War Stories (60 page)

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

Pakistan,
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