Apache (39 page)

NATO
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20
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21

Nick (Bonnie)
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Nimruz
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20
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155

9/11 97

Northern Ireland
26
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95
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163

Now Zad
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40
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63
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80
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112
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138
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NSA
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Omar, Mullah
82

Operation Anthracite
94

Operation Glacier:

Garmsir
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–61

Glacier 1
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198
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206
–25,
226
–36

Glacier 2
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–49,
338

Glacier 3
346

Glacier 4
346

Glacier 5
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346

Jugroom Fort
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351

Koshtay
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237
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238
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239

Operation Herrick
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92
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93
–4

Operation Just Cause
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Operation Steve–O
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–80

opium trade
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19
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20
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63
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68
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82
–4,
94
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96
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155
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284

Pakistan
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83
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153
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155
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194
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207
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210
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235

Panjwayi Valley
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168

Patten, Captain David
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7
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8
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167

Pentagon
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210

Philip, Prince
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350
–1

Phillips, Fiona
181
–2

Quetta
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195
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235

RAF
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120
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145
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162
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244

RAF Barkston
34

RAF Shrewsbury
34

Ramit
135
–7

Ramsay, Gordon
184

Reid, Ina
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349

Reid, John
21
–2

Rigg, Captain Dave
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Roberts, Bob
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Robinson, Marine Gary
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Robinson, Nick
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Rocco
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169
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201
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233

Rolls Royce
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61
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186

Royal Navy
3

Sahib, Haji Mullah
168

Sangin
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20
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Sexton, Colonel
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Siah Choy
168

Simon
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Sky News
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128

Soggy Arm Field
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Soviet Army
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112
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136
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Sun
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Taliban
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52
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95
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208
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adaptation to conditions of Afghanistan
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Apache, fear of and approach to
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8
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40
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49
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308
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354

bravery
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84
–5

capture of leaders
2

c
a
sualties
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81
–2,
213
–14,
216
–17,
224
–5,
227
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228
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249
–50,
251
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342

Chinook and
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clothing
84

drug trade, connection to
82
–4

experience of fighters
84

fall of regime
19

fighting strength
150
–1

fire fights
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40
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–26,
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Garmsir
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intensity of fighting
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Islamic extremists and
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Jugroom Fort
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leadership
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observe Camp Bastion movements
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205

prisoners, treatment of
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snipers
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–8

spotters
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suicide bombings
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supply chain
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tactics
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205

Tier One
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Tier Three
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Tier Two
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weapons
see
weapons, Taliban

Thomas, Brigadier Jerry
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Thorpe, Corporal Peter
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Tony (Darwin)
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Topman
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Uruzgan
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United States
31
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air support
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Apache crews
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Apache helicopter, develop
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bases
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