by Oliver North
Faisal, xxi–xxii
Faisal, Ghazi Ibn, xxii
Faisal II, xxii–xxiv
Falklands, 55
Farouk, Kin, xxiii
fedayeen, 5, 47, 85, 86, 134
15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, 55
5th Marine Division, 6, 51, 181, 188; Iraqi 51st Mechanized Division and, 64; Regimental Command Post of, 69–83
5th Marine Division Regimental Combat Team (RCT-5), 54, 68, 72, 73, 126, 145, 161, 169
51st Mechanized Division, Iraqi, 55, 64, 67, 73
1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 162, 164–65, 180
1st Marine Division, xxxix, 6, 52, 77, 119, 170
1st Marine Division Regimental Combat Team (RCT-1), 68, 72, 73, 77, 161, 179
1st Marine Expeditionary Force (I-MEF), 20, 68, 70, 83, 125
507th Maintenance Company, ambush of, 76–83
flame trencher, 70
Fleischer, Ari, 1–2
Fonda, Jane, 251
Ford, John, 250
Fort Bliss, Texas, 131
Fort Hood, Texas, 203, 216, 218
4th Infantry Division, 6; in Baghdad, liii; deployment of, 216–18; as diversion, 217–18; embedded reporting with, li–lvii, 211, 213–33; entrance into Iraq of, 104; entrance into war of, liii; mission of, 220; TOC of, lii
4th Marine Division, 170, 177
FOX & Friends, 32, 120, 193
FOX News Channel, li, 20, 36, 67, 76
France, 21, 34, 38, 44, 217
Franks, Tommy, 53–54, 83, 85, 217, 257–58
Frei, Jason, 114
friendly-fire incidents, 79–80
Frogs. See CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters
Gable, Clark, 249
Gabriel, xvii
Galdabini, Christian, 27, 201
Gastelu, Gary, 233
Geneva Convention, 81, 83
Gephardt, Dick, 255
Germany, xxii, 34, 38, 44, 193, 249
Gibraltar, TAA, 51–62
Gibson, John, 175
Glaspie, April, xxxvi
Glover, Danny, 251
Godfrey, Larry, 15–16
Goode, William P., 8
Graham, Bob, 255
Graham, John, 29, 36, 184; cas-evac missions and, 65–67; helicopter crash and, 64
Great Depression, xxii
Great Giant Voice, 28, 32, 36, 48, 63
Greeks, xvii
Grinalds, Allen, 111, 198–200
Grinalds, John, 111
Grosz, Matt, 248
Gulf War syndrome, 16
Guy, Philip Stuart, 63
Haiti, 168
Hammurabi, xiv, xvi
Hamza, Khidir, xlv
Hannity, Sean, xiii
Hannity & Colmes, 74, 88, 115, 134, 135, 143, 145, 160, 207, 231
Hantush, Iraq, 110, 115, 119
Harper’s magazine, 5, 6
Harrell, Gary, 233
Harrelson, Woody, 250
heavy equipment transporters (HETs), 12, 214
Hedenskog, Sholto, 63
Helmick, Frank, 237
Hersh, Seymour, 247
HETs. See heavy equipment transporters and human exploitation teams
high-value targets (HVTs), liii
Hilton, Kuwait City, 14
Hitler, Adolf, xxii, xxiii, 217, 258
HMM-268. See Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 268
Hoenes, Amanda, liv, 189
Holden, William, 165
Holley, Frank, 129, 159
Hollywood, antiwar activism in, 20, 243, 249–51
Homeland Security Department, 49
Hope, Bob, 250
Housley, Adam, 20, 22
Hudson, Lt. Col., 36
Hughes, Shawn, 162–63, 164
human exploitation teams (HETs), 214–15
Hume, Brit, 232–33, 245–46, 247
Hummer, Steve, 22, 170
Hunt, Dave, 36–37
Hussein, xviii
Hussein, Mustafa, 236
Hussein, Qusay, 45; Bush’s ultimatum to, 38–39; cruelty of, 238–40; death of, 240–42; search for, 160, 173, 176, 181, 236–38
Hussein, Saddam, xxiv, liii, 11, 21, 40; biological weapons of, 16; Bush’s ultimatum to, 38–39, 40, 42–44; career of, xxv–xxvi; chemical weapons and, 42; death of, 242; fedayeen of, 5; intelligence on, 46; Iraq’s history and, xxv–xlix; Kurds and, xxvii–xxix; Kuwait and, xxxv–xl, 55; messages from, 161; An Nasiriyah uprising and, 77; palaces of, 160, 179–80, 196, 223–25; Persian Gulf War and, 11; search for, 160, 173, 176; statue of, 5, 178–79; WMD and, xxxiii–xxxiv, xlv–xlviii, 34, 43, 168–69
Hussein, Uday, 47, 223; Bush’s ultimatum to, 38–39; cruelty of, 238–40; death of, 240–42; search for, 160, 173, 176, 181, 236–38
HVTs. See high-value targets
Ilah, Abdul al, xxii–xxiv
I-MEF. See 1st Marine Expeditionary Force
The Independent (London), 251
Indian Ocean, 22
Institute for Public Advocacy, 250
InterContinental, 10
Iran, xxiii, xxvii, xliv, xlviii, 46, 78
Iran-Iraq War, xxix–xxxiv, 50
Iraq: ancient history of, xv–xxv; as axis of evil, xlviii; British occupation of, xx–xxiii; Iran-Iraq War and, xxix–xxxiv; modern history of, xxv–xxxv; no-fly zones over, 3; Persian Gulf War and, xxxv–xlix; religion in, xvi, xvii, xviii–xix; Saddam and history of, xxv–xlix
Iraqi Liberation Act, xlvii
Iraqi National Congress, 46
Iraq Oil Company, xxviii
Ireland, 55
Irish Mafia, 136
Iskendurun, Turkey, 216, 218
Islam, xvii, xviii–xix
Israel, xxxvi, liv, 44
Jackson, Larry “Pepper,” lii, liii, 220, 221–23, 225–26
Jalibah, 68, 72–73
James, Mal, 27, 147
Japan, 249
Jenkins, Griff: with 4th Infantry Division, 214; assignment of, 27; in Baghdad, 183, 194; broadcast gear and, 70–71, 76; entrance into Baghdad and, 172, 180; entrance into Kuwait of, 9, 11, 12–13; gas masks and, 48; helicopter crash and, 59–62; initial assault and, 54, 55; in Kuwait, 20, 22, 29; march to Baghdad and, 162–63; return home of, lii; war preparations and, 31–32, 33
Jenkins, Kathleen, 60
Jenkins, Madeline, 60
Jihad TV. See Al Jazeera
Jihaz Haneen, xxvi
Johnson, Michael Vann, Jr., 101
Jonah, 173
Jordan, xx, xxxiii, 78, 86, 228
Kamil, Hussein, xlv
Kandahar, Afghanistan, xlvii
Karbala, Iraq, xxi
Karbala Gap, Iraq, 130, 147, 203
KDP. See Kurdistan Democratic Party
Kelly, Greg, 27, 71, 72, 130, 143, 147, 161
Kelly, John, 110–14, 198, 223
Kendall, Nathan, 57, 93, 150, 153, 185–86, 188
Kennedy, Brian Matthew, 60, 63
Kennedy, Ted, 256
Kerry, John, 254–55
Khalj al Kuwayt, 11
Khan Bani Saad Air Base, 163
Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah, xxx–xxxii, xxxiv, xli
Klinghoffer, Leon, 208
Knoblock, Brian, li, 32
Kolb, Tim, 98, 165
Koppell, Ted, 245
Korea, lv
Kosovo, 55
Kucinich, Dennis, 255
Kufa, Iraq, xviii
Ku Klux Klan, 2
Kurdistan, xxvii
Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), xxviii
Kurds, xxvii–xxix, 73, 236
Kuwait, xx, 8, 41, 79; Ali Al Salem Air Base in, 26–28, 29–32, 33–37; embedded reporting in, 7–17; entrance into Iraq through, liii; HMM-268 in, 33–50, 51–68; I-MEF in, 20; media entrance into, 7–8; missile attacks in, 11–12; Saddam’s invasion of, xxxv–xl; Saddam and, 55; Tactical Assembly Areas in, 19–26
Kuwait City, Kuwait, 9, 14–17, 22, 58
Laemmle, Frank, 61
Lange, Jessica, 251<
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Lawrence, T. E., xx, xxi
League of Nations, xx, xxii
Lebanon, xx, liv, 78, 86
Lee, Robert E., 149
Lenin, Vladimir, xxvii
Leventhal, Rick, 27, 54, 71, 72, 130, 175, 201
Lewinsky, Monica, xlvi
Libya, xxxiii
Lieberman, Joe, 255
Lynch, Jessica, liv, 83, 237; rescue of, 130–34
Ma’amir, 55
MacArthur, Douglas, 249
MacArthur, John, 5
Macedonians, xvii
MacInerney, Tom, 85
MAG-39. See Marine Air Group 39
Majid, Ali Hassan al-, xxxiii
Marduk, xvi
Marine Air Group (MAG) 39, 26
Marine Corps: capability of, 39–41; compassion shown by, 105–9; mission focus of, 24–25; women in, liv
Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 268 (Red Dragons): cas-evac missions and, 40–42, 65–67, 91–101, 148–57, 183–89; deployment of, 30–31; in Kuwait, 26–32, 33–50, 51–68; near Ur, Iraq, 69–83; at RCT-5, 69–83; supply delivery by, 80–81
Maritime Prepositioning Ships (MPS), 22
Marriott Hotel, Kuwait City, 9, 10
Marshall Plan, 249
Matthews, Chris, 246
Mattis, James: Baghdad attack and, 83–84; entrance into Baghdad and, 178; march on Baghdad and, 145–47; march to Baghdad and, 138, 161, 169–70; Safwan Hill and, 52
McCaffrey, Barry, 85, 246
McCoy, Brian, 170–71, 177
“Meal, Ready-to-Eat” combat rations (MRE), 23, 50
Mecca, xvii
Medes, xvi
media: coverage of war by, 243–49; criticism of Bush by, 1–4; military distrust of, 8–9; partisanship of, 2, 4; in Vietnam, 8–9
Mesopotamia, xvii, xix
Michener, James, 165
military: attitude toward media of, 8–9, 13–14; living conditions of, 22, 23, 121–23; medical care for, 39–41, 73; preparedness of, 39–41; quality of, liii–lvii, 4–5
Milius, USS, 46
Ministry of Defense, Iraqi, 7
Ministry of Information, Iraqi, 7–8, 9, 10, 11
Miramax, 251
Mireles, Joe, 66
MOASS, 87
Monroe, Marilyn, 250
Montpelier, USS, 46
Moore, Michael, 251
Moorehead, Corporal, 149
Moreno, Corporal, 183
Morris, Jason, 204, 205–7
Morrow, Edward R., 244
Moseley Braun, Carol, 255–56
Mosul, Iraq, 104, 210, 230, 235
MPS. See Maritime Prepositioning Ships
MRE. See “Meal, Ready-to-Eat” combat rations
Mubarak, Hosni, 44, 208
Muhammad, xviii
Mukhabarat, xxvi, xxvii, xliv
Mundy, Sam, 139, 142, 153, 167, 210, 218; attack on Tikrit and, 202, 204, 205; march to Baghdad and, 158–59, 162
Najaf, Iraq, xxi, 104, 116
Nasser, Gamal Abdul, xxiii, xxvi
National Geographic, 123
Natonski, Rick, 84
Nayif, Abd al-Razzaq al-, xxvi
NBC, 14, 123
Nebuchadnezzar, xvi, xvii
Neiman, John, 29
Newsome, Doctor, 142
Newton, Wayne, 250
New York, li, liii, 32, 36, 84, 110, 158
New Yorker, 247
New York Times, 6, 120–21, 246, 247
Nidal, Abu, xlvii
no-fly zones, 3
Normandy, 217, 220
North, Oliver: aliases of, 8; entry into Kuwait of, 7–17; return home of, li–lii, 231–33
North Africa, 44, 220
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), xxxiii, liii, 104, 151
North Carolina, 72
O’Brien, Cyril, 244
O’Leary, Jeremiah, 244
O’Neill, Mike, 128, 139, 154
Oehle, Mike, 136–37, 151
Oil-for-Food Program, xliii, xlvi, 197, 236, 252–53
oil infrastructure: destruction of, 54; protection of, liii, 67–68, 72, 220
101st Airborne Division, 237–38
173rd Airborne Brigade, 173
OPEC. See Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Operation Desert Fox, xlvi
Operation Desert Storm. See Persian Gulf War
Operation Enduring Freedom, 2–3, 8, 257
Operation Iraqi Freedom: aftermath of, 235–42; Army convoy ambush in, 77–79; beginning of, 40, 45–47, 48–49, 53–60; Britain and, 38, 43; casualties of, 47, 50, 62, 68; delay of, 20, 25–26; diplomacy and, 34, 38; “experts” reporting on, 39, 74, 85; friendly-fire incidents in, 79–80; helicopter crash and, 58–63; Hollywood and, 20, 243, 249–51; intelligence and, 254–55; Iraqi reporting of, 74–75, 81, 160–61; media coverage of, 243–49; operational pause during, 115–19; opposition to, 44–45; palace raids and, 179–90; planning for, liii, 117; rules of engagement for, 33, 174; UN and, 38, 251–53; weather and, 29, 31–32, 33, 57–58, 87–101, 213
Operation Provide Comfort, xlii
Operation Southern Watch, 3
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), xxviii
Orozco, Osbaldo, 230
Ottoman Empire, xx
Pacatte, Bill, 93
Padilla, Fred, 181, 181–83, 188
Pahlavi, Muhammad Reza, xxx–xxxi
Pakistan, xxiii
Palestine, xx
Palestine Hotel, 160, 175–78
Palestine Liberation Front (PLF), 208, 209
Parthians, xvii
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), 237
Patton, George, 217
Penn, Sean, 250
Pennington, Dennis, 211; cas-evac missions and, 99, 140–42, 150–56; helicopter crash and, 60, 61; initial assault and, 55–58; war preparations and, 33–34
Pentagon, xlvii, 27, 46, 211; planning by, liii; second-guessing of, 117; Turkey and Operation Iraqi Freedom and, liii
Pequeno, Robert, 201
Persia, xvii, xix
Persian Gulf, 10
Persian Gulf War, 22, 25, 40, 53, 55; Hussein and, 11; Iraq’s history and, xxxv–xlix
Persians, xvi
Petraeus, David, 237
Philippines, 23
Phrogs. See CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters
Piestewa, Lori, 131–32
PLF. See Palestine Liberation Front
Poniewozik, James, 5
Portsmouth, Treaty of, xxiii
Portugal, 34
Powell, Colin, liii, 21
POWs. See prisoners of war
press. See media
Presto, Don, 184, 186, 190, 194
prisoners of war (POWs): 51st Mechanized Division and, 67; rescue of, 203; treatment of, 81–83
PUK. See Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
Pyle, Ernie, 244
Qadisiyah, Iraq, xvii
Qal’ at Sukkar, Iraq, administrative flight to, 110–15
Qasim, Abd al-Karim, xxiv, xxv
Qasim Muhammad, Abu al-, xvii
Qatar, 46, 67, 130, 233
Ramstein, Germany, 193
RCC. See Revolutionary Command Council
RCT-1. See 1st Marine Division Regimental Combat Team
RCT-5. See 5th Marine Division Regimental Combat Team
RCT-7. See 7th Marine Division Regimental Combat Team
Reagan, Ronald, xxxv, 208, 209–10
Red Dragons. See Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 268
Redford, Robert, 250
Republican Guard: 51st Mechanized Division of, 55; Al Nida division of, 141, 150; Baghdad division of, 158; Medina division of, 71, 103–4, 147; victory over, 5
Revolutionary Command Council (RCC), xxvi, xxviii–xxx
Ripper, TAA, 19
Roberts, Julia, 250
Roen, Dave, 115
Romans, xvii
Rooney, Mickey, 165, 249
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 258
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p; Route 1, 70, 72, 73, 83, 127
Route 7, 84, 103
Route 8, 70, 72
Route 27, 127–28
Royal Marines, British, 40, 49–50; initial assault and, 54, 55
rules of engagement, 33, 174
Rumaylah oil fields, 54, 68
Russia, xix, xxii, 34, 38
Saddam Canal, 77, 129, 135
Saddam City, Iraq, 167–68
Saddam International Airport, 143, 147–48, 161, 175
Safwan Cease Fire Agreement, xliii
Safwan Hill, Iraq, 51–52, 54, 57, 67–68
Sahhaf, Saeed al-, 74, 161
Saipan, USS, 66, 67
Salman Pak, Iraq, 154–57
Samarra, Iraq, 203, 206, 210, 219
San Diego, Cali., 2, 30
sandstorms, 29, 31–32, 33, 57–58, 87–101
San Francisco, Cali., 21
Sapio, Phillip, 31
Sarah, xiv, xvi
Sassanids, xvii
Sather, Ryan, 94, 95
Saudi Arabia, xvii, xx, xxi, 78, 86
Schroeder, Gerhard, 43, 252
Schwarzkopf, H. Norman, xxxvi, xl, xli
Scientific American, 16
Seabees, 28, 77, 84
Second Iraq War. See Operation Iraqi Freedom
Secret Service, 2
Seleucids, xvii
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, 254, 255
September 11, xlvii–xlviii, 2, 30, 75, 251
7th Armored Division, British, 67, 72
7th Marine Division Regimental Combat Team (RCT-7), 54, 67, 72, 73, 126–27, 161
7th Marine Regiment, 20, 28, 51, 64, 67, 170, 177
Seymour, Ian, 63
shamal. See sandstorms
sharqi. See sandstorms
Shatt al Arab waterway, 103
Sheen, Martin, 251
Sheraton, Kuwait, 10
Shi’ites, xxvii, 73
Sidqi, Bakr, xxii
Sinise, Gary, 250
16th Air Assault Brigade, British, 72
smallpox, 15, 16–17
Smith, Ray, 111–14, 118
Snow, Tony, 76, 233
Somalia, 246
Spain, 34, 38
Spencer, Rich, 56, 61
St. John, Jill, 250
Stalin, Joseph, xxii, xxvii, xxviii
Stark, USS, xxxiii
State Department, liii, 46
Steiner, Carl, 208–9
Stevens, Connie, 250
Stewart, Jimmy, 249
Stone, Oliver, 251
Stratford, Mark, 63
Streisand, Barbra, 251
Strike Brigade, 237
Stroehman, Lieutenant Colonel, 96–98, 99, 101
suicide attacks, 105
Sunnis, 236
Sykes-Picot Agreement, xx
Syria, xx, xxvii, xliv, 78, 86
Tactical Operations Center (TOC), 4th Infantry Division, lii
“Tailwind” story, 9, 123
Talabani, Jalal, 237
Taliban, xlvii
Tallil Air Base, 78, 97
