Echo Platoon (44 page)

CIA listening post, Astara, Iran,
15
,
92
,
112
,
231
–36

     attack on,
230
–36,
237
–50,
251
–61,
262
–79

CipherTac 2000 cellular phone,
91

civilian casualties,
83
,
125
,
223

Clausewitz, Carl von,
344

Claymore mines,
82
,
85

Clifford, Clark,
164

Clinton, Bill,
75
,
93
,
114
,
115
,
200

Clinton administration handling of intel,
63
–64,
114

CNN,
72
,
116

Code of Military Justice, Article 88,
151

Cold War,
172
,
289
,
381

collateral damage,
83
,
223

Command Voice,
132

concealment,
239
–40

covert strikes,
105
–10

     CIA listening post, Astara,
230
–36,
237
–50,
251
–61,
262
–79

     intelligence for,
112
–116,
158

     preparation for,
169
,
227
–28

     scenarios for,
157
–59

CQC (close-quarters combat),
49
,
106
,
270

crime syndicates,
103
,
160
,
186

Crocker, General Thomas E.,
65
–66,
221
–22,
230
,
290
,
292
,
304
,
305

     
see also
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Da Voice,
146
–48,
180

Dauphin–2 chopper,
68
,
73
,
74
,
312
,
375
,
377
,
378
,
380

debriefing,
60

deception,
40
,
105
–10,
320
–22

Defense Imaging Agency,
316

Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA),
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,
68
,
71
,
87
,
91
,
113
,
306
,
318

Defense Mapping Agency,
227
,
324

DefTec No. 25 distraction devices,
6
,
47
,
48
–49,
50
,
266
–67,
335
,
362
,
368

Delta Force,
27
,
368

DEV Group,
27

Devine, Terry (Timex),
285

     in covert strikes,
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242
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245
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251
,
259
,
262
,
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,
264
,
267
,
274

     in hostage rescue,
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,
21
,
28
,
39
,
41

     in mission to rescue Madison,
331
,
335
,
367

Dewey, Duck Foot

     in covert strikes,
105
,
106
,
111
,
227
,
238
,
242
,
243
,
245
,
256
,
259
,
262
,
263

     in hostage rescue,
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,
21
,
24
,
28
,
33
,
34
,
38
,
41
,
45
,
52
,
57
,
58

     in mission to rescue Madison,
331

DiCarlo, Nod,
285

     and ambush of hostages,
80

     in covert strikes,106,
110
,
227
,
231
,
238
,
242
,
245
,
251
,
257
,
258
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262
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264
–65,
266
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267
–68

     in hostage rescue,
19
,
24
,
28
,
33
,
34
,
38
,
41
,
44
–45,
52
,
58
,
60

     in mission to rescue Madison,
325
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330
,
335
,
338
,
345
,
348
,
349
,
351
,
354
,
360
,
362
,
364
,
369

Dirty Name, The,
30
–31

disinformation,
185
,
293
,
381

DST (Directorate for Surveillance of the Territory),
120
,
318
,
371

Eddie the Burglar,
173

EEIs (Essential Elements of Information),
158

ELINT (ELectronics INTelligence),
111

Entebbe,
308
,
320
–21

Environmental Protection Agency,
8

Evans, Ashley,
70
–72,
73
,
74
,
76
,
85
,
87
,
90
–91,
116
,
121
,
123
,
147
–48,
149
–54,
170
–79,
224
,
276
,
277
–78,
283
,
285
,
287
,
306

     and ambush/killing of hostages,
77
–81,
85

     and covert operations,
230
–31

     and rescue of Madison,
305
,
316
,
318
–19,
321
–23,
330
,
336
–37,
338
,
345
,
346
,
348
–49,
354
–55,
356
,
363
,
368
,
374
,
375
,
377
,
380

     and working with Russians,
292
,
297
,
304

     at Sirzhik Foundation reception,
189
,
196
,
217
,
229

exfil

     attack on CIA listening post,
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–33,
275
,
278
–79

Exfiltration phase,
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n
51

expediting,
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,
153
,
163
–64,
317
–18,
329

Fewell, Ricky,
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,
347

fire in the hole,
270
,
361
,
363
,
368

Fist of Allah (FA),
15
–16,
112
,
154
,
234
,
236
,
276
,
288
,
306
,
317
,
319

FLIR (Forward-Looking InfraRed),
111
–12

Fort Meade,
113

14 Intelligence Company,
119

French surveillance units,
120

Gagarin, Yuri,
306

geopolitics,
299
,
382

Georgian Mafiya,
193

Georgian Republic,
299

Glinyannyy Island,
68

global positioning satellite

     
see
Magellan GPS unit

Gobustan,
77

Goober

     and ambush of hostages,
80

     in covert strikes,
110
,
251

     in hostage rescue,
21
,
23
,
35
–37,
58
–60

     in mission to rescue Madison,
331
,
335

Gore, Al,
114
–15

Grand Europe Hotel,
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,
116
,
123
,
154
,
192
,
283

Griffith, Grant,
164
,
166

Grogan, Roscoe,
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,
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–13,
15
,
72
–73,
78
,
101
,
117
,
160
,
163
,
317

Groton, Connecticut

     nuclear sub base,
107

Groupes Chasse (GC),
120
,
121

GTINFFAA (Getting There Is No Fucking Fun At All),
3
–4,
366
,
369

Gulf of Mexico,
24

Habash, George,
322

HAHO (high altitude, high opening),
313
,
324
,
327
,
329
,
330
,
353

     HARP,
324
,
344

Haled Mesha’al,
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n
34,
295

HALO,
18
,
353

HARP (High Altitude Release Point) 324,
334
,
344

Harris, Half Pint

     in covert strikes,
105
,
111
,
251

     in hostage rescue,
19
,
28
,
58
,
67

     in mission to rescue Madison,
330
,
338
,
339

HAZMATs (HAZardous MATerials),
8

Herndon, William Lewis,
5
n
3

Herndon Monument,
5

Hezb’allah,
317

Holbrooke, Richard,
153

Hornady 750-grain projectile,
17
,
59

hostage rescue,
5
–33,
34
–57,
58
–61,
66
–68,
73

     debriefing hostages,
60

     hostages killed following,
77
–88,
104

     surprise in,
38

HP/SL (Hump Pump Shoot & Loot),
18

HUMINT,
113
,
316

Hussein, king of Jordan,
109
n
34,
157

Hussein, Saddam,
54
n
18,
63
,
153
,
234
–35

IED (Improvised Explosive Device),
47
–48

improvisation,
158

India,
113

Infiltration phase,
159
n
51

Insertion phase,
159
n
51

intel (intelligence),
376

     for covert strikes,
109
,
112
–16,
158
,
231

     handling of,
63

     Israelis and,
111
–12

     lack of, in Baku,
98
–99

     retrieved from CIA listening post, Astara,
271
,
273
–74,
276
,
279

     retrieved from oil platform 16-Bravo,
60

     regarding Sarkesian’s office,
195
,
196
,
208
–09

intel (intelligence) gathering,
92

     Marcinko’s mission in Baku,
207

     on Sarkesian,
212
–18

intel network,
15

intelligence-gathering agencies,
114

Internet,
157
,
159
,
163
–64

IRA,
113
,
119

Iran/Iranians,
98
,
104
,
111

     in Azerbaijan,
63
,
64
,
98
,
99
–100,
153
,
167

     border with Azerbaijan,
231

     covert strike in,
106

     intel on,
112

     joint terrorist operations with Russians,
87
,
100
–01,
111

     and Sarkesian,
290

     seized oil platform 16-Bravo,
15
–16

     target of joint U.S.–Russia operation,
292
–93

     U.S. stance toward,
214

Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC),
15
,
194
,
288
,
288
n
66,
297

Iraq,
98

Islam, fundamentalist,
63
,
74
,
99

Islamic Jihad,
317

Israel,
308

     and Azerbaijan,
95
–97

     Turks and,
318

Israeli Defense Forces,
235

Israeli intelligence unit,
119

Israelis,
234
–35,
295
,
305
,
372

     at Entebbe,
320
–21

     intelligence,
111
–12

Ivana, Miss,
154
,
155
,
156
,
176
–78

JCET (Joint Combined Educational Training mission),
11
,
62
,
106
,
110
,
116

Johnson, Hammer,
285

     and ambush of hostages,
80

     and covert strikes,
111
,
242
,
243
,
251
,
252
,
259
–60,
262
,
274

     in hostage rescue,
20
,
35
–37,
59
,
61
,
68

     in mission to rescue Madison,
331
,
332
,
335
,
338
,
374
,
375

jump insertion,
331

Karabakh Khrebet ridge,
349
,
351

Karabakh mountains,
352
,
353