INDEX
Ababeels (Swallows), 191, 197
Abbottabad, 148
Abu Sayyaf, 163
Afghanistan, 22, 35–41, 230
Ahm Teherek (Peace Movement), 197
Aid, Matthew, 70
Al Kuwaiti, Ahmed, 148
Al Libbi, Abu Farraj, 49, 53
Al Libbi, Abu Laith, 66
Al Libbi, Abu Yahya, 159
Al Masri, Abu Khabab, 72
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), 138, 139
Al Quoso, Fahd, 163
Al Rabia, Abu Hamza, 51
Alston, Philip, 135
Anbar Minch, 160
Angor Adda Raid, 74, 78
Anti Drone Protests 130–35
Ansar al Sharia, 161–62
Arba Minch, 232
Aryana Institute, 195
Atef, Muhammad, 37
Authorization to Use Military Force (AUMF), 29, 137, 139
Avenger (Predator C) Drone, 235
Awlaki, Anwar, 144
Badal (Revenge), 207, 215,
Bajaur Agency, 44, 59, 60–62, 71, 186, 188
Baluchistan 55, 63, 121
Banks, Jonathan, 129, 130
Bannu, 84
Beast of Kandahar, 148, 151–54
Behran, Noor, 222–24
Bergen, Peter, 100
Bhutto, Benazir, 3, 79
Bhutto, Zulfikar, 14
Biden, Joe, 231
Bin Laden, Osama, 17, 22, 23, 28 32, 44, 59, 79, 146, 147, 154, 159, 181, 191
Blackwater, 123
Black, Cofer, 22, 28
Blair, Dennis C., 210–11
Bremer, John, 141, 144
Brennan, John, 102, 229
Brookings Institute, 119
Bureau of Investigative Journalism, 164
Bush, George W., 18, 27, 28, 39, 40, 43, 137, 142
Byman, Daniel, 119
Camp Chapman Bombing, 8, 127
Camp Lemonier, 160–62, 232
China, 153
Chomsky, Noam, 131
CIA Counter Terrorism Center, 50
Civilian Death Toll, 85, 115–18
Clark, James, 23
Clarke, Richard, 22, 24
Clinton, Bill, 17, 28
Clinton, Hillary, 205
Code Pink, 130–31
Concurrences, 69–70
Creech Air Base, 14, 20, 130–31
Damadola, 6, 52, 54, 55, 56, 59, 60, 71, 126, 208
Darwish, Kemal, 42
Datta Khel Strike, 124–25, 212, 214, 215
Davis, Raymond, 123, 154
Djibouti, 42, 160, 162, 232
Dostum, Abdul Rashid, 31
Ethiopia, 160, 232
Exum, Andrew, 118
Fair, Christine, 99, 112, 185, 199
Feinstein, Dianne, 122
Franks, Tommy, 32, 41
Fricker, Matthew, 116
Frontline, 52
Funeral Attacks, 6, 164–69
Gaddafi, Muammar, 150–51, 231
Gates, Robert, 140, 236
Ghariat (honor), 207
Ghazi Brothers, 62
Gilani, Yousuf, 82, 190, 208
Glover, Danny, 131
Gnat drone, 20
Google Earth, 122
Graham, Lindsey, 142
Hadley, Stephen, 52
Haq, Abdul, 31
Haq, Zia, 13
Haqqani, Badruddin, 63
Haqqani, Jalaludin, 13, 40, 41, 58, 63, 76–78, 80, 104, 188, 191
Haqqani, Muhammad, 63
Haqqani Network, 157
Haqqani, Sirajuddin, 103
Harethi, Qaed Salim Sinan, 42, 49
Hassan, Nidal, 138
Hayden, Michael, 61, 67
Hekmatyar, Gulbuddin, 13, 40, 72
Hellfire Missile, 2, 6, 23, 24
Hezbollah, 233
Holder, Eric, 143
Hussein, Qari, 171–75
Indian Embassy Bombing (Kabul), 63
Inspire magazine, 141
Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), 13, 16, 52, 53, 57, 130, 190,
Iran, 152
Iraq, 21, 41
Islamic Army of Great Britain, 146
Islamic Jihad Union, 93
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, 92
Israel, 25, 28
Jacobabad, 49
Jamaat e Islam, 89
Jamestown Foundation, 116, 163, 198–99
Jamiat e Ulema, 212
Jemaah Islamiyah, 163
Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), 76, 78, 149, 160–61, 163
Jumper, John, 23
Kashmiri, Ilyas, 170
Kayani, Pervez, 75, 82
Khan, Hayatullah, 52
Khan, Imran, 173, 203
Khan, Tariq, 221
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 84, 124
Kilcullen, David, 118
Koh, Harold, 136, 137
Kosovo, 21
Kurds, 219
Lal Masjid, 62, 189
Laskhar (Militia), 202
Lashkar al Zil, 93
Lashkar e Toiba, 145
Liaqat, Maulvi, 59–60
Libya, 150–51, 231
Liquid Explosive Plot, 87
Mali, 232
McCain, John, 142
McRaven, Bill, 149
Mehsud, Baitullah, 70, 72, 92, 128, 167
Mehsud, Hakimullah, 212
Melmastiia (Hospitality), 32, 46
Muhammad, Maulvi Faqir, 59–61
Muhammad, Nek, 46–48
Muhammad, Sufi, 53
Mujahideen, 13
Mumbai, 145, 146, 170
Munter, Cameron, 124
Musa Nika, 72
Musharraf, Pervez, 29, 44, 46, 50, 51, 55, 56, 62, 67, 73
National Intelligence Estimate, 61
National Security Agency, 49, 59
New America Foundation, 83, 100, 116, 206
New York University, 229
Niger, 232
North Waziristan, 44, 49, 51, 58, 61, 63, 76, 80, 89, 124, 129, 157, 181–89
Obama, Barack, 80, 87, 89, 90, 91, 96, 98, 104, 136, 142, 143, 150, 154, 156, 169, 170, 217, 231, 236
Omar, Mullah, 32, 33, 59
Operation Anaconda, 35
Oruzgan, 218
Pakistani Taliban (TTP, Tehrek e Taliban e Pakistan), 2–9, 44–46, 59, 62, 63, 70, 82, 128, 174, 187, 189, 191
Panetta, Leon, 140, 169
Pasha, Shah Shuja, 82
Pathrai chips, 106, 124, 126
Patterson, 75, 81
Paul, Rand, 141
Paul, Ron, 141
Petraeus, David, 208, 236
Pew Poll on drones, 206
Plaw, Avery, 115
Punjabis, 73, 84
Quetta, 63
Radaa bombing, 220
Rauf, Rashid, 84
Raytheon, 131
Reaper drone, 70–71
Rice, Condoleezza, 78
Riedel, Bruce, 69, 231
RQ 170 Stealth Drone, 148, 151–54
Rumsfeld, Donald, 33, 37, 39
Saadullah, 221, 225
Salala Incident, 123, 154–57
Saudi Arabia, 232
Scorpion, 2
SEALs, 75
Serbia, 20, 21
Shabab, 144, 145, 159–61
Shah i Kot, 35
Shahzad, Faisal, 126, 127, 138, 172
Shakai Peace Accords, 46
Shamsi Airbase, 30, 121–23, 150, 156, 189, 208
Sheehan, Cindy, 119, 130
Siddiqui, Ahmed, 145–46
signature strikes, 68, 154
Singer, Peter, 133, 237
Somalia, 144, 145, 159–61, 183
South Waziristan, 44, 46, 53, 66, 72, 72, 82, 89, 172, 158, 186
sovereignty, 189–94
spies, 85, 104–8
Stanford University, 229
Stone, Oliver, 131
suicide attacks, 2–3, 171–74, 215, 217
Swat Valley, 4, 63, 186–88
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p; Switchblade drone, 234
Swift, Christopher, 205
Taranis Drone, 234
TTP (Tehrek e Taliban e Pakistan, Pakistani Taliban), 2–9, 44–46, 59, 62, 63, 70, 82, 128, 174, 187, 189, 191
Tenet, George, 24, 43
Time Square Bombing, 126, 127, 138, 172
Turkey, 219
United Arab Emirates, 234
United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Killings, Assassinations and Executions, 6, 135
Usmani, Mullah Akhtar, 64
Uzbekistan, 22
Uzbeks, 46
Vietnam, 19
Wikileaks, 81, 82, 112
X 47 B drone, 234
Xe, 123
Yemen, 42, 43, 138, 139, 145, 161–64, 181, 186, 203, 217–18, 219, 220, 227, 230
Yuldushev, Tahir, 92
Zardari, Ali Asaf, 79, 208, 212
Zarqawi, Abu Musab, 57
Zawaheri, Ayman al, 44, 46, 53–55, 59, 61, 79, 80, 128, 159
Zawhar Kili, 36
Zenko, Micah, 231
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Brian Glyn Williams is professor of Islamic history at the University of Massachusetts–Dartmouth and previously taught at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. He has a PhD in Central Asian history and master’s degrees in Central Eurasian studies and in Russian history. He has extensive travel experience in Afghanistan, where he lived with Northern Alliance warlords, worked for the U.S. military, and tracked suicide bombers for the CIA Counterterrorism Center. Most recently he published a civilian version of a field manual he wrote for the U.S. Army’s Joint Information Operations Warfare Command titled Afghanistan Declassified: A Guide to America’s Longest War. He has also carried out fieldwork in Pakistan on the CIA’s drone assassination campaign. His forthcoming book is The Last Warlord: The Life and Legend of Dostum, the Afghan Warrior Who Led US Special Forces to Topple the Taliban Regime. For articles, videos, and photographs from his fieldwork, see his website: brianglynwilliams.com.
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