Dirty Wars (130 page)

452
“
nature of the individual he was
”:
Transcript, “Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney and Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism John Brennan,” May 2, 2011.

452
forced to retract
:
Reuters, “Woman Killed in Bin Laden Raid Not His Wife: White House,” National Post, May 2, 2011.

452
issued a directive
:
Kimberly Dozier, “McRaven Tells Troops to Pipe Down,” Associated Press, The Big Story (
bigstory.ap.org
), August 12, 2012.

452
tried to trademark
:
Ethan Smith and Julian E. Barnes, “Walt Disney Surrenders to Navy's SEAL Team 6,”
Wall Street Journal
, May 26, 2011.

452
access to sensitive material
:
Mark Hosenball, “Senate Panel to Examine CIA Contacts with ‘Zero Dark Thirty' Filmmakers,” Reuters, January 2, 2013.

453
snatched by an amphibious team
:
Daniel Klaidman,
Kill or Capture: The War on Terror and the Soul of the Obama Presidency
(New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012), p. 238.

453
transferred to New York and indicted
:
United States of America v. Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame, indictment 11 CRIM 559 (DC Southern district of New York July 5, 2011),
graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/world/Warsame_Indictment.pdf
.

453
endured two months
:
Charlie Savage, “U.S. Tests New Approach to Terrorism Cases on Somali Suspect,”
New York Times
, July 6, 2011.

453
provide the ICRC
:
Executive Order No. 13491, 74 Fed. Reg. 4893, 4893–94 (January 27, 2009).

453
“
This is illegal and inexcusable
”:
“U.S. May Have Violated Domestic and International Law in Capturing and Holding Somali for Months at Sea,” Center for Constitutional Rights, July 7, 2011,
http://ccrjustice.org/newsroom/press-releases/u.s.-may-have-violated-domestic-and-international-law-capturing-and-holding-somali-months-sea
.

453
anonymously boasted
:
Pete Williams and Jonathan Dienst, “Member of Terrorist Group Brought to US to Stand Trial,”
NBC-News.com
, July 5, 2011.

453
“
I want Awlaki
”:
Klaidman,
Kill or Capture,
p. 261.

454
“
knockout blow,” “running the table
”:
Ibid., p. 252.

454
ordered John Brennan
:
Ibid., p. 261.

454
“
The hardware was filled
”:
Ibid., pp. 262–263.

454
“
vital details of Awlaki's whereabouts
”:
Margaret Coker, Adam Entous, and Julian E. Barnes, “Drone Targets Yemeni Cleric,”
Wall Street Journal
, May 7, 2011.

454
Dragon Spear aircraft
:
Martha Raddatz, “US Missiles Missed Awlaki by Inches in Yemen,”
ABCNews.go.com
, July 19, 2011. Unless otherwise noted, details of the military strikes on May 5, 2011, are from this article.

455
“
Speed up!
”:
Unless otherwise noted, on-the-ground details of this strike are based on the essay by Shaykh Harith al Nadari, “My Story with al-Awlaki,”
Inspire
9 (winter 2012), released May 2012.

455
al Harad brothers
:
Gregory D. Johnsen,
The Last Refuge: Yemen, Al-Qaeda, and America's War in Arabia
(New York: W. W. Norton, 2013), p. 275.

455
“
You can't see shit
”:
Author interview, former JSOC planner, October 2012.

455
Suzuki Vitara SUV
:
Mohammed Jamjoom and Hakim Almasmari, “Yemeni Source: Drone Strike Misses al-Awlaki, Hits Two Supporters,”
CNN.com
, May 7, 2011.

456
stuck with Awlaki's truck
:
Ibid.

456
“
We were hoping it was him
”:
Transcript,
CBS Evening News
, May 6, 2011.

456
“
vehicles were exchanged
”:
Jamjoom and Almasmari, “Yemeni Source.”

456
“
U.S. government has been targeting al-Awlaki
”:
Transcript, “Deciphering bin Laden's Messages; Drone Strikes; Targeting Awlaki,”
John King, USA
, CNN, May 6, 2011.

457
“
now they're after my son”
: Tom Finn,
“I Fear for My Son, Says Father of Anwar al-Awlaki, Tipped as new Bin Laden,”
Observer
, May 7, 2011.

458
“
counterterrorism cooperation with Pakistan
”:
Transcript, “Remarks by the President on Osama bin Laden,” May 2, 2011.

458
“
did its part
”:
Asif Ali Zardari, “Pakistan Did Its Part,” op-ed
Washington Post
, May 2, 2011.

458
“
We will not allow
”:
Sajjad Tarakzai, “Bin Laden Dead as Joyful US Says Justice Is Done,” Agence France-Presse, May 2, 2011.

458
“
It was cold-blooded
”:
Kamran Haider and Augustine Anthony, “No Resistance in ‘Cold-Blooded' U.S. Raid: Pakistan Officials,” Reuters, May 5, 2011.

458
“
an unauthorized unilateral action
”:
Jane Perlez and David Rohde, “Pakistan Pushes Back Against U.S. Criticism on Bin Laden,”
New York Times
, May 3, 2011.

458
“
unprovoked aggression
”:
Express/AFP, “Zardari and Gilani Should Resign: Qureshi,”
Express Tribune
, May 7, 2011.

458
“
Every Pakistani wants to know
”:
“Altaf Asks Military, Govt to Apologise over US Raid,”
Dawn.com
, May 5, 2011.

458
“
violation of Pakistan's sovereignty
”:
“Terms of Engagement with US Be Reviewed: Resolution,”
Dawn.com
, May 15, 2011.

459
“
inconceivable
”:
Transcript, “Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney and Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism John Brennan,” May 2, 2011.

459
1,500 Pakistanis protested
:
“U.S. Drone Strike in Pakistan; Protests over bin Laden,” Reuters, May 6, 2011.

459
sentenced to thirty-three years
:
Jon Boone, “Doctor Who Helped US in Search for Osama Bin Laden Jailed for Thirty-three Years,”
Guardian
, May 23, 2012.

459
“
shocking and outrageous
”:
Senator John McCain and Senator Carl Levin, “Statement by Senators McCain and Levin on Sentencing of Pakistani Doctor Who Assisted in bin Laden Search,” press release, May 23, 2012,
www.mccain.senate.gov//files/04/90/40/f049040/public/index.cfm?ContentRecord_id=7a9e4f17–9a3f-f98a-ad20-f9fb18505cid&-FuseAction=PressOffice.PressReleases
.

459
“
For us, he's no hero
”:
Kimberly Dozier and Bradley Klapper, “Pakistan to Talk Counterterrorism with US, Afghans,” Associated Press, September 20, 2012.

459
“
Since the killing of the al Qaeda leader
”:
Master Sergeant Michael O'Connor, “ISAF Mission at Full Speed Following Death of Al Qaeda Leader,” ISAF Headquarters, May 12, 2011.

459
Pakistani soldiers
:
Salman Masood and Eric Schmitt, “Tensions Flare Between U.S. and Pakistan After Strike,”
New York Times
, November 26, 2011.

460
counterterrorism units were pulled away
:
Margaret Coker, “Rebel General Fights Yemen Regime,”
Wall Street Journal
, June 2, 2011.

460
laid siege to Zinjibar
:
Laura Kasinof, “Islamists Seize a Yemeni City, Stoking Fears,”
New York Times
, May 29, 2011.

460
announced themselves as a new group
:
Hakim Almasmari and Margaret Coker, “Yemen Unrest Spreads South,”
Wall Street Journal
, May 30, 2011.

460
front for Al Qaeda
:
Author interviews, senior Yemeni officials, January 2012.

460
“
The name Ansar al Sharia
”:
“Online Question and Answer Session with Abu Zubayr Adel al-Abab, Shariah Official for Member of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula [AQAP],” April 18, 2011, translation by Amany Soliman, The International Centre for the Study of Radicalization and Political Violence,
http://islamopediaonline.org/sites/default/files/abdu_zubayr_english.pdf
.

461
“
there could be mortars
”:
Author interview, General Mohammed al Sumali, January 2012. All statements and information attributed to General al Sumali come from the author's interview.

461
“
heavy artillery pieces
”:
Madad News Agency, “After Great Attrition of Ali Saleh's Forces on the Doofos Front; Ansar Al-Shari'ah Announces a New Strategy and Different Tactics for Urban Warfare,” News Report Issue No. 1, September 2011, translation of online news magazine by Ansar Al-Mujahideen English Forum, released via Jihadology, December 26, 2011,
http://azelin.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/aneib9a3c481r-al-sharc4abah-in-yemen-22news-report-issue-122-en.pdf
.

462
more than 230 Yemeni soldiers
:
Fawaz al Haidari, “Yemen Says Hundreds Killed in Qaeda Fight,” Agence France-Presse, September 11, 2011.

462
“
handed over Zinjibar to these militants
”:
Author interview, Abdul Ghani al Iryani, January 2012. All statements and information attributed to Iryani come from the author's interview.

462
did not respond
:
Author interview, Yemeni government official, January 2012.

463
“
political tumult
”:
Kimberly Dozier (AP), “Al Qaeda Reeling, US Terror Chief Says,”
Boston.com
, September 2, 2011.

463
declaring an Islamic emirate
:
Al Bawaba News, “Yemen: Al Qaeda Declares South Province as ‘Islamic Emirate,'”
Eurasia Review
, March 31, 2011.

463
“
Ansar al Sharia has been much more proactive
”:
Author interview, Gregory Johnsen, January 2012. All information and statements attributed to Johnsen come from the author's interview.

463
repaired roads, restored electricity
:
Sasha Gordon, “Abyani Tribes and al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in Yemen,”
Critical Threats
, July 25, 2012,
www.criticalthreats.org/yemen/gordon-abyani-tribes-and-al-qaeda-arabian-peninsula-july-25–2012#_edn21
.

463
“
brought security to the people
”:
Author interview, Abdul Rezzaq al Jamal, January 2012. All information and statements attributed to Jamal come from the author's interview.

464
a gruesome event
:
“Al Qaeda Severs Boy's Hand,”
Yemen Post
, September 25, 2011,
http://yemenpost.net/Detail123456789.aspx?ID=3&SubID=4117
.

464
beheaded two men
:
“Islamist Militants Execute Three Men in South Yemen,” Reuters, February 12, 2012.

464
third man executed
:
Ibid.

464
massive air assault
:
Daniel Klaidman,
Kill or Capture: The War on Terror and the Soul of the Obama Presidency
(New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012), pp. 253–254.

464
“
where the real priority is
”:
Ibid., p. 256.

464
fly supply runs
:
Author interview, General Mohammed al Sumali, January 2012.

465
decided to pull out
:
Robert Burns (AP), “U.S. Military Trainers Have Returned to Yemen,”
Army Times
, May 8, 2012.

465
“
They have left
”:
Author interview, Abu Bakr al Qirbi, January 2012.

465
secret air base
:
Greg Miller and Julie Tate, “CIA Shifts Focus to Killing Targets,”
Washington Post
, September 1, 2011. The
Washington Post
first reported the construction of the base, revealing only that it was somewhere on the Arabian Peninsula. More than a year later, the
New York Times
confirmed that the base was in Saudi Arabia. See Robert F. Worth, Mark Mazzetti, and Scott Shane, “Drone Strikes' Risks to Get Rare Moment in the Public Eye,”
New York Times
, February 5, 2013.

465
Several southern leaders
:
Author interviews, tribal leaders, January 2012.

465
“
Why should we fight them?
”:
Author interview, Sheikh Ali Abdullah Abdulsalam (Mullah Zabara), January 2012. All information and statements attributed to Mullah Zabara come from the author's interview.

466
Zabara was assassinated
:
Nasser Arrabyee, “Al Qaeda Suspects Killed Tribal Leader, Mediator, Political Asylum Seeker,” Nasser Arrabyee (blog), January 10, 2013,
http://narrabyee-e.blogspot.com/2013/01/qaeda-suspects-killed-tribal-leader.html
.