Kherchtou, L’Houssaine, 67
Khyber Pass, 50
Kirkland, James Robert, 184, 198, 263–68
Kirkland, Mrs., 263, 264–65
Korea, 24, 141
Krekar, Mullah, 104, 189–90, 259
Kurdistan, 108
Kurds, 104, 108
Kuwait, 38
labor unions, 208, 212
Lackland Air Force Base, 269
Lady, Bob, 18–21, 22–23, 24, 26–27, 28, 30, 31, 180–81, 186, 187, 188, 196–201, 221, 222–24, 225, 226–27, 228, 229, 240, 252, 270–73, 274
Lady, Martha, 181, 197, 198, 270
Lady, William, 196
La Scala, 223
La Spezia, Italy, 185, 188
Last Supper, The (Leonardo), 25
Latina, Italy, 61
Latin America, 235, 256–57
Learjet 35, 192–93
Lebanon, 75, 77
legscrews, 136
Leon, 29–30
Leonardo da Vinci, 25
Libero, 233–34
Libya, 24
Ligurians, 56
Logan, Cynthia Dame, 184, 189, 190, 198
Lombards, 57
Lombardy, Italy, 59, 174, 176
Los Angeles International Airport, 70
Lounici, Djamel, 102
LSD, 141
Ludwig (Luciano Pironi), 15, 16, 17, 18–21, 31–34, 199, 221–22, 223, 227–29, 230–32, 273–74
Luxembourg, Gladio in, 217
Luxor, Egypt, 45–46, 52, 81
McCoy, Alfred, 142–43
McGill University, 140–42
Madrid, Spain, 69
Mafia, 17, 60, 119, 174, 207, 219, 257
Magdi (brother-in-law of Abu Omar), 160–61, 166
Magi, Oscar, 240–42, 269, 273–74
magistrates, magistracy, 119, 169, 173, 174, 199, 203–4, 213, 214–15, 216
Mahmoud, Sheikh, 99
Majorca, Spain, 195
Maletti, Giandelio, 216
Mali, 59
Mancini, Marco, 221–22, 224–25, 227, 230–32, 235, 236, 238
Marchetti, Victor, 206–7
Mark, Saint, 35–36
Marley, Bob, 223
Marshall Plan, 57
Marshals Service, U.S., 75, 218
Martin, Graham, 211
Marx, Karl, 114
Marxism, 47
Masri, Khaled El-, 240, 248
Massimo, 21–23, 24, 26–29, 236, 283
Mastercard, 188
Maura, 199, 200
Mecca, Saudi Arabia, 56, 157, 170, 250
Medero-Navedo, Betnie, 187, 198, 273
Medina, Saudi Arabia, 56
Megale, Bruno, 176, 177, 179, 181, 183, 186, 200, 229
Meling, Brynjar, 190
Memphis, Egypt, 35
Merai (Radi El Ayashi), 109–12
Mexican extraditions, 74–75
Mexico, 73–74, 75
Mezzogiorno, Italy, 57
Miceli, Vito, 211, 234
Middle Ages, 135–36, 137
Milan, Italy, 13–14, 15, 18, 23, 56–60, 61, 181, 199
Milan terrorist network, 80, 82–84, 97, 104–5
see also Viale Jenner mosque; Via Quaranta mosque
Miletici, Croatia, 66
Military Intelligence and Security Service, Italian, see SISMI
“Military Jihad” (document), 175
Millennium Bomber, 70
Milton, John, 74
Ministry of Interior, Italian, 210
mobile phones, 82–83, 121, 167–69, 176–78, 179, 180–88, 190, 193, 229–30, 236, 263–64
Mohamed, Binyam, 275
Mohammad the Somali (Maxamed Cabdullah Ciise), 109–12
Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh, 63
Mollet, Guy, 207
Mondragone, Italy, 84
money laundering, 174
Monte Stella, 219
Montreal, Canada, 70
Morchidi, Kamal, 109
Moro, Aldo, 171–73, 214
Morocco, 59, 82, 97, 102, 107, 110, 195, 275
Morse, Phillip H., 194–96
Morse manifold, 194
Mossad, 145
Mother Teresa of Calcutta Center, 65
Moussafir, Driss, 59–60
Mubarak, Hosni, 43, 44, 48, 51, 152
extraordinary renditions and, 146–47
Gamaa’s assassination attempt against, 44–45, 79
Gamaa’s détente with, 45, 46, 166
political repression by, 43–44, 48, 51, 72
Muhammad, Prophet, 35, 47, 107
conquests of, 36, 41
Muhammad (informant), 98
mujahidin, 23, 50, 51, 61, 62, 64
in Bosnia, 64, 65–67
Mukhabarat, 79
Munich, Germany, 55–56, 61, 190
Muslim Brotherhood, see Society of Muslim Brothers
Mussolini, Alessandra, 236
Mussolini, Benito, 145, 210, 220, 236
death of, 25
separate police agencies created by, 17
Nabil, Sheikh, 99
Naples, Italy, 102, 231
Napoleon I, Emperor of France, 36, 57
Nasr, Hitham, 47, 160–61, 166
Nasr, Omar, 56
Nasr, Osama Mustafa Hassan, see Abu Omar
Nasr, Rawya, 160
Nasreddin, Idris Ahmed, 63, 284
Nasser, Gamal Abdel, 38, 39, 42, 43, 46, 145–46
Natalie, 261–63
National Security Council, 78, 79, 111
National Security Decision Directive 207, 75–76
National Security Directive 77, 77
NATO, 75, 80–81, 176, 208, 217, 269
Nazis, 145, 253
Netherlands, 99, 103, 105, 217, 231
New Order (Ordine Nuovo), 214, 215
New Orleans, La., 197, 218, 271
New Wafd, 47
New York, N.Y., 141, 219, 228
New York Police Department, 197
Nicholas I, Pope, 135
Nicklaus, Jack, 194
Niger, 234–35
Nighthawks (Hopper), 219
Nile River, 36
1984 (Orwell), 138
Nixon, Richard, 211
North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan, 50–51
Northwest WorldPerks, 189
Norway, 189–90, 217, 259
Nuweiba, Egypt, 49
Obama, Barack, 269, 273, 274–75
Obama administration, 274
O’Connor, Sandra Day, 219
oil, in Kuwait, 38
Oklahoma City bombing, 78
Olimpio, Guido, 27
Olson, Frank, 141–42
Olympics, 2006 Winter, 197, 228
Omar, see Abu Omar
Operation Goldenrod, 77
Operation Jihadia, 87
Operation Sphinx, 68–71, 80, 82, 97, 120
ordeals, 134–35
Ordine Nuovo (New Order), 214, 215
Orwell, George, 138
Oslo, Norway, 189, 190
Ottoman Empire, 36, 37, 52
Padua, Italy, 122, 216
Pakistan, 50–51, 54, 59, 62, 63
al-Qaeda training camps in, 67
Palazzo di Giustizia, Milan, 171, 174, 230
Palestinians, 108
Panama Canal Zone, 138
Panetta, Leon, 274–75
Paradiso, Il, 65
Parco Bassi, 29
Paris Métro, 70
Parma, Italy, 108, 109
Partisans, 25, 31, 145
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (film), 219
Pearl Harbor, 210
Peckinpah, Sam, 219
Penango, Italy, 198, 199, 200, 229
Persia, 35
Peru, 72–73
Peshawar, Pakistan, 50–53, 61, 67
Peteano, Italy, 203–4, 208, 212, 214–15
Phoenix program, 142, 206
phone taps, 67–68, 70, 230–32, 233–34
, 236
Piazza del Duomo, Milan, 25–26
Piazza Dergano, 15–16, 20, 21, 28, 31, 177–78, 181, 183, 184, 185, 187, 188, 199, 229
Piazza Fontana, bombing at, 212–13, 216
Piazzale Loreto, 25
Piazzale Maciachini, 28, 29, 31–34
Piazza San Marco, 189
Pignero, Gustavo, 224, 225, 226, 230–32, 235–36
Pinelli, Giuseppe, 213
Pinkerton Detective Agency, 72–73
Pirelli, 57, 228
Pironi, Luciano, see Ludwig
Pius XII, Pope, 205
planes, leasing of, 193–94
Podsijelovo, Croatia, 66
Poland, 102, 106
Political Security Organization, Yemen, 87
Pollari, Nicolò, 231–32, 233, 234, 235, 236–37, 238, 242, 273
Pomarici, Ferdinando, 233
Pompa, Pio, 233–34, 235, 236, 273
Pompeii, Italy, 85
Portogruaro, Italy, 123, 179
Portugal, Gladio in, 217
Presidential Decision Directive 39, 78
Prima Linea, see Front Line
Principe di Savoia, 185–86, 200
Problem We All Live With, 1964, The (Rockwell), 218
Prodi, Romano, 221, 240
tribunal and, 242
Prussia, 138
“pump and dump,” 142–43
Purvis, George, 187, 188, 198
qaid, 92
Qassim, Talaat Fuad (Abu Talal), 71, 78–82
Quaranta, Bernardo, 85
Quattrocento, 68
Question of Torture, A (McCoy), 142
Quran, 39, 40, 41, 43, 47, 50, 52, 53, 88, 93, 111, 128, 151, 158
rack, 133, 136
Raggruppamento Operativo Speciale (ROS; Special Operations Group), 17, 18, 19
Ramstein Air Base, 193, 196, 223
Reagan, Ronald, 75–76, 147, 257
Red Army, 214, 215
Red Brigades, 170–72, 214, 220, 235
Redemptionist Boys and Girls High, 197
Renaissance, 137
Rendition (film), 265, 268
Renditions, 72–74, 76
see also extraordinary renditions
Repubblica, La, 200
Republican Party, 261
Ressam, Ahmed, 70
Resurgence (Italy), 29, 34
Rezk, Merfat, 114–19, 120, 121, 124, 164, 169
Rich, Marc, 75
Richards, Mahlon, 195–96
Richmor Aviation, 195
Rijeka, Croatia, 80, 81
Rinascente, La, 26–27
Rockwell, Norman, 218
Rogers, William, 211
Romania, 110, 195
Roman law, 135–36
Romano, Joseph, III, 182, 193, 237, 269, 274
Romans, 13, 56, 57, 133–34, 135, 137
Rome, Italy, 174, 181, 190, 207, 209
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 145
Roosevelt, Kermit, 146
Roosevelt, Theodore, 194
ROS (Raggruppamento Operativo Speciale; Special Operations Group), 17, 18, 19
Roth, Philip, 219
Rueda, Pilar Maria, 185, 188, 189, 198
Russia, 24, 65, 71
Russomando, Ralph, 237, 238, 273
Saad, Hassan al-Sharif Mahmud, 80–81
Saad, Ibrahim, 63–64
Sacred Don’ts, 166–67, 239
Sadat, Anwar, 43, 44, 45, 48, 51, 146, 150
Sahafi Mosque, 106–7
Saidi, Mahmoud al-, 66
Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 194
St. Mark’s Basilica, 36
Salafism, 47
Salem, Shawki Bakry, 114–19
Sanaa, Yemen, 50
San Francisco, Calif., 141
Sardinia, Italy, 215
Saudi Arabia, 51, 103
Savak, 145
Sayed, Mahmoud Abdelkader Es, see Abu Saleh
Scandinavia, 136
Seattle, Wash., 219
Secret Apparatus, 41–42
Secret Service, U.S., 18
segregation, 218
Senegal, 59
sensory deprivation, 140–41
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, 35, 62, 63, 87–90, 96, 120, 147, 176, 194, 201, 231, 236, 267
Septuagint, 35
Serbia, 64, 67, 68, 229
Serravalle, Gerardo, 215
Servizio per le Informazioni e la Sicurezza Militare, see SISMI
sex, Islamic view of, 40
Sforzas, 25
Shaaban, Anwar, 64–65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71–72, 80–81, 82, 98
Shaari, Abdelhamid, 107, 116
Shaban, Sayed, 114
Shannon, Ireland, 196
sharia, 41, 42, 51
Sherif, 98
SHIK (Shërbimi Informativ Kombëtar; Albanian State Intelligence Service), 54, 61, 243–45, 251
Sicily, 136, 174
SID (Servizio Informazioni Difesa), 207, 211, 216
SIFAR (Servizio Informazioni Forze Armate), 207–8, 209, 211
SIMs (subscriber identity modules), 167–69, 263–64
DIGOS investigation of, 176–78, 179, 180–88, 190, 193, 229–30, 236
SISMI (Servizio per le Informazioni e la Sicurezza Militare), 18, 20, 207, 221–23, 224–25, 227–37, 240–41, 273–74
Skorzeny, Otto, 145
slaves, slavery, 74, 133–34
sleep deprivation, 139–40
smallpox vaccine, 85
Socialist Party, Italian, 206, 209, 210
Society of Muslim Brothers, 39–41, 42–43, 45, 46
Sofin, Joseph, 185, 188, 198
Sogno, Edgardo, 211–12
solitary confinement, 141
South Vietnam, 143
Soviet Union, 193
Afghanistan invaded by, 50–51, 64, 69
Ames’s spying for, 202
CIA’s fear of, 204–5
Italian Communists supported by, 206
Nasser’s alliance with, 145
torture by, 138–39
Spain, 57, 103, 195, 217
Spanish Steps, 205
SPAR 92, 193
Spataro, Armando, 169–74, 213
Abu Omar case investigated by, 174–80, 191–92, 200, 229
Berlusconi’s dislike of work of, 220–21
CIA discovery of investigation by, 200
courtesy of, 170
D’Ambrosio’s talk with, 230
Farina’s confession to, 235
Spataro, Armando (continued)
government displeasure with, 240–41
indictment against CIA agents requested by, 198, 218, 220, 229, 271
indictment against SISMI members by, 235–37, 273–74
Lady investigated by, 198–200, 229
Libero’s interview of, 233
Ludwig’s confession to, 230
Obama’s election and, 273
Pignero’s confession to, 235–36
terrorists prosecuted by, 174
at trial of kidnappers, 240–41, 242, 273–74
U.S. admired by, 218–19
U.S. criticism of, 220
Special Ops (CIA division), 222
Sphinx, Operation, 68–71, 80, 82, 97, 120
Stalin, Josef, 145
Starwood Special Preferred Guest Program, 189
State Department, U.S., 62, 197, 200, 219, 268–69
State Police, Italian, 16–17
State Security Service, Egyptian, 48, 156, 160, 165–66, 167, 238, 239, 240, 245
Status of Forces Agreement, NATO, 269
steganography, 89
Stein, Jeff, 268–69
Stocky, 31–32, 33, 230
Stone, Rocky, 212, 215
strappado, 136
Strasbourg Christmas market, 84
subscriber identity modules, see SIMs
Sudan, 62, 67, 81
Suddath, Barbara, 181, 186
Suez Canal, 146
suicide bombers, 94, 108–9, 119, 189, 245
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sp; see also martyrdom
Super SID, 211, 234
Supreme Court, Israeli, 219–20
Supreme Court, U.S., 73, 76, 219, 257
Switzerland, 75, 98, 104, 138, 195, 217
Syria, 24, 42, 51, 59, 81, 110, 145, 147, 155
Tahar, Sheikh, 99
takeoff protocol, 192
Tanzania, 67
Taranto, Italy, 169
Taviani, Paolo Emilio, 216
Telecom Italia, 236
Temple of Hatshepsut, 45–46, 52, 81
terrorism, terrorists:
Abu Omar’s planning of, 93–107
Abu Omar’s recruiting for, 189
charities of, 244
chemical attacks discussed by, 98
dilemma of arresting, 86
Europe as target of, 83–84, 88
in Iraq, 108–9, 245, 251
Italian investigations of, 119–20
Italian police jurisdiction and, 17, 18
in Italy, 169, 170–72, 173, 203–4, 212–13, 214–17
Kabul bombing, 247
methods of car bombing discussed by, 101
among mujahidin, 51
in Oklahoma City, 78
on Paris Métro, 70
recruiting of, 95–96
in Rijeka, 80, 81
of Secret Apparatus, 42
at Temple of Hatshepsut, 45–46, 52, 81
in Tunisia, 94
against World Trade Center, 62–63, 67
see also Milan terrorist network; September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks; World Trade Center
Thailand, 59
“third degree,” 136
thumbscrews, 136
Timofte, Mihai, 182
Tirana, Albania, 52–53
Tora Prison complex, 48, 156–59, 165, 238–39
Toronto, Canada, 69
torture:
of Abu Omar, 151, 152–53, 154, 155, 157, 165, 175, 176, 238, 239, 240, 251, 252, 292
at battle of Vozuca, 71
in Cold War, 138–40
in Egyptian prisons, 43, 131–33, 148–50
history of, 133–48
outlawing of, 137–38
social class and, 133–34, 137
tests of, 138–42
unreliability of information obtained from, 133–34, 136, 143–44
Torya, 199, 200
Tosca pizzeria, 18–19
Treasury Department, U.S., 64, 90, 284
Tribunal of Milan, 240–42, 268–69, 273–74
Trojan War, 272
Tunisia, 59, 82, 94, 97, 102
Turin, Italy, 170–71, 197, 231
Turkey, 59, 103, 217
Twin Towers, see September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks; World Trade Center
Ukraine, 59
United Arab Emirates, 195
United Mileage Plus, 189
United Nations, 63, 271
United Nations Convention Against Torture, 147
United States, 111
Afghanistan invaded by, 90, 108, 195
bombing of African embassies of, 67
Iraq invaded by, 108, 112, 189–90, 191, 245
Israel supported by, 62
Italian coups considered by, 209–10, 211
Italy’s extradition treaty with, 75
Mexico’s extradition treaty with, 74
Mondragone military barracks of, 84