The Longest War (95 page)

Mastrogiacomo, Daniele,
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Mattis, James N.,
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Mauritania,
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Mayfield, Brandon,
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Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan,
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MBC,
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Mecca,
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media, on Afghan war,
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Medina,
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Meese, Mike,
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Mehsud, Baitullah,
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Mehsud, Hakimullah,
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Mencken, H. L.,
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MI5,
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Middle East Broadcasting Corporation,
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Mihdhar, Khalid al-,
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–39,
49

Milam, William B.,
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Milan, Italy,
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–99,
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Milestones
(Qutb),
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Milewa, Afghanistan,
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Miller, John,
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–26,
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Ministry of Defense, Afghanistan,
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Ministry of the Interior, Iraq,
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Minneapolis, Minn.,
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Minneapolis Airport,
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Mir, Hamid,
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–15,
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Mitchell, James E.,
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MMA,
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Mohamed, Ali,
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Mohammed, the Prophet,
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Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh,
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arrest of,
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on bin Laden’s dictatorial powers,
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Faris recruited by,
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interrogation of,
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–18,
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and murder of Daniel Pearl,
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9/11 planned by,
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in transfer to Guantánamo,
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Mohamud, Omar,
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Mojdeh, Vahid,
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Moore, Michael,
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Moorish Science Temple,
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Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group,
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Morocco,
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Morse, Phillip,
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Moussaoui, Zacarias,
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MoveOn.org,
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Moynihan, Patrick,
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MSNBC,
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mubtakar
,
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Mudd, Philip,
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Mueller, Robert,
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Muhammad, Abdulhakim Mujahid,
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mujahideens,
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bin Laden as,
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numbers of,
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Mullen, Michael,
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Mumbai,
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Munich Olympics,
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Murad, Abdul Hakim,
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Murrah Federal Building,
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Musa, Muhammad,
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Musharraf, Pervez,
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and al-Qaeda members’ arrests,
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Muslim Brotherhood:

bin Laden possibly inducted in,
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Qutb in,
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Muslimoon
,
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Muttawakil, Wakil,
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Myers, Richard,
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Mylroie, Laurie,
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–37,
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Nagl, John,
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Nairobi,
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Napoleon I, Emperor of the French,
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Napoleonic wars,
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Nariman House,
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Nasiri, Omar,
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Nasr, Osama Hassan Mustafa (Abu Omar),
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National Archives,
116

National Counterterrorism Center,
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National Defense University, U.S.,
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National Directorate of Security, Afghanistan,
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National Intelligence Estimate (2007),
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National Security Agency,
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National Security Council, U.S.,
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national terrorism alert,
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NATO,
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Naval Criminal Investigative Service,
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Nayef, Mohammed bin,
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Nazis,
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NBC News,
96

Negroponte, John,
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Netanyahu, Benjamin,
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New American Foundation,
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New Delhi,
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New Terror, The: Facing the Threat of Biological and Chemical Weapons
,
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New York, N.Y., subways in,
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New Yorker
,
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New York Police Department,
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New York Stock Exchange,
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New York Times
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New York University,
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9/11 Commission,
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no-fly lists,
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Northern Alliance,
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in Afghan War,
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Kabul captured by,
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Mazar-e-Sharif captured by,
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Tora Bora monitored by,
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North Korea,
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North Waziristan, Pakistan,
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Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan,
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Northwest plot,
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Nuclear Terrorism
(Allison),
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Nunn, Sam,
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Obama, Barack,
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Afghan war and,
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–15,
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on al-Qaeda’s desire for WMDs,
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briefings on Zazi received by,
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Cairo speech of,
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detention and interrogation policies of,
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Guantánamo closed by,
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–7,
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Iraq surge criticized by,
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in 2008 election,
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“war on terror” not used by,
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West Point speech of,
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Obama administration,
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Obey, David,
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O’Connor, Sandra Day,
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Odierno, Raymond,
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Office of Legal Counsel,
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O’Hare Airport,
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oil,
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Omar, Mullah,
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bin Laden’s departure from Afghanistan desired by,
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and 9/11 attacks,
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One Percent Doctrine, The
(Suskind),
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On War
(Clausewitz),
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Operation Together Forward,
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opium,
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OPLAN 1003,
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Osama’s Revenge: The Next 9/11
(Williams),
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Osmani, Mullah Akhtar Mohammad,
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O’Sullivan, Meghan,
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Ottoman Empire,
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Oxfam,
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Packer, George,
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Padilla, Jose,
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Pakistan,
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al-Qaeda’s regrouping in,
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bin Laden’s escape into,
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elections in,
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Karzai supported by,
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militants handed to U.S. by,
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nuclear program of,
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Taliban’s regrouping in,
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unsealed border of,
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U.S. aid to,
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U.S. drone strikes in,
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–32,
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U.S. peace agreements with,
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Pakistani Frontier Corps,
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Pakistan People’s Party (PPP),
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Palestine,
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Paracha, Sayfullah,
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Paracha, Uzair,
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Pashtuns,
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Patriot Act,
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Paz, Reuven,
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PBS,
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Pearl, Daniel,
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Pearl, Mariane,
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Pearl Harbor,
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Pellegrino, Frank,
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Perle, Richard,
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Peshawar, Pakistan,
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PETN,
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Petraeus, David,
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Philippines,
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Piro, George,
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Pocono Mountains,
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Poland,
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Policy Counter Terrorism Evaluation Group (PCEG),
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poppies,
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Portland Six,
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Powell, Colin,
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Geneva protections for prisoners desired by,
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UN presentation of,
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Prague,
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