Dirty Wars (136 page)

and suicide bombers/bombings,
264
,
267
,
318

targeted killing of,
498
–506,
511

as top terrorist,
269

in United Kingdom, and JIMAS conference speech,
67
–68

in United Kingdom, and militant speeches,
134
–137

and US, praising terrorist attacks on,
361

as US citizen, and targeted killings/drone strikes,
314
–316,
325
–327,
367
–369

as US citizen, and targeted killings/drone strikes, and lawsuit against Obama,
369
–374,
391
–392

and US election campaign 2008,
237
–238

and US government, criticism of,
42
–43,
47

and US intelligence,
233
,
234
–235,
238
,
239
–241

and US military base massacre, connection between,
41

as vice president of Charitable Society for Social Welfare,
36

and web sermon on Saleh/US relationship,
359
–360

and web sermons,
231
–235,
237
–243,
286
–287

and web sermons against US,
264
–266,
268
–269

and website, US takedown of,
287
,
361

Yemeni indictment against,
391

and Yemeni surveillance,
184
–185,
187

on Yemeni government/US relationship,
360
–361

Awlaki, Nasser al (father of Anwar Awlaki),
31
–33,
35
,
36
,
37
,
38
,
41
,
45
,
69
,
74
,
137
,
184
–185

and grandson,
495
,
496
–497

and grandson, killing of,
507
–508,
509

and Obama, lawsuit against,
369
,
392

and Obama, letter to,
326
–327

and son, and relationship with al Qaeda,
363

and son, failed strike against,
456
–457

and son, failure of strike against,
314
,
315

and son, fear for life of,
265
–266,
361

and son, imprisonment of,
185
–188

and son, killing of,
505
–506,
509

and son, targeted killing of,
500

and son, web sermons of,
235

and Storm, Morten,
292
–293

Awlaki, Saleha al (mother of Anwar Awlaki),
496
,
501
,
507
,
509

Awlaki family,
508
–509,
510

Aynte.
See
Ali, Abdirahman “Aynte”

Ayro, Aden Hashi Farah,
127
–128,
196
,
199

assassination of,
226

Ayyiri, Yusuf al-,
233
–234

Baath regime leaders, hunt for,
114
–115

Badawi, Jamal al-,
210
,
212
,
213

Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan,
104
,
160
,
251

and HVT Task Force,
167
–168

Tactical Operations Center,
162
,
168

Bagram prison, secret prison within,
331

Baig, Liaquat Ali,
408

Baker, James,
8
,
15

Balad Air Base, Iraq, interrogation and torture at,
161
,
162
,
165
–166

Balawi, Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-,
412

Banks, Jonathan,
413

Banna, Ibrahim al-,
508
,
509

Banna, Jabir al-,
213

Banshiri, Abu Ubaidah al-,
197

Barfi, Barak,
255

Barman, Abdulrahman,
382
,
384
,
385
,
398
,
399

Barre, Mohamed Siad,
118
,
472

Barrett, Richard,
278
–279

Basir, Abu.
See
Wuhayshi, Nasir al-

Bates, John,
391
–392

Battlefield Interrogation Facility (BIF), at Camp NAMA,
147
,
151
–152

Bayoumi, Omar al-,
40

Beckwith, Charlie,
49
,
103

Benadir University,
299
–300

Bennett, John,
127

Berg, Nicholas,
163
–164

Bergen, Peter,
435
,
445
,
446
,
451

Biden, Joseph,
107

and Afghanistan,
282

and bin Laden at Abbottabad compound,
442
,
445

and ICU, and US-backed Ethiopian invasion of Somalia,
207
–208

and US counterinsurgency, in Afghanistan,
328

as vice president,
246

BIF.
See
Battlefield Interrogation Facility

Bin Fareed, Saleh,
34
,
67

and Awlaki, Anwar,
266
,
361
–362

and Awlaki, Anwar, imprisonment of,
186
–187,
190

and Awlaki, Anwar, web sermons of,
234
,
235

and Majalah massacre,
304
–306

and Majalah massacre rally,
309
–311

and Saleh, Ali Abdullah,
304

Bin Laden, Osama,
3
,
13
–14,
379

at Abbottabad compound, discovery of,
420
,
434
–437

at Abbottabad compound, killing of,
441
–450,
451
–452,
487

and Abbottabad compound raid,
437
–441,
458
–459

and Abbottabad compound raid, protest over,
458
–459

and al Shabab control, in Somalia,
229

and Awlaki, Anwar,
43
,
44
,
381

and declaration of war against US,
124
–125

and Ethiopian occupation of Somalia,
225
–226

and Fazul,
197

hunt for,
139
,
176
–177,
217

and Kenya and Tanzania embassy bombings,
125
–126

and Nairobi bombings,
198

and 9/11 attacks (
see also
Iraq and 9/11-Saddam and al Qaeda connection)

and Somalia,
124
–125

and Tora Bora,
81
,
434
,
435

and US-backed Ethiopian invasion of Somalia,
205

and US lethal authority,
5
,
20
–21,
22
–23

US lethal force against,
126

and USS
Cole
bombing,
63

and warlords, Somali,
198
See also
Iraq and 9/11-Saddam and al Qaeda connection

“Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US” (presidential brief),
21

Bin Nayef, Mohammed,
278
–279,
318
,
389

Bin Sultan, Bandar,
186

Birk, Ane Skov,
132

Bissonnette, Matt,
437
–441,
441
–450,
452

Black, Cofer,
20
–26,
483

and al Qaeda,
13
–14

and bin Laden,
13
–14

and covert action, and al Qaeda,
17

and covert action, preauthorized and legal,
25

and drone strikes,
17

firing of,
81

and rendition program,
27
,
28

“Black” detainee program guidelines, JSOC,
148

Black Hawk Down incident,
54
,
55
–56,
122
,
203

and Fazul,
197
–198

Black List One, as code name for Saddam Hussein,
139
–140

Black ops force,
57
.
See also
Special Operations Forces

Black sites,
20
,
294
.
See also
Secret prisons

Blackwater,
163
,
177
–178,
180

and Blackwater-CIA-JSOC covert action, in Pakistan,
251
–253

elite operatives of,
178

Forward Operating Bases,
177

and HVTs,
179

and
McArthur
antipiracy ship,
483

in Pakistan,
406
–413

and privatized counterpiracy company in Somalia,
481
,
483
,
485

Blair, Dennis,
255
–256,
282
,
326
,
353

Bledsoe, Carlos.
See
Muhammad, Abdulhakim Mujahid

Blinken, Tony,
439

Blood chit,
414
,
419

Boland Amendment,
11

Bolton, John,
7

Book of Jihad
(Nuhaas),
137

Boot, Max,
246

Boothby, Duncan,
341

Borderless war strategy,
4
,
20
,
61
,
78
,
169
–170

Bouazizi, Mohamed,
430

Boykin, William G.,
99
,
125
,
159
,
171

Boyle, Michael,
516
,
517
,
519
,
520

Bremer, L. Paul,
110
–111,
140
–141

Brennan, John,
277
,
397

and al Qaeda,
257
,
284

and al Shabab,
490

and AQAP,
463

and assassination policy,
352

and Awlaki, Anwar, drone strike against, failure of,
454

and bin Laden at Abbottabad compound,
440
,
452

and bin Laden compound raid, protest over,
459

and bin Nayef, in Saudi Arabia,
279

as CIA director nominee,
513
–514

and kill lists,
352

and MLEs as cover for JSOC,
170
–171

and Pakistan, drone strikes in,
248

and Republican attack on Obama,
320
–321

and Rumsfeld and Cheney, innovations risks,
175

and Saleh, Ali Abdullah, meeting with,
279
–281

as senior counterterrorism and homeland security adviser,
246
,
249
–250,
256
–257

and Shabwani incident,
357
–358

and SOFs, increased presence of,
354

in Yemen,
388
–389

British SAS (Special Air Service),
50

Brown, Bryan “Doug,”
114

Brzezinski, Mika,
245

Burundi,
272
,
492

Bush, George H. W.,
5
,
11

Bush, George W.,
237

and al Qaeda, in Yemen,
64

and Awlaki, Anwar, imprisonment of,
187

and Bin Sultan, Bandar,
186

and Camp NAMA,
157

and Cheney, defense plan of,
8

and CIA, and Somali warlord program, defeat of,
202

and counterterrorism policy,
4
–5,
21
–22,
23
–24

and covert action, oversight of,
16

and drone strikes, in Yemen,
76
,
77
,
78

and Gray Fox,
95
–96

and hit list,
14
,
121

and Iraq and 9/11-Saddam and al Qaeda connection,
14
,
15
,
81

and Iraq insurgency,
163

and JSOC, admiration for,
276

and JSOC, and global manhunt,
169
–170

and “Mission Accomplished” speech,
111

and National Security Presidential Directive-I,
16
–17

“National Strategy for Combating Terrorism,”
117

as passive,
101

and prisoners, protection and treatment of,
29
–30

and Rumsfeld, resignation of,
215

and Saleh, Ali Abdullah,
64
,
65

and secret presidential directive,
20

and US embassy bombing, in Sana'a, Yemen,
236

Bush (George W.) administration and AFRICOM,
298

and al Qaeda, lethal action against,
18

and Cheney, defense plan of,
8

and congressional oversight,
26

and counterterrorism policy,
4
–5

and drone strikes, in Yemen,
76
–77,
78

and ICU, and US-backed Ethiopian invasion of Somalia,
206
,
207
–208

and Iraq and 9/11-Saddam and al Qaeda connection,
113

and lethal authority,
18

and Pakistan,
216
–217

and Pakistan, outsourcing war in,
177

and presidential power, and wars,
3
–4

and Reid, Richard (“Shoe Bomber”),
320

and rendition program,
26

and Saleh, Ali Abdullah, deal between,
63
–66,
211
–212

and terrorism, focus on,
13

and Zarqawi,
113

Buubaa.
See
Hurre, Ismail Mahmoud “Buubaa”