To Be a Friend Is Fatal (50 page)

no-fly zones established by,
26

oil-for-food program,
135

sanctions on Iraq,
26
–27

summit on the Iraqi refugee crisis,
300
–301

UNICEF in Iraq,
170

United States.
See also
Iraq War

Blackstone's formulation,
298
,
299

bombing of Baghdad (March 2003),
28
–29

companies in Iraq,
24
,
29
–30,
32
–33,
47
,
61
,
62
,
87
,
125
,
148
–49,
150
,
213
,
214
,
244
–45,
290

Congressional bills on moral obligation to support US-affiliated Iraqis,
237
–38

Gulf War,
25

history of airlifts,
252
–53

Iraqi Kurds admitted to (1996),
252
–53

Kosovar refugees admitted to (1999),
252
,
271

principles eroded in,
298
–99

refugees accepted in, history of,
265
–72

rejection of Jewish refugees,
269

reluctance to resettle Muslims,
235
–36

Saddam Hussein supported by,
24

sanctions on Iraq,
26
–27

secret “black-site” prisons,
261

torture and interrogation by,
62

United States Holocaust Museum,
269

University of Chicago, Oriental Institute,
18

University of Michigan,
204
,
205

USAID (US Agency for International Development), Iraq,
3
,
75

as administrative agency,
50

-ARDI (Agriculture Reconstruction and Development for Iraq) program,
52
,
53

armored luxury SUVs and,
50

body armor distributed by,
46

Casey visits,
67
–68

Creative Associates International and,
33

criticism of,
78
,
182

CTOs (cognizant technical officers),
78

denial of protection for Iraqi employees,
160
–61,
258

education initiatives,
5
,
68
,
170

email system,
117

employee housing,
43

executive officer, Sandy,
46
–47

EXO (Executive Officer),
160

failures of,
66

Fallujah projects,
77
–78

firing of personnel,
66
–67

funding,
50
,
67
–68

Green Zone compound,
3
,
45
,
76
,
160

“hand-in-glove” relationships,
75
,
80
,
90

health, education, and infrastructure offices,
78

identity crisis of,
50

IDU
and,
51
–53,
67
,
78

Iraqis employed by,
42
–43,
47
,
61
–66,
79
,
168
,
169
,
172
,
184

Iraq power (electricity) and,
57
–61

Johnson hired for Baghdad,
37

Johnson in Baghdad, in PAO,
45
–48,
50
–53,
57
,
59
–60,
61
,
67

Johnson in Fallujah, as regional coordinator,
75
,
76
,
77
–80,
81
,
84
–86,
89
–94

Johnson notifies of accident,
115

Johnson's absence and,
119
,
123
,
125
,
129
,
153
,
168
,
184

Johnson's boss, Doug,
45
–46,
51
,
61
,
66
–67

Johnson visits (2009),
258
–59

marginalization of,
49

MOAG and,
58
–61

Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI),
78
–79

postwar reconstruction and,
49
–50,
57
–61

Public Affairs Office (PAO),
45
–46

roof collapse,
259

rule of law training initiative,
156

staff photo (January 2005),
163
,
184
,
240

training for Iraq deployment,
37
–40

treatment of Amina (US-affiliated Iraqi),
202
–3

wasted US money and fraud,
58
–61,
89
–92

Yaghdan employed by,
2
,
3
,
33
,
57
,
63
–66,
184

USAID (US Agency for International Development), Washington:

Johnson visits,
182
–85

reaction to Johnson's writing,
183

US Army,
283
,
284
,
295

“Smoke,” the Iraqi donkey,
304

US Army Corps of Engineers,
48

US Citizenship and Immigration Services,
201

US Department of Defense:

Biometrics Fusion Center,
87

Common Access Card,
40

as driver of US foreign policy,
75

“hand-in-glove” relationships,
75
,
90

Iraq reconstruction and,
49
,
67

Pentagon headquarters, Baghdad,
45

privatization and,
50

US Department of Homeland Security (DHS),
199
,
232

interview questions for refugees,
225

interviews with Iraqi refugees,
225
,
226

List Project and,
205

refugee czar appointed,
229

US Department of State,
75

Ambassador to Iraq,
107

Baghdad embassy,
45
,
55
,
65
–66

Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM Bureau),
177
,
179
–81,
190
,
198
–200,
230
,
235
–36,
275

Green Zone embassy compound,
160

the Guam option and,
276

handling of case of US-affiliated Iraqi, Omar,
283
–96

Iraqi refugees and delays in visa processing,
235
–36

IRMO and,
49
–50

Johnson called by, regarding his list,
198
–200

Johnson delivers list of names to,
179
–81,
190
,
194

Johnson informs of legal help for refugees,
205

journalists' interest in US-affiliated Iraqis and,
191

List Project and,
205

Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act blocked by administration,
244

refugee czar appointed,
229

US Foreign Service Institute,
38
–40

USGspeak,
51
–53,
181
,
186
,
199
–200,
230
,
273
,
279

LES (Locally Engaged Staff),
65

“ramping up,”
52
,
192
,
232
,
279
,
303
,
315

yes/no language,
52
,
181
,
273

US Immigration and Naturalization Service,
267

US Institute of Peace,
244
–45

US Navy,
224
–25

US Refugee Admissions Program,
177
,
200
,
245

US Regional Security Office (RSO),
47
,
160

US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence,
157
,
158

Vanderbilt University's Law School,
271

Varney, Stuart,
108

VBIED,
82

Vietnam War,
13
,
41
,
77
,
172
,
177

ad hoc evacuation of US-affiliated employees,
266
,
273
–74

airlift of US-affiliated employees to Guam,
267

code-phrase for evacuation,
266

final days,
265

lessons of,
265
–68,
271

“Minutes of Washington Special Actions Group Meeting” (1975),
263
–64

presidential intervention on behalf of US-affiliated employees,
268

songs,
179

Tan Son Nhut air base,
266

US-affiliated employees and emigration to US,
232
,
263
–64,
265
–68

US-affiliated employees and fall of Saigon,
182
,
194
,
265

US embassy's tamarind tree,
266

visas granted to US-affiliated employees,
267

Vitale, Ann,
166

Voice of America,
25

Voluntary Agencies (VOLAGs),
238
–39

Wael (Jordanian working in Iraq),
210

abduction of,
211
–12

Washington Post
,
61
,
65

Johnson article in
Magazine
,
181
–82

Johnson op-ed piece for,
279

Washington Times
,
178

Waxman, Sharon,
200

Webster, Gen. William G.,
251

West Chicago, IL,
9
,
10
,
101
,
117
,
121
,
127
–29

thorium contamination of,
13
–14

Yaghdan and family and,
238
–42

“What Did Not Happen” (declassified memo),
105

Williams, Brian,
109

Williams, Byron,
256
–57

Wise, Rabbi Stephen,
269
,
270

Wisner, Frank,
267

Wolf, Mark,
267

Woodward, Bob,
243

World Refugee Day,
205

World War II:

Jewish refugee crisis,
269

visa policies,
268
–69,
271

Worth, Bobby,
169

Yaghdan (US-affiliated Iraqi),
158
–62,
184
,
195
,
247

accounting degree earned in US,
306

alassa
identifies,
4
–5,
158

Americans' treatment of,
63
–66

appeals for help to US,
5

application for refugee status,
226
,
230

arrival in US,
240
–41,
302

birth of,
23

bombing of Baghdad and,
28
–29

Yaghdan (US-affiliated Iraqi)

burning of papers,
159

business partner, Mohammad,
27
,
29
,
30
,
31

computer repair business,
27
,
29

Creative Associates International employs,
32
–33

disillusionment of,
61

early optimism about US occupation,
61

father's position,
24

fleeing to Karbala',
161

as “fourth Johnson brother,”
241

fund for,
166

Haifa and,
27
,
32
,
33
,
159
,
160
,
161
,
306

home in Baghdad,
4
,
28

Johnson and,
53
,
57
,
162
,
166
,
173
,
204
,
240
–42

lawyer for,
201
,
226

losing faith in the visa process,
226

Packer and,
187
,
190

questions about life in America,
239
–40

requests for help from US employer,
106
,
160
–61

security measures used by,
3
,
64

shooting of (2003),
4
,
30
–31

son born in US,
306

in Syria,
168
,
189
,
240

threats against and severed dog's head,
5
,
63
,
106
,
159
,
166
,
301
–2

in the UAE,
5
,
161
–62

unwillingness to flee,
109

USAID employment,
2
,
3
,
33
,
57
,
63
–66,
160
–61,
184

as US citizen,
306

Vitale and,
166

wars during youth of,
23
–24

West Chicago and,
238
–42

Zarqawi, Abu Musab al-,
73

Ziad (US-affiliated Iraqi),
169
,
171
,
172
,
173
,
187
,
189
,
195

Zina (US-affiliated Iraqi),
207
–19

abduction of Wael and,
211
–12,
214

application for refugee status,
230

at Camp Taji, Pod 23,
215
–16

computer programming studies,
210