War Stories (59 page)

Great Depression,
xxii

Great Giant Voice,
28
,
32
,
36
,
48
,
63

Greeks,
xvii

Grinalds, Allen,
111
,
198–200

Grinalds, John,
111

Grosz, Matt,
248

Gulf War syndrome,
16

Guy, Philip Stuart,
63

Haiti,
168

Hammurabi,
xiv
,
xvi

Hamza, Khidir,
xlv

Hannity, Sean,
xiii

Hannity & Colmes
,
74
,
88
,
115
,
134
,
135
,
143
,
145
,
160
,
207
,
231

Hantush, Iraq,
110
,
115
,
119

Harper's
magazine,
5
,
6

Harrell, Gary,
233

Harrelson, Woody,
250

heavy equipment transporters (HETs),
12
,
214

Hedenskog, Sholto,
63

Helmick, Frank,
237

Hersh, Seymour,
247

HETs.
See
heavy equipment transporters
and
human exploitation teams

high-value targets (HVTs),
liii

Hilton, Kuwait City,
14

Hitler, Adolf,
xxii
,
xxiii
,
217
,
258

HMM-268.
See
Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 268

Hoenes, Amanda,
liv
,
189

Holden, William,
165

Holley, Frank,
129
,
159

Hollywood, antiwar activism in,
20
,
243
,
249–51

Homeland Security Department,
49

Hope, Bob,
250

Housley, Adam,
20
,
22

Hudson, Lt. Col.,
36

Hughes, Shawn,
162–63
,
164

human exploitation teams (HETs),
214–15

Hume, Brit,
232–33
,
245–46
,
247

Hummer, Steve,
22
,
170

Hunt, Dave,
36–37

Hussein,
xviii

Hussein, Mustafa,
236

Hussein, Qusay,
45
; Bush's ultimatum to,
38–39
; cruelty of,
238–40
; death of,
240–42
; search for,
160
,
173
,
176
,
181
,
236–38

Hussein, Saddam,
xxiv
,
liii
,
11
,
21
,
40
; biological weapons of,
16
; Bush's ultimatum to,
38–39
,
40
,
42–44
; career of,
xxv–xxvi
; chemical weapons and,
42
; death of,
242
; fedayeen of,
5
; intelligence on,
46
; Iraq's history and,
xxv–xlix
; Kurds and,
xxvii–xxix
; Kuwait and,
xxxv–xl
,
55
; messages from,
161
; An Nasiriyah uprising and,
77
; palaces of,
160
,
179–80
,
196
,
223–25
; Persian Gulf War and,
11
; search for,
160
,
173
,
176
; statue of,
5
,
178–79
; WMD and,
xxxiii–xxxiv
,
xlv–xlviii
,
34
,
43
,
168–69

Hussein, Uday,
47
,
223
; Bush's ultimatum to,
38–39
; cruelty of,
238–40
; death of,
240–42
; search for,
160
,
173
,
176
,
181
,
236–38

HVTs.
See
high-value targets

Ilah, Abdul al,
xxii–xxiv

I-MEF. See
1st Marine Expeditionary Force

The Independent
(London),
251

Indian Ocean,
22

Institute for Public Advocacy,
250

InterContinental,
10

Iran,
xxiii
,
xxvii
,
xliv
,
xlviii
,
46
,
78

Iran-Iraq War,
xxix–xxxiv
,
50

Iraq: ancient history of,
xv–xxv
; as axis of evil,
xlviii
; British occupation of,
xx–xxiii
; Iran-Iraq War and,
xxix–xxxiv
; modern history of,
xxv–xxxv
; no-fly zones over,
3
; Persian Gulf War and,
xxxv–xlix
; religion in,
xvi
,
xvii
,
xviii–xix
; Saddam and history of,
xxv–xlix

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

Michener, James,
165

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