Jordan 36–41, 288–9
kidnappings 84, 94
Laden, Osama bin 51
Lord’s Resistance Army, Congo 6
M1 tanks 55
M4 rifles 217, 218, 220
M16 rifles 217, 220, 236, 241, 246, 250
M203 grenade launchers 220
Mahdi Army 77, 78, 86, 212, 239, 241–2, 243–51
Mamba armoured personnel carriers 239
Mashooen, Abdul 94, 97, 213, 221–2, 264
Mashooen, Assam (Sammy) 2–3, 17–20, 21, 28, 33–4, 39, 58, 59, 65, 87, 91–4, 96–102, 125–7, 180–1, 184–94, 201–23, 225–42, 248–84, 287–9, 296
Mashooen, Ayesha 94, 96, 214, 216–7, 281, 296
Mashooen, Fara 19, 93–4, 96, 100–2, 171–5, 180, 214–7, 226–8, 281–2, 288
Mashooen, Sharif 94–6, 101, 214, 227, 229, 238, 254–5, 261–2, 269, 272
Maxime (helmsman, Côte d’Ivoire) 9, 10–4, 16, 25
McGrath, Angus 1
McQueen, Col Steve ‘Mad Dog’17, 21, 22–3, 55, 59–61, 63, 64–6, 68–9, 72–4, 100, 106–15, 116, 155–62, 177, 294–5
MG42 machine guns 12–3, 14
mobile phones 81
mortars 61, 62, 86, 157
navigation 9, 65, 281
night-vision goggles 144–5
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 90
Northern Ireland 2, 167
Official Secrets Act 53
oil deposits 52, 57
Petraeus, General David 75, 293
Philippe (deputy, Côte d’Ivoire) 7, 12, 14, 26
piracy, Africa 6, 7–16
PKM machine guns 81, 178, 207, 221, 236, 239, 241, 244, 250
poachers, Côte d’Ivoire, Africa 6
Powell, Colin 53
Proelio Security Group 6, 25, 34
radios 9, 10, 81
Red Cross 6
RIBs see semi-rigid inflatable boats (RIBs)
rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) 11, 82, 159, 249, 270
RPD machine guns 81
Rumsfeld, Donald 50, 51, 52, 57, 58, 75, 295
Saddam Hussein 18, 51, 54, 56, 59, 96
Sahwa 75–6
Sammy see Mashooen, Assam (Sammy)
SAPI body armour 8, 14, 228, 256
satphones 8, 81
Scott (Sergeant) 103, 104, 106, 116, 163
security groups
Proelio Security Group 6, 25, 34
Spartan Security 1, 2, 17, 18, 70, 81, 86–7, 97, 206, 294
semi-rigid inflatable boats (RIBs) 6, 7, 8–9, 10, 11–2, 13, 14, 15, 16, 24
Shaun (Sergeant) 103, 104, 106, 116, 163
Shia muslims 2, 18–9, 20, 67, 76–7, 87, 100–1, 241–2, 276–7
Sig Sauer pistols 13
Sons of Iraq 75–6, 269–77
Spartan Security 1, 2, 17, 18, 70, 81, 86–7, 97, 206, 294
suicide bombers 36–7, 78, 231, 232–4, 256
Sunni muslims 2, 19, 67, 75–6, 78, 96, 269–70, 293
Taliban, the 74–5, 76, 100, 108
Tariq 189, 191
terrorism 37, 51, 52, 54, 113–4 see also al-Qaeda
Trevellick, Les 25, 33, 71, 99, 149–55, 170, 176–81, 182–5, 188–95, 204–23, 225–84, 287–9, 295
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 291
United Nations (UN) 90
US Army 18, 56, 133–4, 239, 259
Green Berets 135–46, 195, 202, 203–4, 268, 295
US Embassy, Baghdad 56–7
USA
‘Iraqification’ process 18, 19, 68
oil 52, 57
politics 50, 52–3, 54, 57–9, 74–5, 87, 108, 111–4
Vehicle-borne IEDs (VBIEDs) 61, 265
Vehicle checkpoints (VCPs) 212, 221, 230, 240, 257
water supplies 2, 99
Wayne 25, 26–7
weapons see under names of individual weapons
weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) 53
Wolfowitz, Paul 57
World Tribune 292
Wyatt, Lori 70–1
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