Kill Bin Laden: a Delta Force Commander's account of the hunt for the world's most wanted man

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by Dalton Fury


  The Man Who Would Be King (Kipling)

  map case

  maps

  Hindu Kush Mountains (Afghanistan)

  inadequacy of

  mujahideen

  reconnaissance

  Tora Bora, Battle of

  Marine Corps (U.S.)

  Martinet, Jean

  Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan

  MC-130 Combat Talon aircraft

  Meadows, Dick

  Mecca, Saudi Arabia

  media

  Ali, Hazret (Pashai warlord)

  bin Laden, Usama

  BLU-82 bomb (Daisy Cutter)

  Delta Force

  Iraq War

  Press Pool Ridge

  Tora Bora, Battle of

  Zaman Ghamshareek, Haji (Pashtun warlord)

  medical kits

  M-4 assault rifles

  MH-47 Chinook helicopter

  MIG fighter aircraft

  MilCAM Recon thermal sight

  military establishment. See also bureaucracy; politics

  army

  Delta Force deployment

  proactive stance

  mini video camera, espionage

  Minutemen (U.S. revolutionary war)

  MK-82 bomb

  MK-7 laser range finder

  M-1911 sidearm

  mobile support site (MSS)

  Modelo Prison (Panama City, Panama)

  Mogadishu, Somalia

  Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh

  money, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

  Monkey. See Bryan (code named B-Monkey)

  Moore, Robin

  Mosul, Iraq

  MP5 submachine gun

  M-72 LAW rockets

  M-16 rifle

  MSS Monkey. See Bryan (code named B-Monkey)

  M-240 machine guns

  M-249 squad automatic weapons

  Muhammad (prophet)

  mujahideen. See also Ali, Hazret (Pashai warlord); Zaman Ghamshareek, Haji (Pashtun warlord)

  Afghanistan mission

  al Qaeda prisoners

  bin Laden, Usama

  BLU-82 bomb (Daisy Cutter)

  combat practices

  Delta Force

  friendly fire

  Green Berets

  Mulholland, John

  night vision goggles (NVGs)

  politics

  Ramadan

  Soviet Union and

  supplies for

  Taliban

  tanks

  Tora Bora, Battle of

  Zaman Ghamshareek, Haji (Pashtun warlord)

  Mulholland, John

  Murdock, Gus

  Muse, Kurt

  Musharraf, Pervez

  Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan

  bin Laden, Usama

  Zaman Ghamshareek, Haji (Pashtun warlord)

  National Guard

  National Security Strategy (report)

  Native Americans

  Navy SEALs

  Naylor, Sean

  Newsweek magazine

  Night Stalkers (Durant)

  night vision goggles (NVGs)

  9/11 terrorist attacks

  Northern Advance Force Operations (NAFO)

  Northern Alliance

  checkpoints

  Kabul, Afghanistan

  Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan

  supplies for

  Taliban

  Northwest Frontier Province (Pakistan)

  Not a Good Day to Die (Naylor)

  Nuristan Province, Afghanistan

  observation posts

  al Qaeda

  Delta Force

  Tora Bora, Battle of (Afghanistan)

  Omar, Mullah Muhammad

  Delta Force raid on

  hunt for

  intelligence on

  101st Airborne Division

  173rd Airborne Combat Brigade

  The One Percent Solution (Suskind)

  Operation Acid Gambit

  Operation Eagle Claw (Iran hostage crisis)

  Operation Enduring Freedom

  Operation Iraqi Freedom. See also Iraq War

  opium farming

  ordnance, unexploded

  organizational model, Delta Force

  The Osama Bin Laden I Know (Bergen)

  Pachier Agam, Afghanistan

  Pakistan

  Afghanistan border

  bin Laden, Usama

  Intelligence Service

  Tora Bora, Battle of

  Zaman Ghamshareek, Haji (Pashtun warlord)

  Pakistan Intelligence Service (ISI)

  Panama, United States invasion of

  Pashto language

  Pashtuns, Zaman Ghamshareek, Haji

  Peltor ear protection

  Pentagon (Washington, D.C.)

  Persian Gulf War (1990-1991)

  PKM machine guns

  Playboy magazine

  politics. See also bureaucracy; military establishment

  Ali, Hazret (Pashai warlord)

  bureaucracy

  Delta Force deployment

  mujahideen

  Pope (recce team leader)

  PRC-D radio

  Predator (drone aircraft)

  Shelter Now International hostage crisis

  Tora Bora, Battle of

  Press Pool Ridge (Tora Bora Mountains,

  Afghanistan)

  prisoners of war, Laos

  proactive military stance

  problem-solving, Delta Force

  public speaking, Delta Force

  Qadir, Haji

  quick-reaction force (QRF)

  Afghanistan

  Tora Bora, Battle of

  Ramadan

  RAND Corporation, Delphi method

  Rangers

  Afghanistan mission

  Delta Force

  Haditha Dam raid

  quick-reaction force (QRF)

  supply problems

  reconnaissance, Delta Force. See also observation posts

  Red Army Faction (Germany)

  Redfly. See Fury, Dalton (Redfly)

  reward, bin Laden, Usama

  risk avoidance, Delta Force deployment

  risk taking

  Rivera, Geraldo

  roadblocks, Ahmed, Gul mission

  RPGs

  Afghanistan operations

  al Qaeda

  mujahideen

  Tora Bora, Battle of

  Rumsfeld, Donald

  Russian language skills

  safety vests

  SAM missiles

  SAS. See Special Air Service (SAS) commandos (U.K.)

  SA-7 SAM rockets

  Saudi Arabia

  SBS. See British SBS commandos; British Special Boat Service; Special Boat Service

  Schwitters, Jim

  Scrawny (sniper)

  Searcy, Brian

  security industry, Delta Force

  selection process, Delta Force

  Serbia. See also Balkans

  Shachnow, Sid

  Shah-i-Khot

  Shelter Now International, hostage crisis

  shooters, Delta Force. See also snipers

  Shrek (sniper)

  Ahmed, Gul mission

  equipment of

  Hopper and

  Shroen, Gary

  Shultz, Richard

  Shura (council of elders)

  siege warfare, Tora Bora Mountains

  SIGINT, bin Laden, Usama. See also Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); HUMINT; intelligence

  Silver Star recommendations

  Six Minutes to Freedom (Muse)

  Ski (recce team leader)

  Afghanistan mission

  Ahmed, Gul mission

  Tora Bora, Battle of

  Smith, Michael

  Smucker, Philip

  snipers

  bin Laden, Usama

  Delta Force

  Tora Bora, Battle of

  SOCOM, MacDill Air Force Base

  SOFLAM (Special Operations Force Laser Marker) />
  Somalia (Black Sea, Battle of)

  The Sopranos (TV show)

  Sorubi, Afghanistan

  Soviet Union

  Afghanistan war

  Zaman Ghamshareek, Haji (Pashtun warlord)

  Special Air Service (SAS) commandos (U.K.)

  Special Boat Service (SBS, U.K.)

  Special Forces Operational Detachment (Delta Force). See Delta Force

  Special Operations Aviation Regimen (SOAR)

  Special Operations Force Laser Marker (SOFLAM)

  Special Operations Forces. See also Delta Force

  deployment decisions

  principles of

  Special Warfare Center (Fort Bragg, North Carolina)

  Spectator (London, England newspaper)

  Spin Ghar Mountains (Afghanistan)

  Spyderco knives

  SR-25 long-range rifle

  Stabilization Forces (SFOR)

  Stormin’ (“the Bod,” assault team leader)

  Sudan, Delta Force

  supply problems, Tora Bora, Battle of

  Surefire flashlight

  surrender, at Tora Bora

  Suskind, Ron

  Sutter, Mark

  Tactical Operations Center (TOC)

  tactical signal interceptors

  Taliban. See also al Qaeda; bin Laden, Usama; Tora Bora, Battle of (Afghanistan)

  deception plan for

  intelligence on

  Inter-Service Intelligence (Pakistan)

  mujahideen

  Northern Alliance

  Shelter Now International hostage crisis

  Zaman Ghamshareek, Haji (Pashtun warlord)

  Talon aircraft

  tanks

  al Qaeda

  mujahideen

  targeting

  Task Force Dagger. See Mulholland, John

  taxpayers, Tora Bora, Battle of

  Team Jawbreaker Juliet (CIA point group)

  Kabul, Afghanistan

  money

  Tehran, Iran

  television. See media

  terminal guidance operations (TGOs)

  Green Berets

  reconnaissance

  terrorism

  Baader-Meinhof gang

  Delta Force planning

  9/11 terrorist attacks

  T-55 (Soviet tank)

  Thackeray, William Makepeace

  Thermopylae, Battle of

  They Just Don’t Get It (Hunt)

  Thompson, C. W.

  Tiger Swan Inc.

  Tikrit, Iraq

  Tip of the Spear (magazine)

  To Dare and to Conquer (Leebaert)

  Top Gun (movie)

  Tora Bora, Battle of (Afghanistan)

  Ahmed, Gul

  air bombing

  Ali, Hazret (Pashai warlord)

  Ali, Hazret (Pashai warlord) forward command

  Ali, Hazret (Pashai warlord) headquarters

  Ali, Hazret (Pashai warlord) tactics

  al Qaeda

  al Qaeda surrender

  ammunition

  bin Laden, Usama

  BLU-82 bomb (Daisy Cutter)

  British SBS commandos

  casualties

  costs of

  Delta Force

  Engagement Zones (EZ)

  friendly fire

  Green Berets

  maps

  medals and awards for

  media

  military units in

  mobile support site (MSS)

  mujahideen

  Mulholland, John

  night vision goggles (NVGs)

  observation posts

  preparations for

  quick-reaction force (QRF)

  significance and lessons of

  Ski

  snipers

  supply problems

  surrender at

  tactics for

  weather complications

  Zaman Ghamshareek, Haji (Pashtun warlord)

  Tora Bora Mountains (Afghanistan)

  air supremacy

  al Qaeda

  bin Laden, Usama

  enemy manpower in

  intelligence on

  weather

  tourniquets

  Towr Ghar Mountains (Afghanistan)

  Trainor, Bernard

  Trojan horse plan

  Trojan War

  T-62 (Soviet tank)

  Tucker, David

  unexploded ordnance

  uniforms

  Delta Force

  friendly fire

  Green Berets

  mujahideen

  United Kingdom

  Afghanistan

  intelligence

  Royal Marine commandos

  SBS commandos

  Special Air Service (SAS) commandos (U.K.)

  Special Boat Service (SBS, U.K.)

  United States

  United States Air Force

  United States Air Force special tactics combat control. See also Admiral (U.S. Air Force combat controller); Tora Bora, Battle of (Afghanistan), air bombing

  United States Army

  military establishment

  organizational model

  United States Army Central Command (CENTCOM)

  Spin Ghar Mountains (Afghanistan)

  Tora Bora, Battle of

  United States Army Green Berets

  Afghanistan operations

  Ali, Hazret (warlord)

  Balkan operations

  Delta Force

  mujahideen

  Spin Ghar Mountains (Afghanistan)

  terminal guidance operations

  Tora Bora, Battle of

  uniforms

  United States Embassy bombings (Africa)

  United States Marine Corps

  United States Special Operations Forces (Tucker and Lamb)

  urban reconnaissance, Delta Force

  Urdu

  Uzbekistan

  Vader thermal imager

  Vickers, Larry

  video camera, espionage

  Vietnam War

  Viking Tactics Inc.

  war criminals

  warlords. See also Ali, Hazret (Pashai warlord); mujahideen; Zaman Ghamshareek, Haji (Pashtun warlord)

  Delta Force and

  Zaman Ghamshareek, Haji

  Waugh, Billy

  weapons of mass destruction, intelligence

  weather complications, Tora Bora, Battle of

  Weekly Standard (magazine)

  Wilcox, Frederick B.

  World Trade Center terrorism attacks

  Xerxes (king of Persia)

  Yasotay

  Zaman Ghamshareek, Haji (Pashtun warlord). See also mujahideen

  Ali, Hazret (warlord) and

  al Qaeda

  al Qaeda surrender

  bin Laden, Usama

  biography of

  Inter-Service Intelligence (Pakistan)

  media

  Shura

  surrender negotiations

  Tora Bora, Battle of

  Zawahiri, Ayman al-

  intelligence on

  Tora Bora, Battle of

  Zawir Khili, Afghanistan

  ZPU-1 14.5mm AAA guns

 

 

 


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