Dirty Wars (135 page)

and recruitment, and US targeted killings/drone strikes,
494

and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, bombing,
130

and Saleh, Ali Abdullah, alliance between,
62
,
210
–214

in Saudi Arabia,
130
,
278
–279

and Siad, Yusuf Mohammed,
192
,
224

in Somalia,
122
–123,
139
,
223
,
255
–256

Somalia-based cell (
see
Al Shabab)

and US-backed Ethiopian invasion of Somalia, and ICU,
205
,
209

in Yemen,
62
,
64
,
65
,
66
,
210
–214,
235
–237,
255
–256,
257
,
268
,
269
,
304
–305

in Yemen, recruitment of,
358

in Yemen, resurgence of,
130
–133
See also
Iraq and 9/11-Saddam and al Qaeda connection; Militant organizations

Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI),
113
,
143
–144

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP),
210

and Abdulmutallab, Umar Farouk,
318
,
319
–320

and Ansar al Sharia,
460
–461,
462
,
464

and bomb plot against US,
389
–391

formal designation as “Foreign Terrorist Organization,”
324

and
Inspire
magazine,
377
–381

and Khan, Samir,
375
–381

and Obama administration,
321

retaliatory attacks,
356
,
359

and Saleh and Kappes, meeting between,
259
–260

Saudi and Yemeni members of,
254
–255

support for, and drone strikes,
467
–468

support for, and US strikes in Yemen,
464

threat posed by,
468

in Yemen,
214
,
258
–260,
262
–263,
269
,
281
,
284
,
298
,
323
–324,
386
–389

and Yemeni Special Operations,
387
–389

and Yemeni tribal system,
465
–467
See also
Militant organizations

Al Qaeda leaders,
298

hunt for,
139
,
167
(
see also
Assassination operations)

location of,
114
See also individual leaders;
Terrorist leaders

Al Qaeda Network Execute Order (AQN ExOrd),
170
,
283

Al Shabab in Somalia (Harakat al Shabab al Mujahideen, or The Youth),
204
–205,
298
,
474

and African Union forces, US-backed,
272
–273

and al Qaeda,
196
–197,
199
–200,
223

and al Qaeda, alliance between,
393
–394

American Muslims as members of,
270
–272

and AMISOM,
475
–476,
488
,
490
,
491

and AMISOM base bombing,
298
–299

assassinations by,
200

and ASWJ,
479
–480,
488

and Burundian-led AMISOM force in Daynile,
492

cemetery desecrations by,
200

and Djibouti Agreement,
227

as dominant group in Somalia,
270

and Ethiopian occupation of Somalia,
224
,
225
,
226

and funding and fighters from US,
396

and Hammami,
270
–271

and ICU,
196
,
209

and JSOC,
276
–277,
490

and Madobe,
394
–395

and Mogadishu,
277

and Mogadishu, massive strike in,
491
–492

and piracy,
482
,
483

political efforts of,
492
–493

and Ramadan offensive,
396
–397

and Salahuddin Center,
200

and Shamo Hotel bombing,
300
–301

and Siad, Yusuf Mohammed,
196
–197,
224

and Somalia, control in,
227
–229

and Somalia, insurgency in,
224
–226,
227

and suicide bombers/bombings,
206
,
223
,
225
,
271
,
272
,
277
,
294
,
299
,
397
,
474
,
488

support for, and US strikes,
393
,
493
,
494

tactical retreat of,
491

and Uganda, World Cup fan bombings in,
395

underground operations of,
489
–490

and US-backed Ethiopian invasion,
209
,
298

and US citizens, recruitment of,
297

and US designation as terrorist organization,
226

and US strikes against,
475

weakened state of,
487
–488,
490
–491
See also
Militant organizations

Al Shabab leaders,
298
.
See also individual leaders

Al Shifa factory bombing, in Sudan,
126

Albright, Madeleine,
126

Alec Station,
176

Ali, Abdirahman “Aynte,”
471
,
472
–473,
474

and al Shabab,
200
,
229
,
489

and Djibouti Agreement,
227

and Ethiopian occupation of Somalia,
225
,
226

and ICU, and US-backed Ethiopian invasion of Somalia,
208

and ICU, in Somalia,
203
,
204
–205

and warlords, Somali,
194
–195,
196

Ali, F. B.,
417
–418,
428

Ali, Qamar Aden,
300

Ali, Zine El Abidine Ben,
430

Alimi, Rashad al-,
312
,
313
,
323

Allawi, Ayad,
165

Allen, Charles,
18
,
238

Allende, Salvador,
10

Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counterterrorism,
120
,
193

Almasmari, Hakim,
324

Alternative Compartmentalized Control Measures (ACCMs),
251

Ambinder, Marc,
176
,
275

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

and targeted assassinations against US citizen, and Awlaki lawsuit against Obama,
368
–373,
392

and targeted killings/drone strikes, legality of,
517

American Enterprise Institute,
12
,
261

American Muslims,
270
–272.
See also
Awlaki, Anwar; Hasan, Nidal Malik; Khan, Samir

American suicide bombers,
271
,
396

AMISOM.
See
African Union Mission in Somalia

Ammerman, Wade,
70
,
71
,
72
,
73
,
74

Amnesty International

and bin Laden, killing of,
451
–452

and drone strike, in Yemen,
77

and Ethiopian occupation of Somalia,
224

and Majalah massacre,
312
See also
Human rights groups

Anbari, Jamil al-,
356

Anderson, Jon Lee,
202

Ansar al Sharia,
460
–465

Anzalone, Christopher,
492

AQAP.
See
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

AQI.
See
Al Qaeda in Iraq

AQN ExOrd.
See
Al Qaeda Network Execute Order

Arab Spring,
430
–432,
460

Arabian Peninsula,
114
,
270
See also
AQAP

Arkin, William,
105
,
217
,
351

Arms for hostages scandal,
49

Army Criminal Investigations Division (CID),
159

Arnett, Peter,
33

Asiri, Abdullah Hasan Tali al-,
278
–279

Asiri, Ibrahim Hassan al-,
278
,
279
,
318

Assassination ban,
5
–7,
20
.
See also
Lethal authority

Assassination operations,
24
–25,
29

by al Shabab,
200

and national sovereignty,
169

and Obama,
253
See also
Cruise missile attacks; Drone strikes; High value targets; Kill/capture operations; Lethal authority; Targeted killings/drone strikes

Assassination policy,
352
,
353
–354

Association to Revive the Way of the Messenger.
See
JIMAS

Aswadi, Ahmed al-,
323

ASWJ.
See
Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama

Atta, Mohammed,
84

AUMF.
See
Authorization for Use of Military Force

Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF),
19
–20,
24

“Avocado,”
282
See also
Joint Unconventional Warfare Task Force

Aweys, Hassan Dahir,
196
,
199
,
206
,
226
,
227

Awfi, Abu Hareth Muhammad, as detainee at Guantánamo,
254

Awlaki, Abdulrahman al,
184
,
517

and father, death of,
501

and father, search for,
495
–497,
499

killing of,
507
–511

Awlaki, Anwar al

and Abdulmutallab, Umar Farouk,
318
–319

and Afghanistan, war in,
34
,
42
–43,
47

and
Al-Aulaqi v. Obama,
391
–392

and al Qaeda,
67
,
361
–363

and American Muslim and Arab communities, government harassment of,
43
–44

and AQAP leaders, meeting with,
314
,
315

and Arab Spring,
430
–431

arrest of, by US-backed Yemeni forces,
185

and bin Fareed,
361
–362

on bin Laden and Taliban,
43
,
44

as chaplain at Dar Al Hijrah, in Virginia,
38
,
39
,
40
–41

and detention at JFK Airport,
69
–70

education of,
32
–33,
35
,
38
,
68
,
184

evidence against,
360

false death reports of,
314
,
315

and FBI,
36
,
37
–38,
40
–41,
44
,
45
–46,
46
–47,
185

and FBI, as possible informant,
71
–74

and FBI, as potential collaborator,
38
,
46

and FBI arrest warrant for passport fraud,
68
–69,
69
–70

and FBI interrogation,
187

and FBI raids on Muslim organizations and private homes,
45
–46

and Fort Hood shooting,
315
–316

and Gulf War,
33
,
43

and Hasan, Nidal Malik,
266
–267,
285
–287,
315
–316,
319

hunt for,
364
–366,
398
,
400
–402,
432
–433

on HVT kill/capture list,
325
–327

as imam at Denver Islamic Society,
35

as imam at Masjid al Ribat al Islami, in San Diego,
35
–38

imprisonment of,
184
–190,
185
–190

and
Inspire
magazine,
379
–381

and Iraq, war in,
47

and Islamic activities,
34

and Jihad against US,
268
–269

and Khan, Samir,
289
,
291
,
380
–381

and lectures, in Yemen,
184
–185

life story,
31
–47

and life underground, preparation for,
267
–268

as media star,
41
–44

and Muslim Brotherhood,
188

and 9/11 attacks, response to,
39
–40,
41
–42,
43

and 9/11 hijackers, connection between,
40
,
67
,
68

and 9/11 investigation,
37

and Obama,
237
–238,
243
,
354

and Operation Green Quest,
46

at Pentagon luncheon,
45

and presidential campaign 2000,
36

and prison release,
190
,
231

and Qutb, Sayyid,
188
–189

on scholarship program for foreign students,
34

and sermon at prayer service in US Capitol,
45

and Shaye, Abdulelah Haider, interviews with,
307
,
315
–316,
318
–319,
360
–363

as “Specially Designated Global Terrorist,”
369

and Storm, Morten,
291
–293

and strikes against, failure of,
314
–316,
453
–457