squadrons; Chinook operations; Chinooks

Royal Electrical and Mechanical

Engineers (REME), at Sangin

Royal Gurkha Regiment
see
Gurkhas

Royal Irish Regiment

close bonds

interviewees

at Musa Qala

at Sangin

see also
Barossa platoon

Royal Logistics Corps, at Musa Qala

Royal Marines

at ANP Hill

and Kajaki dam

Royal Regiment of Scotland, Fijians in

Rubin, Barnett,
The Fragmentation of Afghanistan

Rules of Engagement

American

and collateral damage

Russians

and Chak district hydroelectric dam

Taliban on

S

Sahagzai tribe, at Now Zad

Salmond, Alex

SAM-7 heat-seeking missiles

Samson recovery vehicles

at Sangin

Sangin

as 'main effort'

nothing offered to people

reconstruction

unnecessary rescue

US Special Forces issues

Sangin garrison

battle at

beseiged

Burne at

Docherty at

Operation Augustus

Tootal at

sappers, at ANP Hill

SAS, counter-insurgency policy in Oman

Scimitar tanks

equipment

heat inside

maintenance issues

at Musa Qala

at Now Zad

Sea Kings, Thompson and

Seal, Fusilier Matt

on Afghan people

on counter-narcotics

at Now Zad

on shooting people

on UK civilian incomprehension

on US Special Forces

Second Afghan War

secure zone, Helmand

Selly Oak military hospital

care at

Martin on

Senlis Council (NGO)

7 Para RHA, at Sangin

Shah Amanullah,

Shepherd, Squadron Leader Paul

on Chinook operations

on civilianization of RAF

shooting incident reports (SIR forms)

Shree, Lance Corporal, at Now Zad

shura
process

Butler on

Simpson, Corporal of Horse David, at

Sangin

16th Air Assault Brigade

at Sangin

Smith, Rupert,
The Utility of Force

on asymmetric warfare

sniper tactics, Now Zad

SOFIE thermal imaging equipment

soldiers, poor equipment/conditions

Spartan vehicle ambush

Spectre gun-ships (US)

Operation Augustus

Spencer, Fusilier Clive

Spensley, Stewart

on combat stress

at Now Zad

SPG-9 recoilless rifle injuries

sports, military and

Staley, Captain Larry, US Apache crew

suicide bombings

at Arghandab

increase

Sun Tzu,
The Art of War

supply failures, Royal Fusiliers and

Swift, Major Jon

at Bastion

and media

at Now Zad

on politically motivated strategy

and pre–fire op permission issues

T

tactical satellite radios (TACSAT)

Taliban, as political force

1994 law enforcement

definitions

dialogue possibilities pre–Herrick

and Helmand, pre-Herrick

HQ at Kandahar

interpretation of Musa Qala deal

motivations

opinions

and poppy growers

reconciliation, Gordon Brown on

status in Wardak

support growing

visit Texas

Taliban forces

at Arghandab

and Baghran

casualties

effectiveness

fear of tanks

foreign reinforcements

infiltrate
shura
at Do Ab

Iranian weapons supply

and Kandahar, Chayes on

and Musa Qala withdrawal

night vision capability

at Now Zad

Pakistani incomers

using women/children as cover

Taliban visits

arranging author's

group photo with

hospitality

show Loyn round bases

Tamandu battle

tank units, Tom Burne's

Tansey, Lance Corporal Sean, at Sangin

targeting issues

air strikes

Task Force

and Baghran

Daoud and

insufficiency

Taylor, Captain Martin, on public relations

Templer, Field Marshal Sir Gerald

and Malaya emergency

and Royal Irish Fusiliers

30mm cannon, Apache equipment

Thompson, Bob, and Malaya popular support

Thompson, Flight Lieutenant Adam

on government attitude to Services

and Operation Augustus

on public attitudes

3 Para

gallantry awards 2006

Household Cavalry and

and Now Zad

and public relations

Royal Fusiliers and

shura
at Do Ab

Tootal, Lt Colonel Stuart

on Chinook crews

on civilian obstructiveness

and 'comprehensive approach'

and Daoud

and Now Zad

on Para ethos

on Royal Fusiliers

and Spartan vehicle ambush

troops rotation, disadvantages

25 Engineer Regiment, at ANP Hill

Twinings tea

U

United Kingdom
see under
specific issues and persons

United Nations transport flights

United States

Helmand handover

see also
Americans; specific issues and persons

United States Special Forces

inflexibility

and Musa Qala reoccupation

operations near Now Zad

W

Wardak province, author's visit

Wattisham Apache HQ

morale

Waziri tribe, at Chaman

weapons mounted installation kit (WMIK) Land Rovers

Westwood, Flight Sergeant Phil

and Chinook ground crews

on Chinook maintenance

Wombat Wood, Sangin

women, Taliban using as cover

Woods, Wing Commander Mike, and

Operation Augustus,

Y

Yam Roka Pun, Rifleman, at Now Zad

youth, military commanders

Z

Zaeef, Abdul Salaam, at Guantanamo

Zainokhan, Hajji, rescue mission