Dirty Wars (143 page)

and US citizens, assassination strike against,
314
–316,
325
–326

and US citizens, assassination strike against, and Awlaki lawsuit against,
369
–374,
392

and US embassy bombings,
236
,
277

West Point speech of,
301

and Yemen, downplay of US role in,
321
–322

and Yemen, expansion of SOFs in,
261
–263

and Yemen, focus on,
269
,
285
–287

and Zinjibar siege,
464

Obama, Michelle,
513

Obama administration and Afghanistan war,
258

and al Qaeda, in Yemen,
268

and AQAP,
321

and clandestine action,
282
–283

and detainee policy, legality of,
519

and detainee policy, violation of,
453

and Saleh regime, weakening of,
465

and SOFs, expansion of,
283
–284

and Yemen, assistance to,
386

O'Connell, Thomas,
141

Office of Combating Terrorism,
117

Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict,
170

Olson, Eric,
282
,
442

Omar, Mullah Mohammed,
167
,
174

160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (aka Night Stalkers),
51
,
443

O'Neill, John,
63

O'Neill, Paul,
13

Operating Base Alpha,
139

Operation Black Hawk,
120
–121

Operation Cannonball,
176

Operation Desert Shield,
102

Operation Desert Storm,
102

Operation Eagle Claw,
49
,
50
,
103

Operation Enduring Freedom,
23
,
104

Operation Gothic Serpent,
125

Operation Green Quest,
46
,
70

Operation Honey Badger,
49

Operation Infinite Reach,
126

Operation Just Cause,
53

Operation Neptune Spear,
440
,
441

Operation Red Dawn,
141

Operation Troy,
499

Oversight,
16
–17,
23
–24.
See also
Congressional

oversight,
59
,
148

Pakistan,
328
,
329

and Abbottabad compound
(see under
Bin Laden, Osama) al Qaeda in,
114
,
217
–218,
255
–256

Blackwater-CIA-JSOC covert action in,
251
–253,
406
–413

CIA in,
168
–169,
255

and Davis incident,
403
–407

drone strikes in,
177
,
248
–252,
255
,
352
,
406
,
411
,
412
,
413
,
421
–422,
459
,
519

earthquake (2005) in,
176

HVTs in,
175
–177

insurgency in,
332

JSOC in,
168
–169,
417
–418

kill/capture operations in,
406
–408,
410
,
411

SOFs in,
215
–218

and Special Ops/CIA reassigned to Iraq,
139

Taliban and al Qaeda targets in,
217
–218

and US, relationship between,
427

and US “hot pursuit” arrangement,
216

US outsourcing of war in,
177

US spy programs in,
250
See also
Inter-Services Intelligence

Panetta, Leon

and Afghanistan,
282

and al Qaeda,
256
,
471

and Awlaki, Anwar, targeted killing of,
503

and Awlaki lawsuit,
369
,
370

and bin Laden at Abbottabad compound,
435
,
436
,
441
,
442
,
446

and CIA,
352

and CIA-JSOC divide,
297

and Davis incident,
425
–426

and Pakistan, drone strikes in,
249

and secret prisons/black sites,
294

Pasha, Ahmad Shuja,
413

Patterson, Anne,
217
,
411

Paul, Ron,
503

Pavitt, James,
133

Pelosi, Nancy,
6
,
89

Pentagon

and Camp NAMA,
156
–157,
157
–158

and CIA, conflict between,
30

and CIA, conflict between, and Iraq and 9/11-Saddam and al Qaeda connection,
81
–84

and CIA, conflict between, and Pakistan,
217

luncheon, February 2002,
45

and Pakistan, HVTs in,
175

and SOFs,
98
–99,
99
–100

Perry, Jeff (pseud.),
152
,
155
–156,
156
–157

Personnel Recovery Academy (JPRA),
87

PET.
See
Danish Intelligence Service

Petraeus, David,
427

and Afghanistan,
282

and al Qaeda HVTs, strikes against,
236

and AQAP, in Yemen,
258
–259

and bin Laden at Abbottabad compound,
443

as CIA director,
498

as commander of CENTCOM,
236

and counterterrorism policy, expansion of,
261

and Iraq, destruction of,
179

and Iraq insurgency,
164

and JSOC operations, expansion of,
297

and Majalah massacre,
323

and McChrystal, replacement for,
349

and McChrystal, resignation of,
349

and Obama administration,
258

resignation of,
513

and Saleh, Ali Abdullah, meeting between,
322
–323

and Salvadorization of Iraq,
165

and SOFs, authorization of direct actions by,
282
–283

and Special Police Commando Unit,
165

and Yemen, aid to,
322

and Yemen, AQAP in,
262

Phillips, Richard,
274
–276

Phoenix Program, in Vietnam,
114

Piracy industry, in Somalia

and al Shabab,
482
,
483

and
Maersk Alabama,
hijacking of,
273
–276,
482
–483

and privatized counterpiracy company,
481
–485

and Puntland region,
483
–484,
485

and
SV Quest,
capture of,
482
–483

Plausible deniability,
91

PNAC.
See
Project for the New American Century

Political Islam Strategic Analysis Program, CIA,
15

Political Security Organization (PSO),
185
,
359

Pope Air Force Base,
51

Porter, Gareth,
114
,
348

Posse Comitatus Act,
52

Powell, Colin

and Cheney, conflict between,
57

and Cheney, defense plan of,
8

diplomatic agenda of,
57
–58

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

and Iraq war, case for,
29

and Rumsfeld, conflict between,
57

and SOFs,
99

and Somalia,
122

and Zarqawi,
113

Presidential authority,
9
,
11
,
24
–25

Presidential power

and Cheney, assumption of,
59

and war,
3
–4

and war, right to declare,
19
–20

Priest, Dana,
105
,
217
,
351

Prince, Erik,
177
,
408

and privatized counterpiracy company in Somalia,
481
–485

and Saracen International,
484
,
485

Prine, Carl,
109

Prisoners

abuse of,
104
,
158
–160

protection and treatment of,
29
–30
See also
Abu Ghraib prisoner-abuse scandal

Private military contractors,
23
.
See also
Mercenary companies

Project for the New American Century (PNAC),
7
,
8
,
19

Project Icon,
95

Prosper, Pierre-Richard,
484

PSO.
See
Political Security Organization

Puntland region,
483
–484,
485

Qaddafi, Muammar el-,
5
,
431

Qamish, Galib al-,
187
,
266

Qanyare, Mohamed Afrah,
191
,
192
,
193
,
194

and CIA-backed alliance,
118
–121,
124
,
127

defeat of,
201

and Fazul,
199

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

and kill and capture campaign,
127
–129

Qaradawi, Sheikh Yusuf al-,
39

Qasaylah, Ali Mahmud al-, assassination of,
230

Qirbi, Abu Bakr al-,
313
,
363
,
465

QRF.
See
Quick Reaction Force

Quick Reaction Force (QRF),
98

Qureshi, Shah Mahmood,
422
,
458

Qusay Hussein,
111

Quso, Fahd al-,
305
,
318
,
467

Qutb, Sayyid,
188
–189

Rage, Ali Mohamud,
299
,
301
,
395
,
396
,
487
,
491

and Daynile offensive,
492

Rahman, Atiya Abdul.
See
Mahmud, Shaykh Rahman, Omar Abdel,
36

Ramadan offensive (Al Shabab),
396
–397

Rangers,
51
,
102
–103,
108
,
115
,
138
,
143
,
144
,
145
,
159
,
175
,
450

rules of engagement of,
169

Ras Kamboni,
195
,
394

Reagan, Ronald

and assassination ban,
5

and JSOC,
51

and presidential authority,
11

Reagan administration,
11

Real Time Regional Gateway, NSA,
162

“Rebuilding America's Defenses,”
19

Red Cross (International Committee of the Red Cross)

and Camp NAMA,
148

and Camp NAMA report,
158

and detainee policy, violation of,
453

and interrogation and torture/techniques,
89
–90

Reed, Jack,
469

Rehman, Ibadur,
419

Reid, Harry,
509
–510

Reid, Richard (aka “Shoe Bomber”),
28
,
320

Rendition,
26
–30,
182

of Islamic Jihad members,
125

and JSOC,
182
See also
Secret prisons

Reno, Janet,
108

Republican Guard (Iraq),
165

Republican Guard (Yemen),
33
,
211
,
462

Republican Party,
xv
,
9
,
18
,
26
,
36
,
76
,
89
,
109
,
110
,
161
,
169
,
171
,
215
,
244
,
246
,
256
,
301
,
302
,
314
,
318
,
319
,
320
,
353
,
469
,
503
,
515
,
516
,
517
,
520

Republicans, and Obama, attack on,
320
–321

Rhodes, Ben,
446

Rice, Condoleezza,
94

and al Qaeda, lethal action against,
18

and al Qaeda/bin Laden,
14

and al Shabab,
226

and Awlaki, Anwar, imprisonment of,
186

and covert action, in Afghanistan,
16

and covert action, in Pakistan,
411

and drone strikes, in Yemen,
78

and interrogation and torture/techniques,
88

Rice, Susan,
324

Richer, Robert,
141

Riggle, Robert,
482
–483

Rimi, Qasim al-,
210
,
230
–231,
324
,
356

as detainee at Guantánamo,
254

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, al Qaeda attacks in,
130

Rizzo, John,
25

Robow, Mukhtar,
492

Rocca, Christina,
409
–410

Rodriguez, Alberto,
421

Rodriguez, Jose,
25
,
30
,
81
,
176

and interrogation and torture/techniques,
89

and Iraq and 9/11–Saddam and al Qaeda connection,
83

Rolling Stone
magazine,
349