Iraqi Liberation Act, xlvii
Iraqi National Congress, 46
Iraq Oil Company, xxviii
Ireland, 55
Irish Mafia, 136
Iskendurun, Turkey, 216, 218
Islam, xvii, xviii–xix
Israel, xxxvi, liv, 44
Jackson, Larry “Pepper,” lii, liii, 220, 221–23, 225–26
Jalibah, 68, 72–73
James, Mal, 27, 147
Japan, 249
Jenkins, Griff: with 4th Infantry Division, 214; assignment of, 27; in Baghdad, 183, 194; broadcast gear and, 70–71, 76; entrance into Baghdad and, 172, 180; entrance into Kuwait of, 9, 11, 12–13; gas masks and, 48; helicopter crash and, 59–62; initial assault and, 54, 55; in Kuwait, 20, 22, 29; march to Baghdad and, 162–63; return home of, lii; war preparations and, 31–32, 33
Jenkins, Kathleen, 60
Jenkins, Madeline, 60
Jihad TV. See Al Jazeera
Jihaz Haneen, xxvi
Johnson, Michael Vann, Jr., 101
Jonah, 173
Jordan, xx, xxxiii, 78, 86, 228
Kamil, Hussein, xlv
Kandahar, Afghanistan, xlvii
Karbala, Iraq, xxi
Karbala Gap, Iraq, 130, 147, 203
KDP. See Kurdistan Democratic Party
Kelly, Greg, 27, 71, 72, 130, 143, 147, 161
Kelly, John, 110–14, 198, 223
Kendall, Nathan, 57, 93, 150, 153, 185–86, 188
Kennedy, Brian Matthew, 60, 63
Kennedy, Ted, 256
Kerry, John, 254–55
Khalj al Kuwayt, 11
Khan Bani Saad Air Base, 163
Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah, xxx–xxxii, xxxiv, xli
Klinghoffer, Leon, 208
Knoblock, Brian, li, 32
Kolb, Tim, 98, 165
Koppell, Ted, 245
Korea, lv
Kosovo, 55
Kucinich, Dennis, 255
Kufa, Iraq, xviii
Ku Klux Klan, 2
Kurdistan, xxvii
Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), xxviii
Kurds, xxvii–xxix, 73, 236
Kuwait, xx, 8, 41, 79; Ali Al Salem Air Base in, 26–28, 29–32, 33–37; embedded reporting in, 7–17; entrance into Iraq through, liii; HMM-268 in, 33–50, 51–68; I-MEF in, 20; media entrance into, 7–8; missile attacks in, 11–12; Saddam’s invasion of, xxxv–xl; Saddam and, 55; Tactical Assembly Areas in, 19–26
Kuwait City, Kuwait, 9, 14–17, 22, 58
Laemmle, Frank, 61
Lange, Jessica, 251
Lawrence, T. E., xx, xxi
League of Nations, xx, xxii
Lebanon, xx, liv, 78, 86
Lee, Robert E., 149
Lenin, Vladimir, xxvii
Leventhal, Rick, 27, 54, 71, 72, 130, 175, 201
Lewinsky, Monica, xlvi
Libya, xxxiii
Lieberman, Joe, 255
Lynch, Jessica, liv, 83, 237; rescue of, 130–34
Ma’amir, 55
MacArthur, Douglas, 249
MacArthur, John, 5
Macedonians, xvii
MacInerney, Tom, 85
MAG-39. See Marine Air Group 39
Majid, Ali Hassan al-, xxxiii
Marduk, xvi
Marine Air Group (MAG) 39, 26
Marine Corps: capability of, 39–41; compassion shown by, 105–9; mission focus of, 24–25; women in, liv
Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 268 (Red Dragons): cas-evac missions and, 40–42, 65–67, 91–101, 148–57, 183–89; deployment of, 30–31; in Kuwait, 26–32, 33–50, 51–68; near Ur, Iraq, 69–83; at RCT-5, 69–83; supply delivery by, 80–81
Maritime Prepositioning Ships (MPS), 22
Marriott Hotel, Kuwait City, 9, 10
Marshall Plan, 249
Matthews, Chris, 246
Mattis, James: Baghdad attack and, 83–84; entrance into Baghdad and, 178; march on Baghdad and, 145–47; march to Baghdad and, 138, 161, 169–70; Safwan Hill and, 52
McCaffrey, Barry, 85, 246
McCoy, Brian, 170–71, 177
“Meal, Ready-to-Eat” combat rations (MRE), 23, 50
Mecca, xvii
Medes, xvi
media: coverage of war by, 243–49; criticism of Bush by, 1–4; military distrust of, 8–9; partisanship of, 2, 4; in Vietnam, 8–9
Mesopotamia, xvii, xix
military: attitude toward media of, 8–9, 13–14; living conditions of, 22, 23, 121–23; medical care for, 39–41, 73; preparedness of, 39–41; quality of, liii–lvii, 4–5
Milius, USS, 46
Ministry of Defense, Iraqi, 7
Ministry of Information, Iraqi, 7–8, 9, 10, 11
Miramax, 251
Mireles, Joe, 66
MOASS, 87
Monroe, Marilyn, 250
Montpelier, USS, 46
Moore, Michael, 251
Moorehead, Corporal, 149
Moreno, Corporal, 183
Morris, Jason, 204, 205–7
Morrow, Edward R., 244
Moseley Braun, Carol, 255–56
Mosul, Iraq, 104, 210, 230, 235
MPS. See Maritime Prepositioning Ships
MRE. See “Meal, Ready-to-Eat” combat rations
Mubarak, Hosni, 44, 208
Muhammad, xviii
Mukhabarat, xxvi, xxvii, xliv
Mundy, Sam, 139, 142, 153, 167, 210, 218; attack on Tikrit and, 202, 204, 205; march to Baghdad and, 158–59, 162
Najaf, Iraq, xxi, 104, 116
Nasser, Gamal Abdul, xxiii, xxvi
National Geographic, 123
Natonski, Rick, 84
Nayif, Abd al-Razzaq al-, xxvi
NBC, 14, 123
Nebuchadnezzar, xvi, xvii
Neiman, John, 29
Newsome, Doctor, 142
Newton, Wayne, 250
New York, li, liii, 32, 36, 84, 110, 158
New Yorker, 247
New York Times, 6, 120–21, 246, 247
Nidal, Abu, xlvii
no-fly zones, 3
Normandy, 217, 220
North, Oliver: aliases of, 8; entry into Kuwait of, 7–17; return home of, li–lii, 231–33
North Africa, 44, 220
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), xxxiii, liii, 104, 151
North Carolina, 72
O’Brien, Cyril, 244
O’Leary, Jeremiah, 244
O’Neill, Mike, 128, 139, 154
Oehle, Mike, 136–37, 151
Oil-for-Food Program, xliii, xlvi, 197, 236, 252–53
oil infrastructure: destruction of, 54; protection of, liii, 67–68, 72, 220
101st Airborne Division, 237–38
173rd Airborne Brigade, 173
OPEC. See Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Operation Desert Fox, xlvi
Operation Desert Storm. See Persian Gulf War
Operation Enduring Freedom, 2–3, 8, 257
Operation Iraqi Freedom: aftermath of, 235–42; Army convoy ambush in, 77–79; beginning of, 40, 45–47, 48–49, 53–60; Britain and, 38, 43; casualties of, 47, 50, 62, 68; delay of, 20, 25–26; diplomacy and, 34, 38; “experts” reporting on, 39, 74, 85; friendly-fire incidents in, 79–80; helicopter crash and, 58–63; Hollywood and, 20, 243, 249–51; intelligence and, 254–55; Iraqi reporting of, 74–75, 81, 160–61; media coverage of, 243–49; operational pause during, 115–19; opposition to, 44–45; palace raids and, 179–90; planning for, liii, 117; rules of engagement for, 33, 174; UN and, 38, 251–53; weather and, 29, 31–32, 33, 57–58, 87–101, 213
Operation Provide Comfort, xlii
Operation Southern Watch, 3
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), xxviii
Orozco, Osbaldo, 230
Ottoman Empire, xx
Pacatte, Bill, 93
Padilla, Fred, 181, 181–83, 188
Pahlavi, Muhammad Reza, xxx–xxxi
P
akistan, xxiii
Palestine, xx
Palestine Hotel, 160, 175–78
Palestine Liberation Front (PLF), 208, 209
Parthians, xvii
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), 237
Patton, George, 217
Penn, Sean, 250
Pennington, Dennis, 211; cas-evac missions and, 99, 140–42, 150–56; helicopter crash and, 60, 61; initial assault and, 55–58; war preparations and, 33–34
Pentagon, xlvii, 27, 46, 211; planning by, liii; second-guessing of, 117; Turkey and Operation Iraqi Freedom and, liii
Pequeno, Robert, 201
Persia, xvii, xix
Persian Gulf, 10
Persian Gulf War, 22, 25, 40, 53, 55; Hussein and, 11; Iraq’s history and, xxxv–xlix
Persians, xvi
Petraeus, David, 237
Philippines, 23
Phrogs. See CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters
Piestewa, Lori, 131–32
PLF. See Palestine Liberation Front
Poniewozik, James, 5
Portsmouth, Treaty of, xxiii
Portugal, 34
Powell, Colin, liii, 21
POWs. See prisoners of war
press. See media
Presto, Don, 184, 186, 190, 194
prisoners of war (POWs): 51st Mechanized Division and, 67; rescue of, 203; treatment of, 81–83
PUK. See Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
Pyle, Ernie, 244
Qadisiyah, Iraq, xvii
Qal’ at Sukkar, Iraq, administrative flight to, 110–15
Qasim, Abd al-Karim, xxiv, xxv
Qasim Muhammad, Abu al-, xvii
Qatar, 46, 67, 130, 233
Ramstein, Germany, 193
RCC. See Revolutionary Command Council
RCT-1. See 1st Marine Division Regimental Combat Team
RCT-5. See 5th Marine Division Regimental Combat Team
RCT-7. See 7th Marine Division Regimental Combat Team
Reagan, Ronald, xxxv, 208, 209–10
Red Dragons. See Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 268
Redford, Robert, 250
Republican Guard: 51st Mechanized Division of, 55; Al Nida division of, 141, 150; Baghdad division of, 158; Medina division of, 71, 103–4, 147; victory over, 5
Revolutionary Command Council (RCC), xxvi, xxviii–xxx
Ripper, TAA, 19
Roberts, Julia, 250
Roen, Dave, 115
Romans, xvii
Rooney, Mickey, 165, 249
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 258
Route 1, 70, 72, 73, 83, 127
Route 7, 84, 103
Route 8, 70, 72
Route 27, 127–28
Royal Marines, British, 40, 49–50; initial assault and, 54, 55
rules of engagement, 33, 174
Rumaylah oil fields, 54, 68
Russia, xix, xxii, 34, 38
Saddam Canal, 77, 129, 135
Saddam City, Iraq, 167–68
Saddam International Airport, 143, 147–48, 161, 175
Safwan Cease Fire Agreement, xliii
Safwan Hill, Iraq, 51–52, 54, 57, 67–68
Sahhaf, Saeed al-, 74, 161
Saipan, USS, 66, 67
Salman Pak, Iraq, 154–57
Samarra, Iraq, 203, 206, 210, 219
San Diego, Cali., 2, 30
sandstorms, 29, 31–32, 33, 57–58, 87–101
San Francisco, Cali., 21
Sapio, Phillip, 31
Sarah, xiv, xvi
Sassanids, xvii
Sather, Ryan, 94, 95
Saudi Arabia, xvii, xx, xxi, 78, 86
Schroeder, Gerhard, 43, 252
Schwarzkopf, H. Norman, xxxvi, xl, xli
Scientific American, 16
Seabees, 28, 77, 84
Second Iraq War. See Operation Iraqi Freedom
Secret Service, 2
Seleucids, xvii
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, 254, 255
September 11, xlvii–xlviii, 2, 30, 75, 251
7th Armored Division, British, 67, 72
7th Marine Division Regimental Combat Team (RCT-7), 54, 67, 72, 73, 126–27, 161
7th Marine Regiment, 20, 28, 51, 64, 67, 170, 177
Seymour, Ian, 63
shamal. See sandstorms
sharqi. See sandstorms
Shatt al Arab waterway, 103
Sheen, Martin, 251
Sheraton, Kuwait, 10
Shi’ites, xxvii, 73
Sidqi, Bakr, xxii
Sinise, Gary, 250
16th Air Assault Brigade, British, 72
smallpox, 15, 16–17
Smith, Ray, 111–14, 118
Snow, Tony, 76, 233
Somalia, 246
Spain, 34, 38
Spencer, Rich, 56, 61
St. John, Jill, 250
Stalin, Joseph, xxii, xxvii, xxviii
Stark, USS, xxxiii
State Department, liii, 46
Steiner, Carl, 208–9
Stevens, Connie, 250
Stewart, Jimmy, 249
Stone, Oliver, 251
Stratford, Mark, 63
Streisand, Barbra, 251
Strike Brigade, 237
Stroehman, Lieutenant Colonel, 96–98, 99, 101
suicide attacks, 105
Sunnis, 236
Sykes-Picot Agreement, xx
Syria, xx, xxvii, xliv, 78, 86
Tactical Operations Center (TOC), 4th Infantry Division, lii
“Tailwind” story, 9, 123
Talabani, Jalal, 237
Taliban, xlvii
Tallil Air Base, 78, 97
Task Force Tarawa, 68, 73, 77, 199–200; Baghdad and, 72, 158; An Nasiriyah and, 81–82, 84
Task Force Tripoli, 198–99, 201, 203
Terrigino, SFC, 223, 225, 226, 227–28, 229
terrorism: UN and, 253; war on, 39, 256–59
Tet offensive, 118
Texas, 131
3rd Commando Brigade, British, 55, 72
3rd Infantry Division, 27, 68, 71, 103–4, 173
3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 27, 54, 72, 170
3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Reinforced), 52
Tigris River, lii, 10, 84; march to, 125–30, 135–38
Tikrit, Iraq, 198–203; 4th Infantry Division and, 220; embedded reporting in, li–lvii; Saddam’s palace in, 223–25
Time magazine, 5, 6, 9
Toolan, John, 171
Treasury Department, 49
Tulfah, Sajida, xxvi
Tunisia, 208
Turkey, xxiii, xxvii, xliv, 104, 216–17; Operation Iraqi Freedom and, liii
Tuwayhah, Iraq, 143, 150
Twentynine Palms, Cali., 20
Umm Qasr, 55
United Nations (UN): delay of Operation Iraqi Freedom by, 20, 251–53; Oil-for-Food Program of, xliii, xlvi, 197, 236, 252–53; Operation Iraqi Freedom and, 38, 44, 243; political machinations of, 20–21; Powell’s speech before, 21; Saddam’s invasion of Kuwait and, xxxviii–xxxix; terrorism and, 253; Turkey and Operation Iraqi Freedom and, liii
UN Security Council, 34, 43
United States: Operation Iraqi Freedom and, 38; Saddam’s invasion of Kuwait and, xxxvi
U. S. Central Command (CENTCOM), 42, 173; beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom and, 46, 53–54; Lynch rescue and, 130–31; operational pause and, 115; press center and, 14; Saddam’s WMDs and, 168
U. S. Navy, 41, 52
Ur, Iraq, 69
Vallely, Paul, 85
V Corps, 71, 103, 116, 126
Victory Arch, xxxiv
Vieira de Mello, Sergio, 252
Vietnam, lv, 50, 100, 117–18, 243, 246; combat in, liv; media in, 8–9
Wahhabis, xxi
Ward, Jason, 63
war on terrorism, 39
War Stories, 143
Washington, D.C., li, liii, 38, 110
Washington Post, 6, 121, 250
Waters-Bey, Kendall Damon, 60, 63
Waxman, Henry, 4
Wayne, John, 250
weapons of mass destruction (WMD): Hussein and, 34; precautions against, 25–26; Saddam and, 43, 168–69, xxxiii–xxxiv, xlv–xlviii; search for, liii, 133, 168–69, 220, 252–55
Welch, Raquel, 250
Wennes, Sean, 31
West, Francis “Bing”, 111–14
White, Duffy, 180
Williamson, Ken, 28, 30–31
Wills, Jesse, 91, 93
Witt, Jason, 121–22
Woolsey, James, 257
World War I, 44
World War II, xxiii, lv, 217, 220, 244, 249
Yugoslavia, 209
Zaidan, Nawaf al-, 236–38