mujahidin armed by, 50, 51
Peru’s extradition treaty with, 72–73
phone taps in, 68
Ramstein Air Base used by, 193
Spataro’s admiration for, 218–19
torture by, 138, 139, 140–47
United States v. Alvarez-Machain, 74
Urban V, Pope, 91
Varese, Italy, 120
Vasiliou, Michalis, 187, 198
Vatican City, 61
Venice, Italy, 36, 123, 179
Vercelli, Italy, 231
Verona, Italy, 122
Viale Jenner, 19, 29, 90, 116, 118
Viale Jenner mosque, 19, 67–71, 80, 84–85, 92, 107, 112, 154, 163, 284
Blind Sheikh’s links to, 63–64
forgers’ tools in, 69
Ramzi Yousef’s links to, 67, 68
surveillance of, 68, 70, 93–109
Via Quaranta mosque, 85–86, 89, 92, 107, 110, 111, 120, 163
Abu Omar named deputy chief imam at, 92
Quranic school at, 93
Vicenza, Italy, 122
Vignola Church of the Holy Name of Jesus, 61
Vinciguerra, Vincenzo, 214
violence, see terrorism, terrorists
Virginia, 137
Visa, 188
Visconti, 57
Vozuca, battle of, 71
Waddani, Sekseka Habib, 284
Wafd Youth, 47
Wahab, Sheikh Abd al-, 103
Walker, Edward, 146
Wall Street Journal, 220, 247, 274
Warhol, Andy, 219
“War on Terror,” 218, 224, 248
Washburn and Company, 260–61
Washington, D.C., 228
Washington, George, 202
Watergate, 257
Webster, William, 76–77
Westin Palace, 185
Winter Olympics, 2006, 197, 228
Wolfowitz, Paul, 109
women, 30, 40, 46
see also September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks
World War I, 37
World War II, 31, 57, 138, 145, 205, 207, 219, 253
Wyatt, F. Mark, 205
Years of Lead, 169, 174, 212, 214, 217
Yemen, 50, 51, 69, 81, 86–87
Yousef, Ramzi, 62–63, 67, 68, 78, 80, 286
Yugoslavia, 52, 64
Yunis, Fawaz, 77
Zagreb, Croatia, 72
Zawahiri, Ayman al-, 45, 51–52, 62, 82, 246
Zayat, Montasser El-, 246–47
Zurich, Switzerland, 198
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