Dirty Wars (140 page)

Iran-Contra scandal,
11
,
53
,
91
,
165
,
215

Iran hostage crisis,
49

Iraq,
13
,
282

civil war in,
164

suicide bombers/bombings in,
112
,
165
See also
Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI)

Iraq and 9/11-Saddam and al Qaeda connection,
14
–15,
28
,
150

and CIA and Pentagon, conflict between,
81
–84

and Zarqawi,
113

Iraq insurgency,
110
,
111
-115,
162
–163,
165
–166

and casualties,
174

causes of,
164
,
166

and Copper Green,
145
–146

and Fallujah, US siege of,
164

and hit list,
141
–146,
150
–151,
167

and insurgents, targeting of,
141
–146

and Iraqi Special Operations forces,
165

and private security contractors, execution of,
163

and US invasion and occupation,
166

and US treatment of prisoners,
164
,
166

Iraq Survey Group,
157

Iraq War/invasion/occupation,
8
,
105

and Afghanistan, and unified task force,
138

and al Qaeda, post-invasion presence of,
141
–142

and Awlaki, Anwar,
47

and Baath regime leaders, hunt for,
114
-115

Blackwater in,
177

and Bremer as administrator of Coalition Provisional Authority,
110
–111

and Bush, “Mission Accomplished” speech of,
111

and Cheney,
129

and contracting boom, post-invasion,
163

Copper Green in,
145
–146

and de-Baathification process,
111

destruction of,
179

and Iraqi military, disbanding of,
111

and JSOC,
129

and JSOC, and kill/capture operations,
113
-114

and Rumsfeld,
129

Salvadorization of,
165

shift of resources to,
138
–139

Special Operations Forces in,
107

Special Ops/CIA reassigned to,
139

and Task Force
121
interrogation and torture of Iraqi prisoners,
140

and UN Baghdad headquarters bombings,
112
-113

and WMDs,
15
,
28
–29,
82
,
139
,
150
See also
Balad Air Base; Gulf War Iraqi military, disbanding of,
111

Iraqi Special Operations forces,
165

Iryani, Abdul Ghani al-,
462
,
463
,
464

ISAF.
See
International Security Assistance Force

ISI.
See
Inter-Services Intelligence

Islam, Sheikh Ahmed “Madobe” Mohammed,
195
,
200
,
225
,
394
–395,
488

Islamic Courts Union (ICU),
192
–195,
195
–196,
225

and al Qaeda,
207
,
209

and al Shabab,
196
,
209

and CIA, and Somali warlord program, defeat of,
200
–201,
201
–203

and Ethiopian US-backed invasion of Somalia,
203
–206,
206
–209

and Siad, Yusuf Mohammed,
224

and targeted killings/drone strikes, in Somalia,
219
–223
See also
Militant organizations

Islamic Courts Union leaders

hunt for,
206
,
223
–226

and targeted killings/drone strikes, in Somalia,
219
–223

Islamic Jihad,
62

rendition and torture of members of,
124

Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan,
252

Islamic Network,
289

Islamic Organization of North America (IONA),
288

Islamic Thinkers Society,
288

Isse, Mohamed Ali,
128

Jacoby, Lowell,
97
,
158
–159

Jaffer, Jameel,
514
–515

JAG (Judge Advocate General's Corps) lawyers,
156

Jama, Abdulkareem,
485

Jama'at al Tawhid wa'al Jihad,
112

Jamadi, Manadel al-,
157

Jamal, Abdul Rezzaq al-,
363
,
463
–464

Jawbreaker (CIA team),
22

Jessen, Bruce,
88
,
154

Jihad Recollections
(Kahn; online PDF magazine),
290

JIMAS (Association to Revive the Way of the Messenger),
37

conference, United Kingdom,
67
–68

Johnsen, Gregory,
358
,
380
,
398
,
399

and Arab Spring,
432

and Yemen,
130
–131

Johnson, Jeh,
303
,
312
–313,
519

Joint Personnel Recovery Agency (JPRA),
86
–88

and interrogation and torture/techniques,
87
–88

Personnel Recovery Academy,
87

Joint Prioritized Effects List (JPEL),
167
,
331

Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC),
48
–57,
96
,
100
–101

and abuse of power,
142
–143

and Afghanistan, night raids in

in Afghanistan,
138
,
331
,
332
,
333

and al Qaeda,
53
,
237

and al Shabab,
276
–277,
490

and Awlaki, Abdulrahman,
509

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

and Awlaki, Anwar, killing of,
498
–500

and bin Laden at Abbottabad compound,
437
–438,
439
,
443
,
452

“black” detainee program guidelines,
148

and Black Hawk Down incident,
55
–56

and Blackwater,
177
,
178

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

and clandestine action,
282

and congressional oversight,
252

and conventional military in Iraq, relationship with,
142

counterinsurgency doctrine (COIN), undermining of,
329
–331

and Davis incident,
416
–418

and detainee operations,
151
,
331

and drone strikes,
251
,
284
,
358

expansion of authority of,
297

and functioning command structure,
103

and Gardez raid/massacre,
344
,
347

and global manhunt,
169
–172

High Value Target Task Force,
115

and hit list/HVTs,
179
,
325
,
331
,
333
,
351
,
352

and ICU leaders, hunt for,
223
–226

increased presence of,
355

intelligence division (
see
the Activity)

and interrogation and torture/techniques,
86
–87,
91

and Iran,
138

and Iraq,
105
–107,
113
–115,
124
,
129
,
142
,
174

and Joint Prioritized Effects List,
331

and JSOC-CIA divide,
170
–171,
297
,
350
,
353
,
388

and JSOC-ization of US counterterrorism

policy,
350
–351

and “Kill TV,”
303

and kill/capture center at Balad Air Base,
162
,
166

and kill/capture operations,
113
–114,
167

legality of operations,
182
–183

and
Maersk Alabama,
hijacking of,
275
–276

and Majalah massacre,
307
–309

and McChrystal, reorganization of,
108
,
110

and military and intelligence law, gray areas of,
92
–94

missions of,
51
–54

MLE as cover for,
170
–171

and night raids, in Afghanistan,
331
,
332
(
see also
Gardez raid/massacre)

and Obama,
329

and Obama, prized ninjas of,
276

and Obama, transformation of,
259

and operations, expansion of,
297

and operations, intensification of,
350

and Pakistan,
168
–169,
216
,
217
–218,
251
,

406–413,
417
–418

and Pakistan, HVTs in,
176
,
177

as principal counterterrorism force,
114

rendition program of,
182

rise to prominence of,
181
–182

role of,
50

and Rumsfeld, reorganization of,
98

and Rumsfeld, transformation of,
54
–55,
57

and Schultz report,
55
–57

and Screen Hunter,
176

secrecy of,
329

and secret informant “Hunter,”
180
–184

in Somalia,
124
,
201
,
219
–223,
223
–226,
294
–297,
470
,
476

and surveillance drones,
173
–174

and targeted killings/drone strikes, and Nabhan, Saleh Ali,
295
–296,
297

and targeted killings/drone strikes, in Somalia,
219
–223,
294
–297

and targeted killings/drone strikes, in Yemen,
303
–304,
307
–309 (see
also
Ma- jalah massacre; Gardez raid/massacre)

training,
51

and unified task force in Afghanistan and Iraq,
138

in Uzbekistan,
252

and Vibrant Fury,
179

and Warsame, capture of,
453

and Yemen,
284
,
303
–304,
307
–309,
321
,
322
,
387
–389

and Yemen, expansion of SOFs in,
261
–262

and Zarqawi, targeted death of,
179

Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) Task Force

at Camp NAMA,
147
,
148
–150,
151
,
152

at Camp NAMA, code names for,
147

success of,
174
–175

Joint Test Directorate,
49

Joint Unconventional Warfare Task Force (JUWTF) Execute Order,
282
–283

Jones, James,
328

Jost, Aaron W.,
386

JPEL.
See
Joint Prioritized Effects List

JPRA.
See
Joint Personnel Recovery Agency

JSOC.
See
Joint Special Operations Command

JSOC-CIA divide,
170
–171,
297
,
350
,
353
,
388

Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAG) lawyers,
156

JUWTF Execute Order.
See
Joint Unconventional Warfare Task Force Execute Order

K
₂
(secret US base, Uzbekistan),
17

Kane, David,
70

Kansteiner, Walter,
122

Kanwal, Shumaila,
421
,
428

Kappes, Stephen,
259
–260

Karadzic, Radovan,
52

Karzai, Hamid,
387

Kasi, Mir Aimal,
27

Katz, Ian,
425

Kayani, Ashfaq Parvez,
216
,
411
,
427

Kazemi, Saleh Mohammed Ali al-,
303
,
307
,
311
–312

Kebriaei, Pardiss,
368
,
372
–373,
401

Kelley, Jeremy,
345

Kenya,
79
,
123
,
477

al Qaeda in,
122

US embassy in, bombing of,
6
,
119
,
125
–126,
196
–197,
198

Kenyan Anti-Terrorism Police Unit,
295

Kerry, John,
423
–424,
425

Khaleel, Ziyad,
36

“the Khalifa.”
See
Noor, Abdulkadir Moalin

Khan, Chauhdry Nisar Ali,
458

Khan, Gul,
449

Khan, Samir,
287
–291

and AQAP,
375
–381

and Awlaki, Anwar,
289
,
291
,
380
–381

blogs of,
289
,
290

death of, as collateral damage,
500
,
501
–502

and FBI,
290

and
Inspire
magazine,
377
–381

in Yemen,
290
–291

Khan, Sarah,
287
–288,
291
,
376
,
501
–502

Khan, Zafar,
501
–502