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Iran-Iraq War,
153

Iraq,
xvi
,
44

alleged weapons of mass destruction of,
132
,
133
,
139
,
140
,
143
,
144
,
146
,
147
–48,
156
,
165
,
172
,
224
–25

in axis of evil,
153

civil war in,
163
–64,
166
–67,
274
–75,
291

elections in,
164

Green Zone in,
291
–92

Kuwait invaded by,
18
,
19
,
56
,
131
,
136
,
163
,
299

no-fly zones in,
162

oilfields of,
53

refugees from,
159

see also
Gulf War

“Iraq and al-Qa’ida: Interpreting a Murky Relationship,”
139

Iraq Body Count,
159

Iraqi, Abdul Hadi al-,
188

Iraqi National Congress,
138
,
140
–42

Iraq Study Group,
281
–82,
283

“Iraq Support for Terrorism,”
142
–43

Iraq Survey Group,
150

Iraq War,
xv
,
26
,
153
–73,
198
,
224
,
266
–96

as allegedly interfering with Afghan War,
xvii
,
81
,
155
,
340

al-Qaeda in,
see
Al Qaeda in Iraq

Battlefield Update Assessment of,
286

bin Laden’s view of,
27
,
28

erroneous claims and,
59

foreign fighters in,
167
–68

insurgency and counterinsurgency in,
156
–60,
162
–66,
269
,
276
–77,
281
,
285
–86,
291

jihad increased by,
171
–72

looting in,
155

media coverage of,
159
–60

plan for,
81

rationale for,
xvii
,
51
,
116
,
131
–52,
153

review of,
278
–81

surge in,
xvii
,
273
–74,
278
,
279
,
281
–82,
283
–90,
293
,
295
–96,
319
,
326
–27,
329

as “terrorist magnet,”
165
–66

U.S. casualties of,
80
,
150
,
157
,
170
,
278
,
291
,
294

Wolfowitz’s desire for,
55
,
56

ISI,
186
,
264
,
265

Islam,
16
,
28

as allegedly under assault,
xvii

suicide in,
31

Islamabad, Pakistan,
257
,
331

Islamic Army of Iraq,
272

Islamic Courts Union (ICU),
237

Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan,
87

Ismail, Faraj,
10
,
14
,
17

Israel,
46
,
49
,
91
,
138
,
165
,
208
–9,
210
,
213
,
337

bin Laden’s suicide operatives in,
4

Egypt’s ceasefire with,
13
,
23

Gaza invaded by,
338

Lebanon invaded by,
33

in 1967 war,
12

Sadat’s cease-fire with,
13

U.S. support for,
18
,
27
–28,
32
,
33
,
238

Istanbul,
209

Italy,
xvi
,
153

Ivins, Bruce E.,
223

jahiliyyah
,
22
,
23

Jaish al-Mahdi (JAM),
291
,
292

Jaish-e-Mohammed,
251
,
256
–57

Jaji, Afghanistan,
15
–16

Jakarta, Indonesia,
92

Jalalabad, Afghanistan,
68
–69

Jamaat-ul-Fuqra,
249

James, Kevin Lamar,
241

Jarrah, Ziad,
5
,
252

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia,
11

Jemaah Islamiyah,
117
,
302

Jenkins, Brian,
91

Jennings, Peter,
36

Jensen, Sterling,
266
,
267

Jerusalem,
32

jihad,
xv
,
17
,
343

as pillar of faith,
29

Zawahiri’s view of,
17

Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies,
96

Joint Chiefs of Staff,
81
,
104
,
180
,
282
–83

Joint Special Operations Command,
325

Joint Strategic Assessment Team (JSAT),
288

Joint Terrorism Task Forces,
245

Jones, James,
185
,
195
,
329

Jordan,
xvi
,
92
,
100
,
138
,
168
,
171
,
172
,
349

Jouvenal, Peter,
62

Jughrafiya, Madaris,
300

Justice Department, U.S.,
44
,
101
,
114
,
127
,
137
,
207

Jyllands-Posten
,
235
–36

K2 air base,
81

Kabul,
8
,
174
–75,
178
–79,
188
,
264
–65,
326
,
333
–34

fall of,
60
,
62
,
65
,
68
,
196

Kagan, Fred,
273
,
279
–80,
284
,
285
,
319
,
320

Kagan, Kimberly,
319
,
320

Kahuta facility,
215

Kandahar, Afghanistan,
64
,
140
,
175
,
186
,
247
,
319
,
326

Kandahar airport,
46
,
340

Karachi, Pakistan,
92
,
249
,
252
,
254
,
265

Karzai, Hamid,
63
,
175
–76,
181
,
182
,
190
–91,
193
,
311
,
321
,
328
–29

Afghan government set up by,
65
–67

in explosion,
66
–67

Karzai, Walid,
193

Kashmir,
217
,
248
,
265
,
301
,
311

Kashmiri, Ilyas,
236

Kasi, Mir Aimal,
101
,
343
–44

Kay, David,
150

Kazakhstan,
221

Keane, John,
273
,
275
,
279
,
280
–81,
284

Keller, Arthur,
166
,
339
–40

Kenya,
208
–9,
213

bombing of U.S. embassy in,
4
,
21
,
40
,
50
,
59
,
127
,
135
,
220
,
253
,
304

Kerry, John,
83
,
84
–85,
130
,
328
,
342

Khabab, Abu,
222
–23

Khadr, Zaynab,
340

Khaksar, Mullah,
220

Khalaylah, Ahmed Fadel al-,
151

Khaldan training facility,
88
,
146
,
147

Khalifa, Jamal,
12
,
15
,
34

Khan, Adam,
71

Khan, A. Q.,
229
,
247
–48

Khan, Ismail,
176

Khan, Mohammed Siddique,
197
,
198
–99,
200
,
337

Khan, Wazir Akbar,
177
–78

Khartoum,
220

Khayr, Abu al-,
347

Kherchtou, L’Houssaine,
38
,
88

Khomeini, Ayatollah,
12
–13

Kilcullen, David,
194
,
195
,
266
,
271

Kimmel, Husband,
39

King, Larry,
158
,
346

King Abdul Aziz University,
12
,
23

Kings Cross railway station,
197
–98

Kini, Osama al-,
263
,
346

Kirkuk, Iraq,
284

Koran,
26
,
28
–29,
35
,
69
,
78
,
92
,
161
,
171
,
184
,
203
,
240

Korean War,
318

Kosovo,
65
,
80

Kowt, Tarin,
63

Kraus, Karl,
131

Krekar, Mullah,
162

kunyas
,
30

Kurds,
137
,
140
,
144
–45,
162
,
275
,
289

Kuwait,
79

Iraqi invasion of,
19
,
56
,
131
,
136
,
163
,
299

Kuwaiti, Abu Jaafar al-,
75
,
76

Lackawanna, N.Y.,
125
–27

Lady, Robert,
103

Lami, Sabah Khalifa Khodada al-,
141

Lang, Patrick,
345

Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT),
212
,
236
–37,
242
,
256
–57,
265

Lawrence, T. E.,
276
,
277

Leaderless Jihad
(Sageman),
201

“leaderless jihad,”
201
–3,
204
,
205
–6

Leahy, Pat,
96

Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife
(Nagl),
276

Lebanon,
33
,
301

Leitenberg, Milton,
226

Leno, Jay,
314

Libby, I. Lewis “Scooter,”
135
,
142

Liberty City, Fla.,
242

Libi, Abu Laith al-,
187
,
346

Libi, Ibn al-Shaykh al-,
146
,
147
–48

Library Tower,
117

Libya,
100

Libyan Islamic Fighting Group,
7

Limburg
,
209
,
341

Lindh, John Walker,
4
,
125
,
217

Little Rock, Ar.,
240

Logan Airport,
31

London,
7
/7 bombing in,
197
–201,
206
,
239
,
337

London Underground,
197
–98,
200

Long Island Railroad,
235

Los Angeles International Airport,
48
,
241

Lugar, Richard,
287
,
322

Lute, Douglas E.,
193
–94,
312

MacArthur, Douglas,
318

McCain, John,
194
,
287

McChrystal, Stanley,
318
,
320
,
321
,
323
–25,
327

Machiavelli, Niccolò,
231
,
329

McClellan, Scott,
96

McConnell, Michael,
205

McFadden, Robert,
113
–14

MacFarland, Sean,
267
,
268
,
269

McGurk, Brett,
273
,
274
,
278
,
282

McKiernan, David,
182
,
190
,
195
–96,
318
,
320

McLaughlin, John,
54
,
56
,
129
,
140
,
143
,
226
–27

McManaway, Clayton,
156

McMaster, H. R.,
268
,
285
,
286

McNeill, Dan,
193
,
320

McVeigh, Timothy,
202
,
243

Madrid,
204

2004 bombing in,
125
,
336

Mahmood, Sultan Bashiruddin,
215
–16,
229

Malaysia,
90
,
223

Maliki, Nouri al-,
278
,
283
,
292
–93

Maloof, Mike,
137
–38

Mannan, Mullah,
188

“Manual for a Raid,”
31

Maples, Michael,
228

Marines, U.S.,
6
,
81
–82,
171
,
267
,
279
,
282
,
319
,
320

Marri, Ali Saleh Kahlah al-,
118
,
122
–23,
124

Marshall, George C.,
180

Marsh Arabs,
137

Masri, Abu Jihad al-,
346

Masri, Abu Khabab al-,
215
,
346

Masri, Abu Walid al-,
6
,
219
,
220

Massoud, Ahmad Shah,
7
,
8
–9,
42
,
54
,
55

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