And Then All Hell Broke Loose: Two Decades in the Middle East (29 page)

ghost ranks,
193

Ghouta attack,
190

Gizbert, Richard,
104

Global War on Terrorism,
130
,
146
–47

Great Britain,
see
Britain

Greece,
22

Green Square,
161
,
168

Guantánamo Bay (Gitmo),
140
,
145

Guardian,
165

Gulf of Sidra,
160

Gulf War (1991),
8
,
60
,
64
,
82
,
86
,
93
,
155

Haditha,
135

Hagia Sophia,
32

Haifa,
61
,
118
,
123

hajj,
28
,
39
,
41
,
42

Halutz, Dan,
113
,
116
,
122
,
123

Hama,
8
,
172

Hamas,
61
,
63
,
112
,
113
,
117
,
214

Israeli soldier kidnapped by,
111
–13

hawza,
97
,
101

Hawza
(newspaper),
95
,
97

Hebron,
54

Herzegovina,
104

Hetherington, Tim,
165

Hezbollah,
113
–14,
179
,
187
,
189

Israeli soldiers kidnapped by,
113
,
122
,
124

Israel’s cease-fire with,
124
–25

Israel’s war with,
114
–26,
127
–28

Holy Land,
2
,
30

homosexuality,
20
,
43
,
44
–45

Homs,
177

Hondros, Chris,
165

Houla massacre,
177
–78

Hurricane Katrina,
102

Hussein (Ali’s son),
92
–93

Hussein, Qusay,
75
–76,
77
,
86
,
192

Hussein, Saddam,
see
Saddam Hussein

Hussein, Uday,
75
–76,
77
,
86
,
192

Ibn Saud,
4
,
40
–41,
207

Idris, Salim,
197
–98

Ikhwan,
41

Imma Bridge stampede,
103

Independent,
165

India,
4

Inferno, L’,
2

Inferno
(Dante),
2

International Herald Tribune,
10

Internet,
131
,
135
–36,
141
,
142
,
152
,
155
,
172
,
180
,
215

Iran,
35
,
64
,
93
,
105
,
107
,
108
,
109
–11,
113
,
114
,
150
,
189

nuclear capacity of,
150
,
216
,
217

Shiites in,
93
,
108

Iraq,
1
,
4
,
6
,
7
,
11
,
29
,
34
,
69
–87,
89
–106,
128
,
184
,
189
,
208
,
209
,
213
,
214
,
215

al-Qaeda in,
8
,
98
,
129
,
131
–33,
135
,
181

American POWs in,
79

army of,
94
,
131
,
192
,
193

Ba’ath Party in,
76
–78,
81
,
94

Baghdad,
see
Baghdad

Britain and,
4
,
70
,
77
,
79
,
80

Bush administration and,
8
,
60
,
64
,
86
–87,
128
,
130
–31,
156

civil war in,
96
,
98
,
102
,
131

Coalition Provisional Authority in,
100

Constitution of,
104

Council of Representatives in,
104

democracy in,
93
,
94
,
98
,
104
,
132

elections in,
97
–98,
100
,
102
,
104
–5

Engel in,
50
,
64
–67,
69
–86,
89
–91,
98
–101,
105
–7,
109
,
127
,
181

in Gulf War (1991),
8
,
60
,
64
,
82
,
86
,
93
,
155

Haditha,
135

Information Ministry of,
77
,
79
,
80

insurgency in,
97
,
98
,
106

ISIS and,
see
ISIS

journalists in,
95
,
97
,
99

journalists’ departure from,
73
,
75
,
76
,
78
,
82

journalists killed and taken hostage in,
105
–6

looting in,
93
,
95

map of,
68

Mosul,
191
–94,
202
,
207

oil fires in,
79

Ramadi,
133
,
193
,
193

refugees from,
139

Shiite population in,
93

Syria and,
138

US invasion of,
50
,
70
,
72
,
76
–87,
93
,
95
,
102
,
107
,
108
,
115
,
128
–30,
132
,
146
,
215

US military presence in,
95
,
136

veterans in,
140

weapons of mass destruction in,
64
,
86
,
129
,
131
,
132

Iraqi Peace and Friendship Society,
65
–66

Iraq war,
9
,
72
,
74
,
87
,
99
,
107
,
109
,
115
,
130
–33,
136
,
137
,
141
–42

common cause found in,
136

terrorism and,
146
,
147

ISIS,
9
,
40
,
107
,
132
,
174
,
181
,
189
,
191
–210,
216
–17

al-Qaeda and,
193
–95,
198
,
206
,
208

beheadings by,
96
,
107
,
195

Bloody Friday attacks of,
200
–201

as Daesh,
194

economy of,
207

Engel’s meeting of members of,
195
–98

Engel’s meeting of victim of,
201
–5

evolution of,
198
–99

as government,
207

growth of,
205

Iraqi army and,
193

kidnappings by,
207
,
215

marketing of,
199
,
206

Mosul captured by,
191
–94,
202
,
207

Palmyra captured by,
199
–200

Ramadi captured by,
193
,
207

as Salafist,
194
–95

Shiite mosques attacked by,
200
–201

Sousse rampage and,
200

videos of,
96
,
199
–201,
208
,
214

Zarqawi and,
96
,
107
,
132
,
191
,
192

Islam,
14
,
20
,
34
,
141

afterlife and,
38
,
131

Allah in,
see
Allah

birth of,
1
,
28
,
35

Koran in,
see
Koran

Mohammed and,
2
,
3

orthodox,
92

Ottomans and,
39

reform of,
47

Saddam and,
129

and separation of church and state,
7
,
28

spread of,
28
–30

superiority of,
44

see also
Muslims

Israel, Israelis,
5
–7,
11
,
20
,
34
–36,
111
,
114
,
137
,
155
,
167
,
217

aliyah and,
51

Arab-Israeli war,
208

Beirut airport bombed by,
114
,
116
–17

Dahiya Doctrine of,
125
–26

Lebanon’s cease-fire with,
124
–25

Lebanon’s war with,
114
–26,
127
–28

military service in,
111

PR operations of,
52

Zionism and,
19
–21,
51
,
77

Israel Defense Forces (IDF),
113
,
116
,
121
–25

Israeli-Palestinian conflict,
52
–64,
184

A-B-C districts and,
54
–55,
62

Camp David Summit and,
51
,
53
,
55
–56

First Intifada in,
58
,
63

Israeli bombing of Palestinians,
113

kidnappings of Israeli soldier,
111
–13

Operation Defensive Shield in,
62

Oslo II Accord and,
53
–54

Palestinian prisoners,
112

peace process and,
53
,
62
,
63
,
209

Second Intifada in,
50
,
56
,
60
,
62
–64,
115

suicide bombers in,
60
–62

West Bank in,
see
West Bank

Istanbul,
29
,
156
–57

Italy,
159
,
168

ITN,
165

Jaafari, Ibrahim al-,
100

Jabr, Asid,
138

Jaffar,
134
–35

Jaffar, Abu,
185
,
187

Japan,
162

Jebel al-Zawiya,
178

Jenin,
61
,
62

Jericho,
54
,
62

Jerusalem,
4
,
11
,
30
,
32
,
50
,
56
,
66
–67,
115
,
139

Americans in,
51

East vs. West,
57
–58

Engel in,
50
,
51
,
53
,
58
,
63
–65

Mahane Yehuda market in,
50
,
61

Nachlaot area of,
51

Old City in,
50
,
55
–56,
212
–13

Temple Mount in,
55
–58,
63

Jerusalem Capital Studios (JCS),
52

Jesus,
2
,
44
,
213

Jews,
27
,
35

aliyah and,
51

Allah and,
44

Al Shaab
and,
19

anti-Semitism and,
18
–20,
43
–44,
45

Palestine and,
5
,
34

as religious minority,
44

Zionism and,
19
–21,
51
,
77

jihad, meaning of word,
141

jihadists,
36
,
45
,
46
,
135
–37

in Egyptian prisons,
45
–46

mujahideen,
138
,
140
,
141

rehabilitation program for,
140
–43,
145

Salafi,
35
–36,
38
,
45
,
46
,
194
–95

see also
al-Qaeda; ISIS

Jordan,
1
,
5
,
11
,
73
–74,
111
,
114
,
117
,
134
,
136
,
139
,
208
,
214

al-Qaeda in,
133

Britain and,
4

Petra,
212

Zarqa,
133

Kabul,
18

Kandahar,
145

Karbala,
40
,
92
–93,
96

Karnak,
212

Kazem,
71
,
75

Kazim, Musa al-,
102
–3

Kenya,
27

kidnapping and hostage-taking,
3
,
105
–6,
111
,
213
,
214

of Engel and crew,
171
,
184
–89,
195
,
197
,
217
–19

by ISIS,
207
,
215

of Israeli soldiers,
112
–13,
122
,
124