The Longest War (92 page)

in expulsion from Sudan,
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failures of,
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and family construction business,
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growing anti-Americanism of,
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health of,
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importance of,
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–37,
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–48

interviews of,
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–32,
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Iraq invasion of Kuwait as seen by,
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Islamic criticism of,
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–99

leadership skills of,
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–94

misogyny of,
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as mujahideen in Afghanistan,
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,
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on 9/11,
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and 9/11 planning,
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Omar’s desire for departure from

Afghanistan of,
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Palestinian situation as seen by,
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piety of,
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poetry of,
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press conference of,
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regime change in Islamic world as goal of,
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reward for,
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–38

as secretive,
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security for,
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–39

shyness of,
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in struggle with Massoud,
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survivalist ideas of,
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Sykes-Picot agreement denounced by,
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Tora Bora redoubt of,
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U.S. believed weak by,
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U.S. culture and,
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video and audiotapes of,
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in visit to U.S.,
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war on U.S. declared by,
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WMDs desired by,
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worldwide popularity of,
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Zawahiri influenced by,
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bin Laden, Saad,
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,
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bin Laden, Safia,
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bin Laden, Salem,
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bin Laden, Uthman,
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“Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in United States,”
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Black, Cofer,
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,
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Black Hawk Down incident,
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Blackwater USA,
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Blair, Dennis,
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Blair, Tony,
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Blinken, Antony J.,
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Bobbitt, Philip,
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Bodansky, Yossef,
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Bonn conference,
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Borger, Gloria,
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Bosnia,
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Bourgass, Kamal,
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Bouyeri, Mohammed,
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Bowling, Geneva,
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Boyd, Daniel,
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Bremer, Paul,
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Brennan, John,
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Brokaw, Tom,
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Brooklyn Bridge,
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Brown, Lenna,
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Bureau of Intelligence and Research,
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Burke, Jason,
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Bush, George H. W.,
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Bush, George W.,
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on alleged sleeper cells,
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bin Laden ignored by,
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briefed on bin Laden,
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at Ground Zero,
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on Iraq/al-Qaeda connection,
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,
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–36,
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on Iraq insurgency,
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Iraq surge of,
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–84,
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Lackawanna cell briefings of,
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“major combat operations” declared ended by,
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in meetings on Afghan war,
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on morning of September 11,
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overseas prisoners transferred to Guantánamo by,
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Pakistan border desired closed by,
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post-9/11 speech of,
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Abu Risha’s meeting with,
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State of the Union (2003) of,
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as “strong on terror,”
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Tora Bora strategy defended by,
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in 2004 campaign,
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–84,
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“war on terror” launched by,
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Bush (G. H. W.) administration,
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Bush (G. W.) administration:

and “light footprint” in Afghanistan,
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“nation building” disdained by,
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policy failures of,
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torture denounced by,
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Cairo,
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“Call for Global Islamic Resistance, The” (Suri),
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Camp David,
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Camp Jaker,
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Camp Victory,
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Camus, Albert,
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Cannistraro, Vincent,
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Card, Andrew,
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Carney, Chris,
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Casey, George W.,
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CENTCOM (Central Command, U.S.),
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Center for a New American Security,
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Center for Strategic and International Studies,
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Chalabi, Ahmed,
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Chaudhry, Iftikhar,
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Chechnya,
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Cheney, Dick,
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coercive interrogation defended by,
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detention of prisoners authorized by,
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Iraq-al-Qaeda connection and,
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Iraq surge and,
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on 9/11 Commission,
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smallpox attack feared by,
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as target of suicide operation,
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Tora Bora strategy defended by,
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China,
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Chomsky, Noam,
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Churchill, Winston,
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CIA,
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Abu Zubaydah interrogated by,
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Afghanistan operations of,
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bin Laden paper of,
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bin Laden unit of,
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Counterterrorist Center (CTC) at,
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drones of,
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extraordinary renditions by,
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failures of,
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on Iraq-al-Qaeda link,
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Karzai supported by,
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KSM interrogated by,
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suicide bombing against,
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in Tora Bora battle,
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waterboarding prohibited by,
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Citigroup building,
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Citizen Police Liaison Committee,
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Clarke, Richard,
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Clausewitz, Carl von,
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Clinton, Bill,
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cruise missile strikes ordered by,
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Clinton, Hillary,
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Clinton administration,
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policy failures of,
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sanctions on Taliban stopped by,
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Cloonan, Jack,
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CNBC,
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CNN,
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Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA),
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Cohen, David,
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Cohen, Eliot,
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Cold War,
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Cole
, USS,
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Coleman, Daniel,
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Commander’s Emergency Response Program (CERP),
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Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism,
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Congress, U.S., Afghan War authorized by,
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Congressional Task Force on Terrorism,
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Constitution, U.S.,
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“Continuity of Government” exercises,
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Cooper, Anderson,
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Council on Foreign Relations,
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,
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Counterinsurgency Field Manual
,
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–76,
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Counterinsurgency Warfare: Theory and Practice
(Galula),
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–77

Crane, Conrad,
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Crawford, Susan,
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Cressey, Roger,
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Crocker, Ryan,
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Crumpton, Hank,
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Cuba,
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Cuban Missile Crisis,
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Customs, U.S.,
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Dadullah, Mullah,
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Dannenberg, Robert,
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“Dark Winter,”
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Daschle, Tom,
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Daud, Mohammed,
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Defense Department, U.S.,
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–18,
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“big footprint” operations desired by,
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