The Longest War (97 page)
Authors: Peter L. Bergen
regrouping of,
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and responsibility for al-Qaeda’s crimes,
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sanctions on,
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suicide bombing against CIA by,
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in surrender to Karzai,
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U.S. drone strikes of,
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Tantawi, Mohamed,
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Tanzania, bombing of U.S. embassy in,
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Tariq, Abu,
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Tarnak Farms,
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Tatar, Serdar,
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TATP,
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Tawhid
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Tel Aviv, Israel,
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Tenet, George,
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Afghan War plan of,
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on Iraq-al-Qaeda connection,
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Thailand,
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Thomas, Clarence,
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Time Square,
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Tora Bora,
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at Abu Ghraib,
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of Abu Zubaydah,
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in Egyptian prisons,
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waterboarding,
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extraordinary renditions
Townsend, Frances Fragos,
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Trabelsi, Nizar,
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Transparency International,
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“Treatise on the Legal Status of Using Weapons of Mass Destruction against Infidels,”
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Truman, Harry S.,
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Turabi, Hassan,
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Turkey,
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Turki al-Faisal, Prince of Saudi Arabia,
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26th Marine Expeditionary Units,
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Tyranny’s Ally
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Uighurs,
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Ummah Tameer-e-Nau (UTN),
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Understanding Terror Networks
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ricin case in,
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Sykes-Picot Agreement and,
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United Nations,
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United Nations Convention Against Torture,
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United Nations Security Council,
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Powell’s presentation to,
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bin Laden’s declaration of war against,
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in Cold War,
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Israel supported by,
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mujahideen supported by,
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Muslims aided by,
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sanctions on Talibans by,
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Uruzgan, Afghanistan,
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Vann, John Paul,
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Wadud, Abu Musab Abdul,
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Walter Reed Army Medical Center,
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ambiguity of,
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first reference to,
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launch of,
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Afghan War; Iraq War
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Warsa Pact,
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Washington, D.C.,
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Wilkinson, Jim,
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Wilner, Thomas,
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Wolfowitz, Paul,
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on Team B,
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Woodward, Bob,
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World Islamic Front,
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World Trade Center:
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Saddam Hussein and,
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World War I,
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Wurmser, David,
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Zahir, Hajji,
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Zahir Shah, Mohammed,
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Zaidan, Ahmed,
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Zarate, Juan,
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Egypt denounced by,
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jihad as interpreted by,
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jihadist cell set up by,
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WMDs desired by,
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Zazi, Najibullah,
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Peter Bergen is the author of
Holy War, Inc.
, which has been translated into eighteen languages, and
The Osama bin Laden I Know
. They were both named among the best non-fiction books of the year by
The Washington Post
and documentaries based on the books were both nominated for Emmys. Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst and a fellow at the New America Foundation and New York University’s Center on Law & Security. He is a contributing editor at
The New Republic
and has worked as a correspondent for National Geographic television, Discovery, and CNN. He has held teaching positions at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. His writing has appeared in the
New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, Atlantic, Rolling Stone, Time, Vanity Fair
, and many other newspapers and magazines around the world. He is a member of the National Security Preparedness Group, a successor to the 9/11 Commission, and is the editor of the AfPak Channel, which can be found at
www.foreignpolicy.com/afpak
. He has testified before several congressional committees about Afghanistan, Pakistan, and al-Qaeda. Bergen holds a M.A. in modern history from New College, Oxford University. He is married to the documentary director Tresha Mabile. They live in Washington, D.C.
