Authors: Jeremy Scahill
Khosroof, Muhsin,
211
Kibbe, Jennifer,
99
Kidnapping operations.
See
Kill/capture operations
Kill list doctrine,
332
â334
Kill lists,
14
,
117
,
325
â326,
351
â352.
See also
Assassination operations; High value targets; Hit lists
“Kill TV,”
303
Kill/capture operations,
24
â25,
27
,
95
,
98
,
107
,
113
â114
and CIA, and Somali warlord program,
118
â121,
124
,
127
â129,
191
â195
and Disposition Matrix,
514
and intelligence technology,
105
and JSOC, in Iraq,
113
â114
and Obama,
245
â246
in Pakistan,
406
â408,
410
,
411
See also
Assassination operations; High value targets
Kilwi, Muhammad al-,
311
Kimball, Sam,
211
King, Martin Luther, Jr.,
301
â302
Kirby, John,
410
Klaidman, Daniel,
312
â313,
371
â372,
454
Kohlmann, Evan,
240
â241
Koran,
34
,
38
,
68
,
132
,
135
,
136
,
188
,
197
,
232
,
290
,
291
,
479
Kucinich, Dennis,
367
â368,
503
â504
Kuwaiti, Abu Ahmed al-,
435
Kuwaiti, Mariam al-,
446
Lackawanna Six,
76
Lang, Walter Patrick,
54
,
97
,
101
,
258
,
282
and AQAP, in Yemen,
259
and AQAP, threat posed by,
468
and Awlaki, Anwar,
325
and dark operations,
49
â50
and Davis incident,
416
and Global War on Terror,
468
and Petraeus,
498
and Rumsfeld and Cheney, innovation risks of,
175
and Saleh, Ali Abdullah,
61
,
65
,
280
â281,
387
Laos,
9
“Lawfulness of a Lethal Operation Directed Against a U.S. Citizen” (US Department of Justice),
514
â515
Leaders.
See
Neoconservative leaders; Terrorist leaders Lee, Barbara,
19
â20
and bin Laden,
20
â21,
22
â23
See also
Assassination ban; Assassination operations; Drone strikes
Lethal Findings,
21
Lethal force
against bin Laden,
126
and
Maersk Alabama,
hijacking of,
274
â276
Levey, Stuart,
369
Libby, Lewis “Scooter”
and Bremer,
110
and Cheney, defense plan of,
7
â8
and Iraq and 9/11-Saddam and al Qaeda connection,
81
,
82
and Iraqi WMDs,
15
Libi, Ibn al-Shaykh al-,
28
â29
Lindh, John Walker,
28
Lobe, Jim,
8
Lone, Salim,
194
Long, William,
260
Long-range facial recognition program,
173
The Looming Tower
(Wright),
63
Lumumba, Patrice,
5
Lute, Douglas,
216
Luther, Philip,
312
Luti, William,
82
â83
Maass, Peter,
165
Macay, Phyllis,
482
â483
Macgregor, Douglas,
100
â101,
109
â110
Madobe.
See
Islam, Sheikh Ahmed “Madobe”Mohammed
Maersk Alabama,
hijacking of,
273
â276
and Phillips as hostage,
274
â276
Mahmud, Shaykh (aka Rahman, Atiya Abdul),
381
Majalah massacre,
303
â313,
323
,
358
and bin Fareed,
304
â306
and bin Fareed, rally of,
309
â311
and JSOC,
307
â309
and Shaye, Abdulelah Haider,
307
US responsibility for,
311
â313
Majalah massacre rally,
309
â311
al Qaeda hijacking of,
311
Mal, Sayid Mohammed,
342
Maldonado, Daniel,
270
â271,
289
Malik, Johari Abdul,
38
,
46
â47,
374
Mana'a, Faris,
212
â213
Mangal, Abdul Rahman,
340
Mansur, Ahmad,
131
Marcinko, Richard,
50
â51,
115
â116
imprisonment of,
116
Marib Province
al Qaeda attacks in,
230
â231
US drone strike in,
65
â66,
75
,
230
â231
Martin, David,
207
Marxist Red Brigades,
51
Matchbox.
See
Copper Green
Mayer, Jane,
146
Mazzetti, Mark,
282
McArthur
(Blackwater antipiracy ship),
483
McCain, John,
107
,
161
,
237
â238,
459
,
469
,
503
,
515
,
516
and Awlaki, Anwar, targeted killing of,
503
and McRaven,
469
McCaul, Michael,
502
McChrystal, Herbert,
109
McChrystal, Stanley,
101
â110,
237
,
284
and Afghanistan, house raids in,
330
and Afghanistan, surge in,
328
â329
and Balad Air Base, Iraq, interrogation and torture at,
161
,
162
and bin Laden, hunt for,
166
and CFR fellowship paper,
104
and CFR military fellowship,
103
â104
and CJTF, interrogation and torture,
104
â105
and CJTF
180
, and al Qaeda, fight against, in Afghanistan,
104
â105,
106
as commander of International Security Assistance Force,
329
as commander of
3
rd Battalion
75
th Regiment and Rangers,
102
â103,
108
as commander of US Special Operations Forces, in Afghanistan,
329
,
342
and congressional briefings,
106
â107
and conventional military in Iraq, relationship with,
142
and Counterinsurgency doctrine, and JSOC, undermining of,
329
â331
and counterterrorism policy, expansion of,
261
and detainee operations, and JSOC, role in,
151
as director of the Joint Staff,
328
education and military career of,
102
â107,
109
â110
and F
3
EA: Find, Fix, Finish, Exploit, and Analyze,
145
and Gardez raid/massacre,
343
and Gulf War,
102
and insurgents, targeting of,
145
â146
and Iraq insurgency, and AQI,
143
â144
and JSOC, and kill/capture operations,
113
â114
and JSOC, in Iraq,
105
â107,
113
â115
and JSOC, reorganization of,
108
,
110
and JSOC, transformation of,
259
as JSOC commander, in Iraq,
113
and JSOC night raids, in Afghanistan,
331
and night raids, in Afghanistan,
347
â348
and Obama administration,
258
and Pakistan, HVTs in,
176
and Ranger training regime, revolutionizing and modernizing technology of,
102
resignation and retirement of,
348
â349
and Saddam Hussein, capture of,
141
in Somalia,
201
and Special Operations Forces, in Iraq War,
107
and Taliban, support for,
331
and unified task force in Afghanistan and Iraq,
138
as vice director of operations for the Joint Staff,
106
and war against Islam,
110
and warrior scholar myth,
107
â109
and Zawahiri, hunt for,
175
McCormack, Sean,
193
â194
McDonough, Dennis,
440
McGovern, Ray,
9
McKeeby, David,
409
McMahon, Colleen,
517
â518
McRaven, Nan,
115
McRaven, William,
330
and Afghanistan, surge in,
328
â329
and al Qaeda HVTs, strikes against,
236
and assassination policy,
352
and bin Laden, hunt for,
166
and bin Laden at Abbottabad compound,
420
,
436
â437,
439
â441,
442
,
443
,
445
â446,
449
,
452
as commander of SOCOM,
513
and counterterrorism policy, expansion of,
261
education and military career of,
115
â117
and Gardez raid/massacre, apology for,
344
â346
as head of SOCOM,
469
and
Maersk Alabama,
hijacking of,
276
and Pakistan,
217
and Petraeus,
498
and Saddam Hussein, capture of,
140
â141
and Saddam Hussein, hunt for,
140
and Saleh, Ali Abdullah, meeting between,
284
and targeted killings/drone strikes,
303
,
307
â308 (
see also
Majalah massacre)
and unified task force in Afghanistan and Iraq,
138
Meet the Press,
20
Mehsud, Baitullah, assassination of,
251
Meleagrou-Hitchens, Alexander,
134
,
137
Mercenary companies,
177
â178.
See also
Blackwater; Private military contractors
Mesopotamia, al Qaeda in,
113
Meyers, Seth,
441
Militant organizations.
See
Al Qaeda; Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula; Al Shabab; Islamic Courts Union
Military, US, reorganization of,
12
â13
Military and intelligence law, and gray areas,
91
â94
Military bureaucracy
circumvention of,
93
privatization of,
12
Military commanders, circumvention of,
93
Military dominance,
8
Military Liaison Elements (MLE), as cover for JSOC,
170
â171
“Mission Accomplished” speech (Bush, George W.),
111
Mladic, Ratko,
52
MLE.
See
Military Liaison Elements
Mogadishu, Battle of,
125
Mogadishu, Somalia,
55
â56,
120
,
194
,
225
Al Shabab in,
277
al Shabab strike in,
491
â492
and CIA, and warlord program, defeat of,
201
â203
private security companies in,
485
â486
Mohamed, Abdinasir,
300
Mohammad, Fashad,
157
Mohammad, Maulana Noor,
177
Mohammed, Abdullah Fazul,
223
,
272
,
294
,
297
,
487
â488
and al Qaeda,
198
â200