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Howyi,
236

Hungry Tiger, Operation,
78–80

Hussein: ambulance ride to command post,
47
;

       
appearance of,
41–42
;

       
background of,
41
,
42
;

       
combat patrol,
130–33
,
140–43
;

       
decision to join IA,
42
;

       
family of,
42
;

       
insurgents, spotting of,
126
;

       
pressure washing vehicles,
68
;

       
women, conversations about,
42–43

Hussein, Saddam: Faw Palace, Al,
12
;

       
Iraqis' feelings about,
111–12
;

       
ruling strategy of,
65
,
66
,
188
;

       
throne from Arafat,
12
;

       
understanding of tribalism,
98–99

Hydr,
60

improvised explosive devices (IEDs):

       
Baghdadi, attack near,
155–57
;

       
bridge IED,
149–54
,
165–66
;

       
Camp Ali, threat near,
232
;

       
Camp Fallujah training,
23–24
;

       
Chameleons to prevent attacks,
18
,
34
,
51
,
59–60
,
232–33
;

       
command wire mother lode,
154–55
;

       
command wires, searching for,
128–29
;

       
convoy operations,
163–66
;

       
daisy-chained IED,
231
;

       
damage from,
17
,
54–55
;

       
Fallujah, attacks near,
202
;

       
ignition devices,
24–25
,
50–51
;

       
increase in attacks,
17
;

       
Iraqi method for gathering information about,
65–66
;

       
Joint IED Defeat Task Force training,
17–18
;

       
jundi
-bots,
140
; location of, intelligence about,
138–40
;

       
on Route Boardwalk,
128–29
;

       
placement of,
50
,
51
;

       
rock formation for aiming,
154
;

       
threat from,
49
,
51
;

       
triggers for,
18
;

       
types of,
49–51

Imus (interpreter),
83
,
86–87
,
184–86
,
188
,
228

infantrymen,
148

insurgents: ambush near market,

       
intelligence about,
146–47
;

       
driving style to avoid,
107–8
;

       
Dulab, attack at,
6
;

       
Egyptian,
173–76
;

       
engagement with, investigation of,
33–34
;

       
engineering company, violence against,
204–6
;

       
evacuation for medical care,
91–92
;

       
GPR test on,
134–35
;

       
Haditha convoy, attack on,
122
;

       
helicopter crash, responsibility for,
214–15
;

       
Iraqi method for managing,
65–66
;

       
pay for attacking Americans,
64
;

       
posing as U.S. Army soldiers,
205–6
;

       
relief in place operations,
121
;

       
search of home of,
164–65
;

       
sheikhs' relationship with,
114
,
238
;

       
signs of imminent attack by,
122
;

       
survival of in Triad,
46
;

       
undisciplined firepower and,
91–92
;

       
violence against Marines,
113–14
.

       
See also
improvised explosive devices (IEDs)

interpreters,
65–67
,
83

interrogation techniques,
134–40
,
236–37

Iraq: American policy in,
66–67
,
78
,
223–25
;

       
American solutions for failures in,
238–39
;

       
British help for,
223
;

       
census count,
76
;

       
civil war in,
19
,
224–25
;

       
close-talkers,
21
;

       
democratic institutions in,
78
,
238
;

       
escape from,
228–31
;

       
failures in, responsibility for,
238–39
;

       
freedom and democracy for,
223–25
;

       
hatred for Americans,
204
;

       
history of,
65–66
;

       
hoarding supplies,
78
;

       
homes of civilians,
119–20
,
133
;

       
homes of Iraqis,
119–20
,
133
;

       
hope for prosperous,
62
;

       
inflation in,
82
;

       
information gathering from civilians,
65–66
;

       
invasion of, mistakes made during,
111–13
;

       
jundi
treatment of civilians,
43
;

       
leave convoys and civilians,
55
;

       
lion analogy,
224
,
225
;

       
national rule about possession of weapons,
43–44
;

       
political bickering,
219–20
;

       
rules for approaching civilians,
43
;

       
security in,
78
;

       
success in,
218–20
;

       
suspicion about American policy,
66–67
;

       
toilet habits of Iraqis,
21
;

       
treacherous life in,
105
;

       
tribalism in,
96–99
,
109
,
196–99
;

       
violence for solving politics and

       
policy,
113–14

Iraqi and Arab culture:

       
accommodating and supportive attitude and,
22
,
86
;

       
Arab men, lecture on dealing with,
47–48
;

       
beatings,
89–91
,
92
,
99–100
;

       
changing, possibility of,
109
,
237–39
;

       
death, cultural acceptance of,
187
;

       
family, importance of,
63
;

       
God, belief in,
193–94
;

       
infinite wealth of Americans,
60
,
87
,
236
;

       
man love,
92–94
;

       
relationships, importance of,
47–48
,
161–62
;

       
string analogy,
47–48
;

       
time, meaninglessness of,
58
;

       
torture and,
134
,
135–36
,
138
;

       
training on,
21–22
,
86
;

       
tribalism,
96–99
,
109
,
196–99
;

       
wasta,
70
;

       
wife beating,
89–91
,
92

Iraqi army (IA): accountability issues,
76
;

       
begging problem,
194–96
,
236
;

       
bloodlust,
191–93
;

       
commands from Marines,
120
;

       
correcting Iraqis, avoidance of,
74–75
,
120
;

       
corruption in,
23
,
94–96
;

       
disbanding of by American forces,
61–62
,
112
;

       
Egyptian insurgents operation,
173–76
;

       
food for,
76–80
;

       
force strength,
210
,
236
;

       
Headquarters and Service Company,
83–85
;

       
hoarding supplies,
78
;

       
laziness of,
23
,
58
,
61
,
74
,
186–89
,
218–19
;

       
militias, participation in,
189–90
,
207
;

       
monarchy system,
108–9
;

       
old Iraqi army, motivation of,
188
;

       
paper records,
83–84
;

       
patrol operations, schedule for,
170–71
;

       
pride and honor service in,
115
;

       
progress of toward taking over security duties,
208–9
;

       
promotion in,
109
;

       
punishment system,
84–85
,
108
;

       
rebuilding,
62
;

       
relationship between officers and enlisted men,
85
,
107–8
;