Find, Fix, Finish (47 page)
Authors: Aki Peritz,Eric Rosenbach
62
Eric Joyce, e-mail to author, May 19, 2010.
Eric Joyce, e-mail to author, May 19, 2010.
63
Eric Joyce, interview by author, May 5, 2010.
Eric Joyce, interview by author, May 5, 2010.
64
Ibid.
Ibid.
65
Ibid.
Ibid.
66
Eric Joyce, email to author, May 19, 2010.
Eric Joyce, email to author, May 19, 2010.
67
“Terrorist Narrowly Eludes U.S. Troops.”
“Terrorist Narrowly Eludes U.S. Troops.”
68
Peter Grier and Faye Bowers, “US at Least Seizes Zarqawi’s Laptop,”
Christian Science Monitor
, April 27, 2005.
Peter Grier and Faye Bowers, “US at Least Seizes Zarqawi’s Laptop,”
Christian Science Monitor
, April 27, 2005.
69
“Terrorist Narrowly Eludes U.S. Troops.”
“Terrorist Narrowly Eludes U.S. Troops.”
70
Tom Clonan, “US Offensive Informed by Intelligence Coups,”
Irish Times
, May 11, 2005.
Tom Clonan, “US Offensive Informed by Intelligence Coups,”
Irish Times
, May 11, 2005.
71
“Official: Al-Zarqawi Caught, Released,” CNN, December 15, 2005.
“Official: Al-Zarqawi Caught, Released,” CNN, December 15, 2005.
72
“Hunting Zarqawi (The Last Word),”
Middle East
, April 1, 2005.
“Hunting Zarqawi (The Last Word),”
Middle East
, April 1, 2005.
73
“Leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq Al-Zarqawi Declares ‘Total War’ on Shi’ites, States That the Sunni Women of Tel’afar Had ‘Their Wombs Filled with the Sperm of the Crusaders,’” MEMRI, September 16, 2005.
“Leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq Al-Zarqawi Declares ‘Total War’ on Shi’ites, States That the Sunni Women of Tel’afar Had ‘Their Wombs Filled with the Sperm of the Crusaders,’” MEMRI, September 16, 2005.
74
“Leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq Al-Zarqawi.”
“Leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq Al-Zarqawi.”
75
Letter from al-Zawahiri to al-Zarqawi, ODNI News Release 2–05, October 11, 2005.
Letter from al-Zawahiri to al-Zarqawi, ODNI News Release 2–05, October 11, 2005.
76
Ibid., 42.
Ibid., 42.
77
Rick Jervis, “Al-Qaeda Claims Hotel Bombings; Jordanians Show Resolve,”
USA Today,
November 11, 2005.
Rick Jervis, “Al-Qaeda Claims Hotel Bombings; Jordanians Show Resolve,”
USA Today,
November 11, 2005.
78
“Zarqawi Gunfight Kept from US Hero’s Widow,”
Sunday Times
, June 25, 2006.
“Zarqawi Gunfight Kept from US Hero’s Widow,”
Sunday Times
, June 25, 2006.
79
“Al-Qaeda Explains Amman Bombings Threatens: ‘In a Few Days, the Infidel Leaders Will Witness an Event That Will Make [the Amman Bombings] Seem Insignificant,’” MEMRI Translation Service, December 8, 2005.
“Al-Qaeda Explains Amman Bombings Threatens: ‘In a Few Days, the Infidel Leaders Will Witness an Event That Will Make [the Amman Bombings] Seem Insignificant,’” MEMRI Translation Service, December 8, 2005.
80
Ibid.
Ibid.
81
“Inside a Manhunt: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi,”
World News Tonight,
November 21, 2005; Ellen Knickmeyer, “Officials Probing Whether Raid in Mosul Killed Zarqawi,”
Washington Post,
November 21, 2005.
“Inside a Manhunt: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi,”
World News Tonight,
November 21, 2005; Ellen Knickmeyer, “Officials Probing Whether Raid in Mosul Killed Zarqawi,”
Washington Post,
November 21, 2005.
82
Michael Howard, “Zarqawi Family Disown Him After Bombings,”
Guardian,
November 21, 2005.
Michael Howard, “Zarqawi Family Disown Him After Bombings,”
Guardian,
November 21, 2005.
83
Ibid., 44.
Ibid., 44.
84
“Iraqi FM: Al-Zarqawi Thought to Be Dead,” Associated Press, November 11, 2005.
“Iraqi FM: Al-Zarqawi Thought to Be Dead,” Associated Press, November 11, 2005.
85
Anthony Cordesman, quoted in “War in Iraq; Al-Qaeda Raid,”
ABC News,
November 20, 2005; Ellen Knickmeyer, “U.S. Raid ‘Didn’t Get’ al-Zarqawi,”
Washington Post
, November 22, 2005; Knickmeyer, “Officials Probing Whether Raid in Mosul Killed Zarqawi,”
Washington Post,
November 21, 2005.
Anthony Cordesman, quoted in “War in Iraq; Al-Qaeda Raid,”
ABC News,
November 20, 2005; Ellen Knickmeyer, “U.S. Raid ‘Didn’t Get’ al-Zarqawi,”
Washington Post
, November 22, 2005; Knickmeyer, “Officials Probing Whether Raid in Mosul Killed Zarqawi,”
Washington Post,
November 21, 2005.
86
Kim Sengupta, “Iraq Awaits Verdict of DNA Test on Zarqawi ‘Corpse,’”
Independent (London),
November 22, 2005.
Kim Sengupta, “Iraq Awaits Verdict of DNA Test on Zarqawi ‘Corpse,’”
Independent (London),
November 22, 2005.
87
Knickmeyer, “U.S. Raid ‘Didn’t Get’ al-Zarqawi.”
Knickmeyer, “U.S. Raid ‘Didn’t Get’ al-Zarqawi.”
88
Gordon and Trainor,
Cobra II
, 585.
Gordon and Trainor,
Cobra II
, 585.
89
Thomas Ricks,
The Gamble
(New York: Penguin, 2009), 55.
Thomas Ricks,
The Gamble
(New York: Penguin, 2009), 55.
90
Ibid., 37.
Ibid., 37.
91
Andy Mosher, “Baghdad Morgue Tallies 1,815 Bodies in July,”
Washington Post,
August 10, 2006.
Andy Mosher, “Baghdad Morgue Tallies 1,815 Bodies in July,”
Washington Post,
August 10, 2006.
92
Ricks,
The Gamble
, 32.
Ricks,
The Gamble
, 32.
93
Jane Arraf, “Two Iraq Al-Qaeda Leaders Killed: Did They Really Get Abu Omar al-Baghdadi?”
Christian Science Monitor
, April 19, 2010.
Jane Arraf, “Two Iraq Al-Qaeda Leaders Killed: Did They Really Get Abu Omar al-Baghdadi?”
Christian Science Monitor
, April 19, 2010.
94
Naylor, “Closing in on Zarqawi.”
Naylor, “Closing in on Zarqawi.”
95
Ibid.
Ibid.
96
Ibid.
Ibid.
97
Ibid.
Ibid.
98
Chris Cuomo and Eamon McNiff, “The Men in the Shadows: Hunting al-Zarqawi,”
ABC News,
June 9, 2006.
Chris Cuomo and Eamon McNiff, “The Men in the Shadows: Hunting al-Zarqawi,”
ABC News,
June 9, 2006.
99
Naylor, “Closing in on Zarqawi.”
Naylor, “Closing in on Zarqawi.”
100
Ibid.
Ibid.
101
Robert Kaplan, “Man Versus Afghanistan,”
Atlantic
, April 2010.
Robert Kaplan, “Man Versus Afghanistan,”
Atlantic
, April 2010.
102
Naylor, “Closing in on Zarqawi.”
Naylor, “Closing in on Zarqawi.”
103
Mark Bowden, “The Ploy,”
Atlantic,
May 2007.
Mark Bowden, “The Ploy,”
Atlantic,
May 2007.
104
Naylor, “Closing in on Zarqawi”; “Efforts to Capture Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Intensify,”
CBS Morning News
, May 3, 2006.
Naylor, “Closing in on Zarqawi”; “Efforts to Capture Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Intensify,”
CBS Morning News
, May 3, 2006.
105
“Task Force 145 Leads Hunt for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi,”
CBS News
, May 2, 2006.
“Task Force 145 Leads Hunt for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi,”
CBS News
, May 2, 2006.
106
“Special Report,”
Fox News
, May 1, 2006.
“Special Report,”
Fox News
, May 1, 2006.
107
Borzou Daragahi and Josh Meyer, “Zarqawi Attack Put Jordan Hot on His Trail,”
Los Angeles Times
, June 13, 2006.
Borzou Daragahi and Josh Meyer, “Zarqawi Attack Put Jordan Hot on His Trail,”
Los Angeles Times
, June 13, 2006.
108
“New Video by Al-Qaeda Commander in Iraq Abu Mus’ab Al-Zarqawi,” MEMRI, April 26, 2006.
“New Video by Al-Qaeda Commander in Iraq Abu Mus’ab Al-Zarqawi,” MEMRI, April 26, 2006.
109
Daragahi and Meyer, “Zarqawi Attack.”
Daragahi and Meyer, “Zarqawi Attack.”
110
Joel Roberts, “What’s Next After Zarqawi’s Death?” CBS/Associated Press, June 8, 2006; George Pascoe-Watson, “MI6 Helped Nail Zarqawi,”
The Sun
, June 9, 2006.
Joel Roberts, “What’s Next After Zarqawi’s Death?” CBS/Associated Press, June 8, 2006; George Pascoe-Watson, “MI6 Helped Nail Zarqawi,”
The Sun
, June 9, 2006.
111
Hamza Hendawi and Jim Krane, “Long, Costly Hunt Finally Ends,”
Winnipeg Free Press
, June 9, 2006.
Hamza Hendawi and Jim Krane, “Long, Costly Hunt Finally Ends,”
Winnipeg Free Press
, June 9, 2006.
112
Scott Horton, “The American Public Has a Right to Know That They Do Not Have to Choose Between Torture and Terror: Six Questions for Matthew Alexander, Author of
How to Break a Terrorist,” Harper’s
, December 18, 2008; Bowden, “The Ploy.”
Scott Horton, “The American Public Has a Right to Know That They Do Not Have to Choose Between Torture and Terror: Six Questions for Matthew Alexander, Author of
How to Break a Terrorist,” Harper’s
, December 18, 2008; Bowden, “The Ploy.”
113
Horton, “The American Public Has a Right to Know.”
Horton, “The American Public Has a Right to Know.”
114
“How Iraq’s Ghost of Death Was Cornered,”
Sunday Times
, June 11, 2006; Dexter Filkins, Mark Mazzetti, and Richard Oppel, “How Surveillance and Betrayal Led to a Hunt’s End,”
New York Times
, June 9, 2006; Bowden, “The Ploy.”
“How Iraq’s Ghost of Death Was Cornered,”
Sunday Times
, June 11, 2006; Dexter Filkins, Mark Mazzetti, and Richard Oppel, “How Surveillance and Betrayal Led to a Hunt’s End,”
New York Times
, June 9, 2006; Bowden, “The Ploy.”
115
Bowden, “The Ploy.”
Bowden, “The Ploy.”
116
“How Iraq’s Ghost of Death Was Cornered.”
“How Iraq’s Ghost of Death Was Cornered.”
117
Naylor, “Inside the Zarqawi Takedown”; “How Iraq’s Ghost of Death Was Cornered.”
Naylor, “Inside the Zarqawi Takedown”; “How Iraq’s Ghost of Death Was Cornered.”
118
Naylor, “Inside the Zarqawi Takedown.”
Naylor, “Inside the Zarqawi Takedown.”
119
Robert Granacher,
Traumatic Brain Injury: Methods for Clinical and Forensic Neuropsychiatric Assessment
(Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2004), 11–12.
Robert Granacher,
Traumatic Brain Injury: Methods for Clinical and Forensic Neuropsychiatric Assessment
(Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2004), 11–12.
120
Naylor, “Inside the Zarqawi Takedown.”
Naylor, “Inside the Zarqawi Takedown.”
121
“How Iraq’s Ghost of Death Was Cornered”; Filkins, Mazzetti, and Oppel, “Surveillance and Betrayal.”
“How Iraq’s Ghost of Death Was Cornered”; Filkins, Mazzetti, and Oppel, “Surveillance and Betrayal.”
122
Evan Thomas and Rod Nordland, “Death of a Terrorist,”
Newsweek,
June 19, 2006.
Evan Thomas and Rod Nordland, “Death of a Terrorist,”
Newsweek,
June 19, 2006.
123
David Gerlach, “How They Got Him,”
Newsweek
, June 19, 2006.
CHAPTER 7: BOJINKA REDUXDavid Gerlach, “How They Got Him,”
Newsweek
, June 19, 2006.
1
“New Al-Jazeera Videos: London Suicide Bomber ‘Before Entering Gardens of Paradise,’ and Ayman Al-Zawahiri’s Threats of More Bombings in the West,” MEMRI, September 2, 2005.
“New Al-Jazeera Videos: London Suicide Bomber ‘Before Entering Gardens of Paradise,’ and Ayman Al-Zawahiri’s Threats of More Bombings in the West,” MEMRI, September 2, 2005.
2
Terry McDermott, “The Plot: How Terrorists Hatched a Simple Plot to Use Planes As Bombs,”
Los Angeles Times,
September 1, 2002; Steve Coll,
Ghost Wars
(New York: Penguin, 2004), 274.
Terry McDermott, “The Plot: How Terrorists Hatched a Simple Plot to Use Planes As Bombs,”
Los Angeles Times,
September 1, 2002; Steve Coll,
Ghost Wars
(New York: Penguin, 2004), 274.
3
Matthew Brzezinski, “Bust and Boom,”
Washington Post,
December 30, 2001.
Matthew Brzezinski, “Bust and Boom,”
Washington Post,
December 30, 2001.
4
Christopher Wren, “Plane Bombing Is Described in Terror Trial,”
New York Times,
June 4, 1996.
Christopher Wren, “Plane Bombing Is Described in Terror Trial,”
New York Times,
June 4, 1996.
5
Ibid.
Ibid.
6
McDermott, “The Plot”; Coll,
Ghost Wars
, 274.
McDermott, “The Plot”; Coll,
Ghost Wars
, 274.
7
Philip Shenon, “Traces of Terrorism: The Warnings; FBI Knew for Years About Terror Pilot Training,”
New York Times,
May 18, 2002.
Philip Shenon, “Traces of Terrorism: The Warnings; FBI Knew for Years About Terror Pilot Training,”
New York Times,
May 18, 2002.
8
“Al-Qaeda’s Global Context,”
Frontline,
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/knew/etc/cron.html
.
“Al-Qaeda’s Global Context,”
Frontline,
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/knew/etc/cron.html
.
9
Coll,
Ghost Wars,
272.
Coll,
Ghost Wars,
272.
10
US official, interview, March 2010.
US official, interview, March 2010.
11
Pervez Musharraf,
In the Line of Fire
(New York: Free Press, 2006), 260.
Pervez Musharraf,
In the Line of Fire
(New York: Free Press, 2006), 260.
12
Duncan Campbell, “Pakistan Says al-Qaida Link to Plot Found,”
Guardian
, August 17, 2006.
Duncan Campbell, “Pakistan Says al-Qaida Link to Plot Found,”
Guardian
, August 17, 2006.
13
John Burns and Elaine Scolino, “No One Convicted of Terror Plot to Bomb Planes,”
New York Times,
September 8, 2008.
John Burns and Elaine Scolino, “No One Convicted of Terror Plot to Bomb Planes,”
New York Times,
September 8, 2008.
14
US Department of the Treasury, “Treasury Designates Individual Supporting Al Qaida, Other Terrorist Organizations,” December 19, 2006.
US Department of the Treasury, “Treasury Designates Individual Supporting Al Qaida, Other Terrorist Organizations,” December 19, 2006.
15
Cahal Milmo et al., “From Birmingham Bakery to Pakistani Prison: The Mystery of Rashid Rauf,”
Independent
, August 19, 2006; Ian Fisher and Serge Kovaleski, “In British Inquiry, a Family Caught in 2 Worlds,”
New York Times
, August 20, 2006.
Cahal Milmo et al., “From Birmingham Bakery to Pakistani Prison: The Mystery of Rashid Rauf,”
Independent
, August 19, 2006; Ian Fisher and Serge Kovaleski, “In British Inquiry, a Family Caught in 2 Worlds,”
New York Times
, August 20, 2006.
16
Question and answer session, Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, December 19, 2007.
Question and answer session, Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, December 19, 2007.
17
Asif Farooqi, Carol Grisanti, and Robert Windrem, “Sources: UK Terror Plot Suspect Forced to Talk,”
NBC News
, August 18, 2006. Farooqi also took part in the two assassination attempts on Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf in 2003.
Asif Farooqi, Carol Grisanti, and Robert Windrem, “Sources: UK Terror Plot Suspect Forced to Talk,”
NBC News
, August 18, 2006. Farooqi also took part in the two assassination attempts on Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf in 2003.
18
NEFA Foundation, “Bojinka II: The Transatlantic Liquid Bomb Plot,” April 2008,
www.nefafoundation.org
, 15.
NEFA Foundation, “Bojinka II: The Transatlantic Liquid Bomb Plot,” April 2008,
www.nefafoundation.org
, 15.
19
Cahal Milmo, “How the Web of Intelligence Led to Pakistan,”
Independent
, September 8, 2009.
Cahal Milmo, “How the Web of Intelligence Led to Pakistan,”
Independent
, September 8, 2009.
20
Francie Grace, “Terror Mastermind in Afghanistan?”
CBS News
, August 18, 2006.
Francie Grace, “Terror Mastermind in Afghanistan?”
CBS News
, August 18, 2006.
21
David Williams and Rebecca Camper, “Liquid Bomb Terror Plot That Changed Air Travel Forever: How Gang of Fanatics Planned Britain’s 9/11,”
Daily Mail,
September 8, 2009.
David Williams and Rebecca Camper, “Liquid Bomb Terror Plot That Changed Air Travel Forever: How Gang of Fanatics Planned Britain’s 9/11,”
Daily Mail,
September 8, 2009.
22
Duncan Gardham, “Airline Bomb Plot: Investigation ‘One of the Biggest Since WW2,’”
Independent,
September 8, 2009.
Duncan Gardham, “Airline Bomb Plot: Investigation ‘One of the Biggest Since WW2,’”
Independent,
September 8, 2009.
23
Ibid.
Ibid.
24
Paul Cheston, “Heathrow Liquid Bomb Plot Bigger Than 9/11,”
London Evening Standard
, September 8, 2009.
Paul Cheston, “Heathrow Liquid Bomb Plot Bigger Than 9/11,”
London Evening Standard
, September 8, 2009.
25
Don Van Natta, Elaine Sciolino, and Stephen Grey, “Details Emerge in British Terror Case,”
New York Times,
August 28, 2006.
Don Van Natta, Elaine Sciolino, and Stephen Grey, “Details Emerge in British Terror Case,”
New York Times,
August 28, 2006.
26
Craig Whitlock and Dafna Linzer, “Tip Followed ’05 Attacks on London Transit,”
Washington Post,
August 11, 2006.
Craig Whitlock and Dafna Linzer, “Tip Followed ’05 Attacks on London Transit,”
Washington Post,
August 11, 2006.
27
Ibid.
Ibid.
28
Dominic Casciani, “Liquid Bomb Plot: What Happened,” BBC, September 7, 2009.
Dominic Casciani, “Liquid Bomb Plot: What Happened,” BBC, September 7, 2009.
29
Peter Walker and Vikram Dodd, “Video Tirades That Sealed Case Against Liquid Bomb Plotters,”
Guardian,
September 9, 2008.
Peter Walker and Vikram Dodd, “Video Tirades That Sealed Case Against Liquid Bomb Plotters,”
Guardian,
September 9, 2008.
30
Richard Greenberg, Paul Cruickshank, and Chris Hansen, “Inside the Terror Plot That ‘Rivaled 9/11,’”
Dateline NBC
, September 14, 2009.
Richard Greenberg, Paul Cruickshank, and Chris Hansen, “Inside the Terror Plot That ‘Rivaled 9/11,’”
Dateline NBC
, September 14, 2009.
31
Van Natta, Sciolino, and Grey, “Details Emerge.”
Van Natta, Sciolino, and Grey, “Details Emerge.”
32
Van Natta, Sciolino, and Grey, “Details Emerge”; Allison Barrie, “Tang Bomb: Liquid Explosives Are the New ‘Weapon of Choice,’”
Fox News
, May 17, 2008.
Van Natta, Sciolino, and Grey, “Details Emerge”; Allison Barrie, “Tang Bomb: Liquid Explosives Are the New ‘Weapon of Choice,’”
Fox News
, May 17, 2008.
33
Ibid.
Ibid.
34
Greenberg, Cruickshank, and Hansen, “Inside the Terror Plot.”
Greenberg, Cruickshank, and Hansen, “Inside the Terror Plot.”
35
Richard Norton-Taylor, “MI5: 30 Terror Plots Being Planned in UK,”
Guardian,
November 10, 2006.
Richard Norton-Taylor, “MI5: 30 Terror Plots Being Planned in UK,”
Guardian,
November 10, 2006.
36
Sean O’Neill, “Airline Bomb Plot: Coded E-Mail Trail Exposed Plan,”
Times
Online, September 7, 2009.
Sean O’Neill, “Airline Bomb Plot: Coded E-Mail Trail Exposed Plan,”
Times
Online, September 7, 2009.
37
“Operation Overt Uncovered 2006 Terrorist Plot Against Airliners,”
Daily Telegraph,
September 9, 2009; Greenberg, Cruickshank, and Hansen, “Inside the Terror Plot.”
“Operation Overt Uncovered 2006 Terrorist Plot Against Airliners,”
Daily Telegraph,
September 9, 2009; Greenberg, Cruickshank, and Hansen, “Inside the Terror Plot.”
38
O’Neill, “Airline Bomb Plot.”
O’Neill, “Airline Bomb Plot.”
39
Simon Hughes and Mike Sullivan, “British Bomb Plot Traitors,”
Sun
, September 8, 2009.
Simon Hughes and Mike Sullivan, “British Bomb Plot Traitors,”
Sun
, September 8, 2009.
40
Dafna Linzer, “Airliner Plot Had Support in Pakistan, Officials Say,”
Washington Post,
August 12, 2006.
Dafna Linzer, “Airliner Plot Had Support in Pakistan, Officials Say,”
Washington Post,
August 12, 2006.
41
Greenberg, Cruickshank, and Hansen, “Inside the Terror Plot.”
Greenberg, Cruickshank, and Hansen, “Inside the Terror Plot.”
42
Don Van Natta, Elaine Sciolino, and Stephen Grey, “Seven Martyrdom Videos Uncovered: Suspects Not Ready for Immediate Strike,”
New York Times,
August 28, 2006.
Don Van Natta, Elaine Sciolino, and Stephen Grey, “Seven Martyrdom Videos Uncovered: Suspects Not Ready for Immediate Strike,”
New York Times,
August 28, 2006.
43
Vikram Dodd and Rachel Williams, “Jury Shown Martyrdom Videos Promising Revenge for Oppression of Muslims in Aircraft Bombs Plot Trial,”
Guardian
, April 5, 2008.
Vikram Dodd and Rachel Williams, “Jury Shown Martyrdom Videos Promising Revenge for Oppression of Muslims in Aircraft Bombs Plot Trial,”
Guardian
, April 5, 2008.
44
Ibid.
Ibid.
45
Cahal Milmo, “Police Watched the Plotters, Then Pounced,”
Independent,
September 8, 2009.
Cahal Milmo, “Police Watched the Plotters, Then Pounced,”
Independent,
September 8, 2009.
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