Unthinkable (86 page)

elimination of foreign influences as obsession of,
13

elimination of Israel supported by,
14
–15

fatwas issued by,
59
–60

Iran-Iraq War ended by,
67

nuclear weaponization disclaimed by,
59

Salafiyya (Wahhabi) Islam rejected by,
15

stated goals of,
9
,
10
,
11
–12,
16

U.S. labeled “Great Satan” by,
21
,
22

Khrushchev, Nikita,
329
,
339
,
340
,
367
,
410

Khuzestan,
172
,
175

Kissinger, Henry A.,
356

Koran,
300

Korean War,
74
,
328

Chinese involvement in,
77

U.S. involvement in,
333

Kosovo War,
242
,
251
,
254
,
265
,
406

NATO intervention in,
241
,
244
,
407

Krepinevich, Andrew,
315

Kroenig, Matthew,
239
,
258
,
307
,
406
–7,
491

Kugler, Richard L.,
299
–300

Kurdistan,
171
–72

Kurdistan Democratic Party,
93

Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK),
92

Kurds,
25
,
26
,
27
,
92

in Iran,
25
,
31
,
149
,
171
–72,
175
,
179
,
389

in Iraq,
241

Kuwait,
26
,
27
,
29
,
173
,
231
,
247
,
268
,
305
,
342
,
348
–49

Iraq invasion of,
67
,
78
,
156
,
199
,
241
,
252
,
257
,
339

liberation of,
352

see also
Persian Gulf War

Larijani brothers,
366

Laser Isotope Separation,
40

Lashkar-e Taiba,
369

Lavrov, Sergei,
249

Lebanon,
27
,
28
,
70
,
157
,
266
,
273
,
389

Bekaa Valley in,
114
,
314

Iranian interests in,
11
,
26
,
84
,
114
,
285
,
314

Israeli invasion of,
114
,
457

mountainous terrain of,
5

1980s hostage crisis in,
72
,
335

U.S. intervention in,
335
,
339

Lebanon War of 2006,
210
,
212
,
266
,
362

Lend-Lease program,
71

Levite, Eli,
207

Levy, Daniel,
214

Libya,
27
,
35
,
47
,
79
,
301
,
372
,
487

government overthrown in,
60
,
241
,
317

nuclear program of,
48
,
60

sanctions against,
153

terrorism sponsored by,
69
,
153
,
257

light-water reactors,
140
–41

Lockerbie,
153

London,
16
,
71

Los Zetas cartel,
24
–25

Louis XIV, King of France,
419

Luft, Gal,
364
–65

Lula da Silva, Luiz Inácio,
126

Lynch, Marc,
342

Machel, Samora,
368

McNally, Robert,
154
,
364
–65

Mahdi (Redeemer),
67
–68

Majd, Hooman,
4

Maliki, Nuri al-,
27

Maloney, Suzanne,
136
,
171

Manes (Persian prophet),
23

Manichean philosophy,
23

Mao Zedong,
75
–76,
80
,
418

Marine Corps, U.S.,
267
,
270
,
271
,
285
,
345

Marine Reserves, U.S.,
270

Marxism,
37

Massive Ordinance Penetrators (MOPs),
231
–32,
234

Mazar-e Sharif,
16

Mecca,
10
,
285

Hajj pilgrimage to,
84

Medes,
10

Medina,
84

Mediterranean Sea,
345
,
356

Mehmanparast, Ramin,
141

Menashri, David,
15
,
300

Mesbah-Yazdi, Ayatollah Mohammad Taqi,
18
,
61

Mexican drug cartels,
24
–25

Middle East,
14
,
26
,
29
,
78
,
223
,
374

dangers of destabilization in,
xiv
,
26
–28,
110
,
128
,
139
,
163
,
316
–18,
362
,
409

demands for a Nuclear-Weapons Free Zone in,
91
,
391

economic, political, and social stagnation in,
95

Iranian policy of expanded Islamic influence in,
9
,
11
–12,
16
,
65

map of,
ix

U.S. interests and military forces in,
64
,
146
,
281

Milani, Abbas,
170

military option, U.S.,
see
United States, military option of

Milosevich, Slobodan,
237
,
254
,
265
,
368
,
407

MI6,
31
,
51
–52,
169

missiles,
186
–88,
216

antiballistic (ABM),
350
,
352

Arrow II and III,
388

ballistic,
87
,
186
,
188
,
209
,
229
,
232
–33,
235
,
258
,
271
,
312
,
327
–28,
330
,
358
–59,
388

cruise,
186
,
195
,
205
,
231
,
233
,
248
,
273
,
305
,
312
,
359
–60,
388

David's Sling,
350
,
388

intercontinental ballistic (ICBMs),
328
,
347
,
359

intermediate-range ballistic,
87

medium-range ballistic (MRBMs),
359

Patriot,
188
,
205
,
350
,
388

Scud,
74
,
212
,
353

surface-to-air (SAM),
186
,
191
,
232
–33

transport of,
327

Mohajer, Fariba Davoodi,
172

Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shah of Iran,
31

demonstrations against,
20

Israel's relations with,
114

nuclear ambition of,
34

overthrow of,
11
,
12
,
71

U.S. relations with,
13
,
71

Mongols,
10

Montgomery, Evan Braden,
315

Morocco,
26
,
32
,
316
,
318

Morris, Benny,
215
–16

Morsi, Muhammad,
91

Mosaddeq, Mohammad,
135
,
237

fall of,
23
,
71
,
117
,
169

Moscow,
71
,
75
,
77

Mossad,
31
,
37
,
148
,
149

Mousavi, Mir-Hossein,
174

Mousavian, Seyed Hossein,
56
,
138

Moussa, Amr,
250

Mozambique,
368

Mubarak, Husni,
91

fall of,
318
,
368

Muhammad (Prophet),
20

Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK),
37

mujahideen, Afghan,
315

Mumbai, Pakistani attack on,
75
,
378

Muslims,
61
,
204
,
208
–9,
218
,
246

nondenominational,
30

public opinion of,
259

Salafiyya (Wahhabi),
15

Shi'i,
4
–5,
12
,
15
,
26
–30,
58
,
67
,
70
,
78
,
84
,
85
,
92
–93,
96
,
114
,
177
,
210
,
211
,
260
,
303
,
319

Sufi,
30

Sunni,
15
,
26
,
27
–28,
30
,
70
,
84
,
85
,
92
–93,
210
,
319
,
350
,
508
–9

see also
Islam; Sunni-Shi'a conflict

Napoleon I, Emperor of France,
228
,
419

“Military Maxims” of,
266

Nasrallah, Hassan,
210
–11

Nasser, Gamal ‘Abd al-,
89
–90

Natanz uranium enrichment plant,
36
,
37
,
39
,
48
–50,
189
,
192
,
198
,
232
–33,
448

National Guard, U.S.,
270

National Intelligence Council, U.S.,
51

National Security Agency, U.S.,
148

National Security Council, U.S.,
51
,
62
,
155
–56,
322
,
330
,
356
,
407

Legislative Affairs office of,
158

Navy, U.S.,
16
,
67
,
219
,
220
,
227
,
260
,
268
,
272

blockade of Iraq by,
227

clash of Iran's naval forces with,
25
,
85
,
285

Fifth Fleet of,
346

Nimitz
-class aircraft carriers in,
231

Operation Praying Mantis of,
257
,
303

in Persian Gulf,
146
,
219
,
232
,
285
,
314
,
324
,
345
,
347
,
355
–56,
362
,
503

possible blockade of Iran by,
226
–29

NBC News/
Wall Street Journal
poll,
256
–57

Nellis Air Force Base,
183

Netanyahu, Benjamin,
54
,
128
,
193
,
213
,
215
,
279
,
379

Netanyahu, Yonatan,
193

New Delhi,
68
,
75
,
294

New York Times,
134
,
147
–48,
197
,
249
,
446
–47

Nicaragua,
283

Contras in,
8
,
285
,
315

Sandinistas in,
371

9/11 attacks,
see
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks

Nitze, Paul,
370

Nixon, Richard M.,
75
,
147
,
247
,
283
,
313
,
323

North Africa,
11
,
29

North Arabian Sea,
248

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO),
18
,
93
–94,
128
,
188
,
312
–13,
341

Kosovo War intervention by,
241
,
244
,
254
,
271

Libyan rebels aided by,
241

membership of Turkey in,
349
–52

North Carolina,
158

North Korea,
35
,
138
,
301
,
324
,
359
,
367
,
371
,
391

attacks on South Korea by,
74
,
80
,
294
–95,
333

inspectors sent to,
111

isolation and unpredictability of,
13
,
69
,
294
,
369

nuclear arsenal of,
54
,
60
–61,
74
,
80
–81,
86
,
98
,
99
,
208
,
294
–96,
363
–64,
369
,
417

nuclear program of,
35
,
36
,
47
,
48
,
54
,
97
,
255
,
462

see also
Korean War

North Korean Army Supreme Command,
294