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by D Liam O'Huallachain


  France, disinformation campaign against, 624–626

  Frankfurt School, American military education and, 209–211, 215, 220

  Franks, Martin, 592

  Franks, Tommy, 240, 250, 615, 629

  Frederick, Ivan, 528

  FreeArabVoice.org (website), 727n.3, 776

  Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Abu Ghraib prison scandal investigation and, 516–517

  “Freedom Task Force,” 833

  Freeman magazine, 176

  FreeRepublic.com (website), 587–588

  Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), 394

  French Revolution, 65–66

  Freud, Sigmund, military education and, 211

  Friedman, Thomas, 276, 464

  Friendly fire incidents in Iraq war, 626–627

  Frist, Bill, 156

  Fromm, Erich, 211

  Frontline television show, 250

  Frum, David, 74, 112, 171, 175–176, 179

  Fulford, Carlton Jr., 494

  Fuller, Craig, 833

  Fuller, J. F. C., 219

  Gaffney, Frank Jr., 86, 102, 111, 257

  Gaghan, Fred, 728

  Galloway, George, 633–634

  Gandhi, Mahatma, 139, 165

  Gardiner, Sam, 604–642

  Garen, Jeffrey, 9

  Garment, Leonard, 262–263

  Garner, Jay, 200, 272

  Garofalo, Janeane, 592

  Garrett, Garet, 117

  Gasser, Hans-Peter, 438n.1

  Gates, Robert, 285–287, 289

  Gearty, Conor, 317

  Gelb, Leslie, 577, 646

  Geler, Michael, 592

  Geneva Conventions: Abu Ghraib prison scandal and, 515–517; Article 5 of, 480–482, 487–489; Bush violations of, 303–304; civilian detentions and, 435–438, 447; electoral politics in, 762; Gonzales' disregard of, 554–561; Guantánamo detentions as violation of, 378–380, 454, 457–463, 480–482; Gulf War I violations of, 826–829; hostage-taking by U.S. soldiers in Iraq and, 508; identification of territory in, 429–430; international humanitarian law and, 422–423, 428–429; interrogation principles in, 438–439, 486–487; journalists' restrictions in, 600; POW and civilian internee classifications of, 432–440, 432n.3; torture conventions in, 510; trial of Saddam Hussein and, 807–808

  Georges-Picot, F., 23

  Gerecht, Reuel Marc, 260–261

  Germany: military culture in, 211–214; terrorists' trials in, 699; war crimes charges against U.S. in, 547–549

  Gershwin, Larry, 286

  Gerson, Mark, 83

  Gery, Mark, 646, 760–795

  Geyer, Georgie Anne, 103–104, 736

  Ghadhban, Thamer al-, 754–755

  Ghost Wars, 575, 581

  Gingrich, Newt, 89, 258, 262

  Ginsburg, Benjamin, 82

  Gitlin, Todd, 592

  Glanz, James, 754–755

  Glaspie, April, 831

  Glennon, Michael, 58

  Glick, Jeremy, 585–588

  Global hegemony ideology, 181–184, 389–397

  God and Man at Yale, 178

  Goldberg, Jonah, 62, 120–122

  Golden, Tim, 518, 525, 532, 540n.4

  Golding, Shmuel, 163–164, 166

  Goldstone, Richard, 53, 56

  Goldwater, Barry, 115

  Gonzales, Alberto, 303–304, 379, 420; Guantánamo investigation and, 510n.2, 513–514; Hutson's testimony against, 553–561; prisoner abuse investigations and, 523–524, 546

  Gonzales, Henry B., 375, 823–824

  Good-Bye, Good Men, 177–179

  Goodman, Amy, 186

  Goodman, Mel, 289

  Goodrich, Tim, 223, 225–231

  Goran, Khasro, 748

  Gordon, Joy, 4n.1

  Gore, Al: Bush debates with, 92; Iraqi policy and, 8, 16

  Goss, Porter, 285, 301

  Gott, Richard, 15

  Gottfried, Paul, 82, 112

  “Governing Council of Iraq,” creation of, 14

  Government Executive magazine, 200

  Gowan, Peter, 13

  Graham, Bob, 267, 294

  Graham, Bradley, 582–583

  Graham, Franklin, 142n.1

  Graham, Lindsey, 604

  Graham, Patrick, 708, 719n.1

  Gramsci, Antonio, 212, 215

  Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and its Geostrategic

  Imperatives, 107–108

  Graner, Charles, 528, 536, 543–544

  Grant, Jerry, 591

  Gray, Robert K., 833–834

  Great Britain: civilian detainees from, 479–480; euro-dollar conflict and, 410–411; history of Iraq policy of, 19–26; Iraqi electoral politics and, 764–765; Iraq war and, 367–371; Kosovo war and, 55; military recruiting and equipment losses in, 741; Northern Ireland conflict with, 432n.1; perception of neoconservatives in, 110; strategic influence campaign by, 606–642; war crimes investigations in, 546; yellowcake uranium controversy and, 496

  Greco-Roman culture: American hegemony ideology based on, 387–397; just-war theory and, 127

  Green, Joyce Hens, 442, 469–482, 486

  Green, Stanley E., 526–529

  Greenberg, Stan, 6

  Greenpeace, 336, 339–340

  Gregory VII (Pope), 668

  Gregson, Wallace C., 569

  Grotius, Hugo, 127

  Guantánamo and Beyond, 525

  Guantánamo detainees: Amnesty International report on, 464–482; Army Regulation 190–8 and, 509; “Article 5” hearings concerning, 480–482, 487–489; Church report concerning, 515–517; Combatant Status Review Tribunals and, 466–472, 474–489; documentary evidence concerning, 510–513; establishment of prison for, 453–459; extra-judicial detention status of, 436–438; interrogation techniques used on, 518–519, 533–536, 550–552; investigations into abuse of, 519–529; legal issues involving, 378–380, 442–463; overcrowding of, 445n.1; Supreme Court rulings on, 444–445, 460–463, 460n.1, 477–482, 549–550

  Guardian, The, 357, 584, 696, 700–701, 708

  Guerrilla warfare, by Iraqi resistance, 688–713, 725–734

  Gulf War (1991), 3–4. See also Iraq war (2003-?); bombing raids after, 5–6, 826–827; detention policies during, 446–447; gas attacks in, 828–829; international law and war crimes issues in, 547–548, 820–829; Iraqi infrastructure affected by, 3–4; legal issues surrounding, 374–375; marketing campaign for, 830–839; media coverage during, 584, 593, 597, 600; nuclear weapons and, 341; veterans' illnesses from, 286

  Guryal, Sabah, 720n.1

  GWOT. See War on terror Habeas Corpus Act of 1863, 448n.2

  Habeas corpus principle: Guantánamo detention center and, 443–463, 468–482; next-friend relief and, 444n.1; trial of Saddam Hussein and, 799–807; wartime suspension of, 452–453

  Habib, Mamdouh, 486

  Hadley, Stephen, 251

  Hague Convention: electoral politics and, 762; Gulf War I violations of, 826–829

  Hakim, al-, 646, 773, 787–788

  Halabja massacre, 328–331, 758n.2

  Hall, Mary, 531n.1

  Halliburton: defense contracts with, xx-xxi, 203–204; euro-dollar conflicts and, 400; insurance coverage for, 189, 191; Iraq reconstruction contracts of, 653; profiteering in Iraq by, 187, 192–193, 195

  Hallin, Daniel, 599

  Halper, Stefan, 93, 105–106

  Hamdan, Salim Ahmed, 372, 472n.2, 477n.1, 480–482

  Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, 372, 379–380, 480–482, 488n.1

  Hamdi, Yasser, 461, 467

  Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, 461–463, 467, 477

  Hamdoon, Nizar, xiv Hamza, Khadir, 266–267, 619

  Hannah, John, 94, 266, 500

  Hannity, Sean, 178

  Hanssen, Robert, 491–492

  Hardball television show, 590

  Hardcastle, Bruce, 263, 265

  Harkabi, Yehoshafat, 85–86

  Harman, Sabrina, 528

  Harris, Arthur, 25

  Harris Corporation, 188–189
r />   Harrison, Chris, 225–231

  Harvey, Francis, 737n.2

  Hashemi, Khaled al-, 632

  Hassan, Crown Prince of Jordan, 24

  Hatch, Orrin, 498

  Hayes, Jimmy, 832–833

  Haynes, William, 510n.2, 517

  Hekmatyar, Gulbuddin, 582

  Helgerson, John, 287–288

  Henly, James, 739

  Henry, Ed, 504

  Heraud, Corrine, 273–274

  Herman, Edward S., 765

  Herrington, Stuart A., 542–543

  Hersh, Seymour, 122; Abu Ghraib scandal and, 527, 535–536, 544–545; on Iraqi resistance fighters, 713–715, 717–718; on Pentagon misuse of intelligence, 283–285; Salman Pak training facility allegations and, 618–619; on Special Access Program, 536–543

  Herzl, Theodor, 138

  Herzog, Chaim, 86

  Hess, Moses, 138

  Hezbollah, 102

  Hibbs, Thomas, 176

  Hickson, Robert, 208–220

  High Contracting Party, Geneva Conventions concerning, 429–430

  Hill, Paul, 326

  Hill & Knowlton public relations firm, 600–601, 833–839

  Hirabayashi, Gordon, 449

  Hiro, Dilip, 745

  Hitchens, Christopher, 91

  Hoar, Joseph, 242, 513–514

  Hodge, Jerry, 517–519

  Hoekstra, Peter, 287–288

  Hoffman, Bruce, 326–327, 723

  Hoffman, Mike, 223

  Hogan, Thomas F., 500

  Holbrooke, Richard C., 77–78

  Hollings, Ernest “Fritz,” 139–141

  Holmes, Greg, 624

  Holt, Lester, 598

  Holtzman, Liz, 508, 546

  Homeland Security Department (U.S.), Weapons of Mass Destruction Information Center in, 344

  Homosexuality, conservative assault on, 177–178

  Hook, Sidney, 115, 214

  Hoon, Geoff, 2, 628

  Horkheimer, Max, 210

  Horton, Scott, 510n.1, 527, 533–534, 543–545, 547–549

  Hoskins, R. Taylor, 190

  Houston Chronicle, 357

  Hughes, Karen, 636

  Humanitarian rights: armed-conflict legal principle and, 421–441; critics of, 425; Hussein trial as violation of, 815; identification of conflict and, 430; identification of parties in, 427–429; identification of territory in, 429–430; international and non-in-ternational armed conflict and, 422–423; media coverage of, 580–581; prisoner abuse scandal and, 47, 336, 464, 522, 548–549; U.S. killings in Yemen and, 429–430, 432–434; wartime restrictions on, 423–424

  Human rights: Iraqi violations of, 367–368

  Human Rights First, 464, 522, 548–549

  Human Rights Watch, 47, 336, 522, 815

  Hunt, E. Howard, 176

  Huntington, Samuel, 210, 213

  Hussein, Qusay, 678–679

  Hussein, Saddam: alleged al-Qaeda links to, 202, 259–262, 280–281, 310–327, 493, 661; alleged bin Laden links to, xx-xxii, 108–109, 310–327; Aziz and, 675–682; Bush administration obsession with, 90, 201, 251–275, 280, 311, 670–672; chemical weap-ons use by, 324–327; coup attempts against, 6, 8–11, 254–257; “End Game” scenario in Iraq and, 255; flight to Libya story and, 632; illegal treatment of, 646; international relations ambitions of, 204; last days of regime in, 674–682; neoconservatives' view of, 34, 87–88, 102–109; nuclear capability myth concerning, 266–269; oil pricing policies of, 34, 205, 406–407; political oppression under, 666–667; resistance fighters in support of, 713–717; Rice's views on, 96–97; Russian Embassy story involving, 634; Scowcroft's views on, 107; September 11, 2001, attacks and, 111, 257–259, 261–262, 493; U.S. alliance with, 830–839; war crimes trial of, 381–382, 758n.2, 796–817; WMD buildup allegations against, xv-xviii, 251–275, 280–282, 493, 512

  Hussein, Sherif, 22, 24

  Hussein, Uday, 678

  Hutson, John D., 549, 553–561

  Ideological nationalism, 68, 688–713

  Ideology of empire, 64–65, 78. See also American hegemony ideology Idir, Mustafa Ait, 487, 518–519

  Ikle, Fred, 257–258

  Image-building strategies, for marketing Iraq war, 617–618

  Impeachment efforts against Bush, legal issues in Iraq war and, 374–375, 382

  Imperial Hubris, 693–694

  Imus, Don, 591

  Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI), 777–779

  Independent newspaper, 745, 748, 783–784

  India, U.S. relations with, 395

  Infant mortality rate in Iraq, 6, 31, 34

  Informa pauperis filing, trial of Saddam Hussein and, 806–807

  “Information-Collection Program” in pre-Iraq war period, 253–257, 259–261, 269

  “Information Operations Roadmap,” 640

  Inman, Bob, 261–262

  Inside Politics, 504

  Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies, 7, 88, 259

  Institute for Science and International Security, 267

  Insurance industry, problems in postwar Iraq for, 189–190

  Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982, 498

  Intelligence Online, 411

  Intelligence sources. See also Central Intelligence Agency (CIA): American military culture and influence of, 215–220; Bush administration manipulation of, 271–305, 605–606; compromise of, in pre-Iraq war period, 249–275; Guantánamo detainees as, 444–463; information collection methods of, 253–257; Negroponte's reform proposals for, 296–299; Plamegate and, 491–504; politicization of, 285–286

  Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, 431, 808–809

  International Action Center, 765

  International adventurism, 67

  International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): arms control regime and, 321–324; Iranian inspections by, 3443; Iraq war buildup and, 273–275, 335–336; monitoring in North Korea by, 335–336; non-proliferation treaties and, 340–343; reactor classifications of, 828–829; United Nations and, 364–371; yellowcake uranium controversy and, 497

  International Catholic-Jewish Liasion Committee, 140–141, 166

  International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, 152n.4

  International Christian Zionist Center, 152n.4

  International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC): Abu Ghraib scandal and, 544; Guantánamo detainees and, 444n.1; international humanitarian law and, 425, 431–432; POW status claims of, 436

  International Court of Justice, war crimes in Iraq and, 816

  International Criminal Court, 12, 428, 546–547

  International Criminal Tribunals, 430–431

  International Independent Commission of Inquiry, 53

  International Institute for Strategic Studies, 633

  International justice, Chomsky's discussion of, 43–44

  International law. See also Rule of Law: armed conflict and, 421–441; civilian detentions and disregard of, 481n.1; in Gulf War I, 820–829; Iraqi electoral politics and, 762–764; legality of Iraq War and, 58, 234–235; trial of Saddam Hussein and, 797–817; UN Charter and, 362–371; war on terror and, 373–382

  International Legal Resources Center, 547

  International Monetary Fund (IMF): Latin America and, 394; petro-dollar recycling and, 403

  International Religious Freedom Act, 344

  International Republican Institute (IRI), 768–770

  International Security Council, 35

  International War Crimes Tribunal, Gulf War I and, 821

  Internet. See also Websites and blogs: American military injury and death statistics on, 727n.3; popularity of, 702n.3

  Interrogation techniques: Abu Ghraib prison scandal and, 515–517; Bush documentation concerning, 510–513; at Guantánamo detention center, 446–463; investigations into, 550–552; statistics and data on, 517–519; torture as, 508

  Iqbal, Asif, 442

  Iran: Badr Brigade and, 732n.5; Defense Department goals concerning, 201, 203
; euro-dollar conflict and, 416–417; Halabja massacre and possible involvement of, 330–331; nuclear weap-ons ambitions of, 322–324; resistance fighters in, 711–712

  Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996, 343–345

  Iraq: al-Qaeda presence alleged in, 647, 661–662; Ba'athist revolution in, 665–666; British occupation of, 19–23, 647–648; Christians in, 658, 660–672, 676–682, 720; civilian detentions in, 508; civil unrest in, 787–793; civil war potential in, 791–795; corruption in, 191–192, 666–667; destruction of farmland in, 3–5; deterrence and non-proliferation treaties with, 324–325, 335; economic conditions in, 194–195, 752–755; elections in, 760–795; electoral fraud in, 774–776, 781–784; ethnic divisions in, 790–795; “Fedayeen” death squads alleged in, 616–617; free-market ideology in, 194–195; future of electoral politics in, 793–795; Halabja massacre in, 328–331; Hashemite regime in, 254; history of, 19–26, 647–648, 660–672; human rights violations in, 367–368; Israel and, 32, 649–650, 655–657; Kurdish state in, 655; Kuwait invasion by, 7, 29, 86–87, 654, 831–832; Muslims in, 660–672; “Oil-for-Food” Program and, 14, 406–407, 413–414; oil industry in, 652–653, 752–755; oil pricing policies of, 34, 195, 205, 406–407, 651–654; Pan-Arabism and, 654; partition proposal for, 646–657; police force in, 733–734; political solutions proposed for, 756–759; postwar occupation of, 200–207; privatization of economy in, 653; profiteering in, 186–195; public opinion polling in, 721n.3, 773–774; puppet government of, 649, 669–672, 787–793; ration card system in, 779–781; regional influence of, 651, 653–654; resistance movement in, 687–759; “Salvadorization” of, 708n.4, 709n.1; security costs in, 753n.4; security forces restructuring in, 788–793; sovereignty of, 19, 25, 47; Special Access Program in, 536–543; technological advancement in, 30–31; as terrorist training ground, 618–619; U.S. military bases established in, 651, 657; U.S. “private contractors” in, 737n.2; voters' rejection of U.S. occupation of, 772–774; voter turnout in elections of, 776–781; Yinon's views on, 84

  Iraq Army, resistance forces and, 693n.1, 743–752

  “Iraq Crisis Bulletin” web site, 634

  Iraq Liberation Act of 1998, 90, 93, 255–257, 344

  Iraq National Accord, 582, 767

  Iraq, 1902–1921: A Socio-Political Study, 22

  Iraq Reconstruction Management Office, 753n.4

  Iraq Resistance Report, 727n.3

  Iraq Survey Group, xv

 

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