Dirty Wars (141 page)

Khosroof, Muhsin,
211

Kibbe, Jennifer,
99

Kidnapping operations.
See
Kill/capture operations

Kill list doctrine,
332
–334

Kill lists,
14
,
117
,
325
–326,
351
–352.
See also
Assassination operations; High value targets; Hit lists

“Kill TV,”
303

Kill/capture operations,
24
–25,
27
,
95
,
98
,
107
,
113
–114

and CIA, and Somali warlord program,
118
–121,
124
,
127
–129,
191
–195

and Disposition Matrix,
514

and intelligence technology,
105

and JSOC, in Iraq,
113
–114

and Obama,
245
–246

in Pakistan,
406
–408,
410
,
411
See also
Assassination operations; High value targets

Kilwi, Muhammad al-,
311

Kimball, Sam,
211

King, Martin Luther, Jr.,
301
–302

King, Peter,
502
–503,
510

Kirby, John,
410

Klaidman, Daniel,
312
–313,
371
–372,
454

Kleinman, Steven,
87
,
153
–154

Koh, Harold,
303
,
353
,
371
–372

Kohlmann, Evan,
240
–241

Koran,
34
,
38
,
68
,
132
,
135
,
136
,
188
,
197
,
232
,
290
,
291
,
479

Krongard, A. B. “Buzzy,”
18
,
27

Kucinich, Dennis,
367
–368,
503
–504

Kuwaiti, Abu Ahmed al-,
435

Kuwaiti, Mariam al-,
446

Lackawanna Six,
76

Lang, Walter Patrick,
54
,
97
,
101
,
258
,
282

and AQAP, in Yemen,
259

and AQAP, threat posed by,
468

and Awlaki, Anwar,
325

and dark operations,
49
–50

and Davis incident,
416

and Global War on Terror,
468

and Petraeus,
498

and Rumsfeld and Cheney, innovation risks of,
175

and Saleh, Ali Abdullah,
61
,
65
,
280
–281,
387

Laos,
9

“Lawfulness of a Lethal Operation Directed Against a U.S. Citizen” (US Department of Justice),
514
–515

Leaders.
See
Neoconservative leaders; Terrorist leaders Lee, Barbara,
19
–20

Leiter, Michael,
281
,
401
–402

Lethal authority,
5
–7,
20

and Al Qaeda,
5
,
18
,
22
–23

and bin Laden,
20
–21,
22
–23
See also
Assassination ban; Assassination operations; Drone strikes

Lethal Findings,
21

Lethal force

against bin Laden,
126

and
Maersk Alabama,
hijacking of,
274
–276

Levey, Stuart,
369

Levin, Carl,
83
,
459

Libby, Lewis “Scooter”

and Bremer,
110

and Cheney, defense plan of,
7
–8

and Iraq and 9/11-Saddam and al Qaeda connection,
81
,
82

and Iraqi WMDs,
15

Liberia,
139
,
198

Libi, Abu Layth al-,
289
,
290

Libi, Ibn al-Shaykh al-,
28
–29

Lieberman, Joseph,
286
,
321

Lindh, John Walker,
28

Little, George,
425
,
426

Lobe, Jim,
8

Lone, Salim,
194

Long, William,
260

Long-range facial recognition program,
173

The Looming Tower
(Wright),
63

Luitingh, Lafras,
484
,
485

Lumumba, Patrice,
5

Lute, Douglas,
216

Luther, Philip,
312

Luti, William,
82
–83

Maass, Peter,
165

Macay, Phyllis,
482
–483

Macgregor, Douglas,
100
–101,
109
–110

MacMahon, Edward,
71
,
72
,
73
,
74

Madobe.
See
Islam, Sheikh Ahmed “Madobe”Mohammed

Maersk Alabama,
hijacking of,
273
–276

and Phillips as hostage,
274
–276

Mahmud, Shaykh (aka Rahman, Atiya Abdul),
381

Majalah massacre,
303
–313,
323
,
358

and bin Fareed,
304
–306

and bin Fareed, rally of,
309
–311

and JSOC,
307
–309

and Shaye, Abdulelah Haider,
307

US responsibility for,
311
–313

Majalah massacre rally,
309
–311

al Qaeda hijacking of,
311

Mal, Sayid Mohammed,
342

Maldonado, Daniel,
270
–271,
289

Malik, Johari Abdul,
38
,
46
–47,
374

Mana'a, Faris,
212
–213

Mangal, Abdul Rahman,
340

Mansur, Ahmad,
131

Marcinko, Richard,
50
–51,
115
–116

imprisonment of,
116

Marib Province

al Qaeda attacks in,
230
–231

US drone strike in,
65
–66,
75
,
230
–231

Martin, David,
207

Marxist Red Brigades,
51

Matchbox.
See
Copper Green

Mattis, James,
427
,
464

Mayer, Jane,
146

Mazzetti, Mark,
282

McArthur
(Blackwater antipiracy ship),
483

McCain, John,
107
,
161
,
237
–238,
459
,
469
,
503
,
515
,
516

and Awlaki, Anwar, targeted killing of,
503

and McRaven,
469

and Obama,
245
–246,
256

McCaul, Michael,
502

McChrystal, Herbert,
109

McChrystal, Stanley,
101
–110,
237
,
284

and Afghanistan, house raids in,
330

and Afghanistan, surge in,
328
–329

and Balad Air Base, Iraq, interrogation and torture at,
161
,
162

and bin Laden, hunt for,
166

and Camp NAMA,
148
,
151
,
156

and CFR fellowship paper,
104

and CFR military fellowship,
103
–104

and CJTF, interrogation and torture,
104
–105

and CJTF
180
, and al Qaeda, fight against, in Afghanistan,
104
–105,
106

as commander of International Security Assistance Force,
329

as commander of
3
rd Battalion
75
th Regiment and Rangers,
102
–103,
108

as commander of US Special Operations Forces, in Afghanistan,
329
,
342

and congressional briefings,
106
–107

and conventional military in Iraq, relationship with,
142

and Counterinsurgency doctrine, and JSOC, undermining of,
329
–331

and counterterrorism policy, expansion of,
261

and detainee operations, and JSOC, role in,
151

as director of the Joint Staff,
328

education and military career of,
102
–107,
109
–110

and F
³
EA: Find, Fix, Finish, Exploit, and Analyze,
145

and Gardez raid/massacre,
343

and Gulf War,
102

and insurgents, targeting of,
145
–146

and Iraq insurgency,
113
,
166

and Iraq insurgency, and AQI,
143
–144

and JSOC, and kill/capture operations,
113
–114

and JSOC, in Iraq,
105
–107,
113
–115

and JSOC, reorganization of,
108
,
110

and JSOC, transformation of,
259

as JSOC commander, in Iraq,
113

and JSOC night raids, in Afghanistan,
331

and night raids, in Afghanistan,
347
–348

and Obama administration,
258

and Pakistan,
168
,
216

and Pakistan, HVTs in,
176

and Ranger training regime, revolutionizing and modernizing technology of,
102

resignation and retirement of,
348
–349

and Saddam Hussein, capture of,
141

in Somalia,
201

and Special Operations Forces, in Iraq War,
107

and Taliban, support for,
331

and unified task force in Afghanistan and Iraq,
138

as vice director of operations for the Joint Staff,
106

and war against Islam,
110

and warrior scholar myth,
107
–109

and Zarqawi, hunt for,
113
,
166

and Zawahiri, hunt for,
175

McConnell, Mike,
250
,
251
,
256

McCormack, Sean,
193
–194

McDonough, Dennis,
440

McGovern, Ray,
9

McKeeby, David,
409

McMahon, Colleen,
517
–518

McRaven, Nan,
115

McRaven, William,
330

and Afghanistan, surge in,
328
–329

and al Qaeda HVTs, strikes against,
236

and assassination policy,
352

and bin Laden, hunt for,
166

and bin Laden at Abbottabad compound,
420
,
436
–437,
439
–441,
442
,
443
,
445
–446,
449
,
452

as commander of JSOC,
250
,
344

as commander of SOCOM,
513

and counterterrorism policy, expansion of,
261

education and military career of,
115
–117

and Gardez raid/massacre, apology for,
344
–346

as head of SOCOM,
469

and
Maersk Alabama,
hijacking of,
276

and Obama,
276
,
297

and Pakistan,
217

and Petraeus,
498

and Saddam Hussein, capture of,
140
–141

and Saddam Hussein, hunt for,
140

and Saleh, Ali Abdullah, meeting between,
284

and targeted killings/drone strikes,
303
,
307
–308 (
see also
Majalah massacre)

and unified task force in Afghanistan and Iraq,
138

Meet the Press,
20

Mehsud, Baitullah, assassination of,
251

Meleagrou-Hitchens, Alexander,
134
,
137

Menkhaus, Ken,
123
,
476

Mercenary companies,
177
–178.
See also
Blackwater; Private military contractors

Mesopotamia, al Qaeda in,
113

Meyers, Seth,
441

Mihdhar, Khalid al-,
37
,
40

Militant organizations.
See
Al Qaeda; Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula; Al Shabab; Islamic Courts Union

Military, US, reorganization of,
12
–13

Military and intelligence law, and gray areas,
91
–94

Military bureaucracy

circumvention of,
93

privatization of,
12

Military commanders, circumvention of,
93

Military dominance,
8

Military Liaison Elements (MLE), as cover for JSOC,
170
–171

Miller, Geoffrey,
148
,
155

“Mission Accomplished” speech (Bush, George W.),
111

Mladic, Ratko,
52

MLE.
See
Military Liaison Elements

Mobility
6
,
50

Mogadishu, Battle of,
125

Mogadishu, Somalia,
55
–56,
120
,
194
,
225

Al Shabab in,
277

al Shabab strike in,
491
–492

and CIA, and warlord program, defeat of,
201
–203

private security companies in,
485
–486

Mohamed, Abdinasir,
300

Mohammad, Fashad,
157

Mohammad, Maulana Noor,
177

Mohammed, Abdullah Fazul,
223
,
272
,
294
,
297
,
487
–488

and al Qaeda,
198
–200