And Then All Hell Broke Loose: Two Decades in the Middle East (28 page)

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Flowers Land Hotel in,
69
–70,
71

Hamra Hotel in,
89
–90,
99
,
101
,
103
,
105

Imma Bridge stampede in,
103

Kazimiya district in,
102
–3

lawlessness in,
95

Mansour neighborhood of,
69

Mother of All Battles mosque in,
129

Palestine Hotel in,
76
,
79
–81,
83
–85

sandstorm in,
79
–80,
82

Shaab neighborhood of,
80

US bombing of,
70
,
77
–80,
82
–84,
115

US capture of,
93

Baghdadi, Abu Bakr al-,
192

Baghdad International Airport,
83

Bahrain,
4
–5,
93
,
156
,
157
,
162

Bakran, Ali,
178
,
179
,
181
–83

Balkiz, Ghazi,
184
–88

Barak, Ehud,
55
,
56
,
60

Barbary Pirates,
3

Bardo National Museum,
200

BBC,
52
,
63
,
78
,
165

beheadings,
96
,
107
,
134
,
141
,
195
,
211

Beirut,
114
,
123
,
125

Dahiya neighborhood in,
117
–18

Engel in,
107
,
109
,
115
,
120
,
127
–28,
149

Israeli bombing of airport in,
114
,
116
–17

Bekaa Valley,
114

Ben Ali, Zine Al Abidine,
6
,
7
,
87
,
150
–51,
208

Benghazi,
159
–66,
168
,
180

Berg, Nick,
96

Bethlehem,
54
,
62

Bilal Baroudi, Sheikh,
135
–36

bin Laden, Osama,
27
,
28
,
34
–39,
130
,
143
,
159

death of,
28
,
143
,
166

as historian,
28
,
33
–35

Saddam and,
8

speeches of,
28
,
132

Sulayman and,
144
–46

Taliban and,
46

training camps of,
143

Zarqawi and,
96
,
98
,
107
,
131
–32

Zawahiri and,
27
–28,
143

Bint Jbeil,
121

Bloody Friday,
200
–201

Bosnia,
45
,
143

Bouazizi, Mohamed,
150

Brahimi, Rym,
78

Bremer, Paul “Jerry,”
94
,
131

Britain,
5
,
33
,
216

Egypt and,
4

Iraq and,
4
,
70
,
77
,
79
,
80

Jordan and,
4

in Middle Eastern border creation,
1
,
4

Palestine and,
5

Burundian soldiers,
201

Bush, George H. W.,
155

Bush, George W.,
7
–9,
30
,
94
,
139
,
209
,
213

“crusade” statement of,
30
,
139

Engel’s meeting with,
108

Saddam and,
64
,
75
–76,
87
,
128
,
129
,
156

speech on Iraq,
75
–76

Bush administration,
8
,
113

Iraq and,
8
,
60
,
64
,
86
–87,
128
,
130
–32,
156

Bush Doctrine,
156

Byzantium,
29
–32,
139

Cairo,
9
,
14
,
18
,
21
–22,
45
,
51
,
52
,
66
,
151
–52

Engel in,
11
–17,
36
,
50
,
53
,
107
,
149
–50,
158
,
160
–62,
167
,
211
–12

Mit Ouba neighborhood of,
11
–15

Tahrir Square demonstrations in,
151
–54,
157
,
166
–67

Tahrir Square shooting in front of Egyptian Museum,
23
–27,
51

Zamalek neighborhood of,
16
–17,
23

Camp David Summit,
51
,
53
,
55
–56

Carroll, Jill,
105

Carter Doctrine,
5
,
155

Catholic Church,
30

Cefalù,
65

cell phones,
152
,
174
,
180

censorship,
21
–22

Cervantes, Miguel de,
3

Chechnya,
45
,
104
,
143

China,
10
–11,
216
,
217
,
219

Christ,
2
,
44
,
213

Christianity,
28
,
29
,
195

Christians,
1
–3

Allah and,
44

in Crusades,
3
,
4
,
30
,
31
,
33
–35,
139

as religious minority,
44

tourists,
26

Christian Science Monitor,
105

Church of the Holy Sepulchre,
212
–13

CIA,
46
,
129
,
130
,
137
,
146
,
174
,
194

Clapper, James,
205

Clinton, Bill,
55
,
56

CNN,
52
,
63
,
78
,
82
,
158
,
165
,
184

Cold War,
5
,
11
,
35
,
46
,
147

Columbus, Christopher,
32

Constantine the Great,
29
,
30
,
139

Constantinople,
4
,
29
–32,
35

Crusades,
3
,
4
,
30
,
31
,
33
–35,
139

United States and,
30
,
34
,
139

Dahiya,
117
–18

Dahiya Doctrine,
125
–26

Damascus,
139
,
166
,
171
,
177
,
179
,
180
,
190
,
199

Al-Hamidiya souk in,
213

Dante Alighieri,
2

Daraa,
166
,
171
–72

Dark Ages,
29
,
30

democracy,
166

in Iraq,
93
,
94
,
98
,
104
,
132

in Middle East,
113
,
128
–39,
213

Divine Comedy
(Dante),
2

Dome of the Chain,
56

Dome of the Rock,
56

Dulaimi Hotel,
75

Egypt,
5
–7,
11
,
13
–14,
20
–22,
35
,
38
,
43
,
45
,
51
,
117
,
136
,
151
–52,
158
,
159
,
168
,
182
,
208
,
209
,
211
–12,
217

Aswan,
212

Britain and,
4

Cairo,
see
Cairo

censorship in,
21
–22

Karnak complex in,
212

Luxor attack in,
27
,
36
,
51

Nile in,
14
,
17
,
23
,
45
,
168
,
212

prisons in,
45
–46

pyramids in,
212

revolution in,
152
–56,
166
–67,
209

Egyptian Museum, shooting at,
23
–27,
36

Eisenhower Doctrine,
5
,
155

Eizenkot, Gadi,
126

electromagnetic bombs,
70

Elephantine Island,
212

El Manial,
17

Engel, Richard:

at ABC,
63
,
66
,
73
–75,
78
,
86
,
91

in Baghdad,
69
–86,
89
–91,
98
–101,
103
,
105
,
115
,
127

in Beirut,
107
,
109
,
115
,
120
,
127
–28,
149

in Cairo,
11
–17,
36
,
50
,
53
,
107
,
149
–50,
158
,
160
–62,
167
,
211
–12

divorce of,
91
,
111

first trip to Saudi Arabia,
38
–39

first wife of,
50
,
64
–65,
91

as freelancer,
38
,
49
,
63
,
65

in Iraq,
50
,
46
–67,
69
–86,
89
–91,
98
–101,
105
–7,
109
,
127
,
181

ISIS members met by,
195
–98

ISIS victim met by,
201
–5

in Istanbul,
156
–57

in Jerusalem,
50
,
51
,
53
,
58
,
63
–65

kidnapping of,
171
,
184
–89,
195
,
197
,
217
–19

in Lebanon,
109
–11,
114

in Libya,
158
–68,
173

at
Middle East Times,
16
,
19
,
21
–22,
38

mother of,
75

Muslim Brotherhood and,
16
–21,
36

at NBC,
91
,
97
,
100
,
103
,
104
,
109
,
111
,
115
,
122
,
127
,
149
,
158
,
166

as NBC bureau chief,
107
,
109
,
115
,
127
–28,
149

in New York,
149
–50

as Palestinian-affairs correspondent for AFP,
49
–53,
58
,
63

Sicily house of,
65

at Stanford,
10
–11,
50
,
217

in Syria,
114
,
138
,
171
,
174
–90,
195
–98,
218

Tabligh wa Dawa and,
36
–38

video journal of,
89
–90

visa of,
50
,
65
–66,
71
,
73
–74,
75

wife of,
see
Forrest, Mary

England,
see
Britain

Erdogan, Recep Tayyip,
174

Erekat, Saeb,
52
,
53

Erez Crossing,
112

Euphrates River,
94

Europe,
32

in Dark Ages,
29
,
30

industrial revolution in,
32

Middle East borders created by,
1
,
3
,
4
,
6
,
33
–35,
138

Fallujah,
96
,
133

Fatah,
61
,
112
,
113

Fatima,
92

FBI,
146

First Intifada,
58
,
63

Flowers Land Hotel,
69
–70,
71

Foley, James,
197

Forrest, Mary,
150
,
186
,
218
–19

Foua,
187

Fox,
78

France,
5
,
33
,
216

Lebanon and,
4

in Middle Eastern border creation,
1
,
4

Free Syrian Army (FSA),
177
,
179
,
185
,
195
–98,
202

G8 leaders,
117

Gadhafi, Mu’ammar,
6
–9,
87
,
150
,
158
–61,
163
,
165
–68,
173
,
180
,
208
,
214

capture and death of,
169
,
172

speech by,
159

Gaza,
51
,
111
–14,
123
,
124
,
214

Geneva Convention,
79

Genghis Khan,
30

Germany,
3
,
33
,
216

Ghandoriyah,
125

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