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by Bruce Riedel


  Da Gama, Vasco, xi, 28

  Daoud, Mohammed, 89, 90

  Davis, Raymond, 174–75

  Dawn (newspaper) on bin Laden hunt, 172

  Dawood Ibrahim gang, 9

  Dean, John Gunther, 99

  Decision Points (George W. Bush), 151

  Defense of Pakistan movement, 18

  Delhi Declaration (1978), 83–84

  Denmark, cartoons of Mohammad and, 9

  Department of Justice (DOJ), 7, 127–28

  Desai, Morarji, 83–84, 120

  Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI): and Abu Jindal, 9; and Ahmed, 110, 136, 140; and Air India flight 814 hijacking, 140–41; and Akhtar Abdur Rahman, 88, 90; and al Qaeda, 127, 142; and Benazir Bhutto’s assassination, 159, 171; and bin Laden, 126; and drone attacks, 171; and Dulles (Allen), 56; and Headley, 7–8; and Indira Gandhi’s assassination, 101; and Kashmir, 94, 106, 109–10; and Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, 2, 15–16; and Operation Gibraltar, 66–67; and Saeed, 18; Saudi support for, 90–91, 95; and Services Bureau, 15; and Shahzad’s death, 14; and Sharif, 111; and Sunni Muslims, 89; and supply depot explosion, 107; and Taliban, 117, 145; training facilities of, 91, 92; and Yousaf, 93; and Zardari, 12, 21

  Disraeli, Benjamin, 36

  DOJ (Department of Justice), 7, 127–28

  Donilon, Tom, 161

  Dostum, Abdul Rashid, 112, 113

  Drone attacks, 169–70, 171, 176–77, 201

  Drug trafficking, 92

  Dulles, Allen, 52, 56

  Dulles, John Foster, 52, 53, 55

  Dulles, John Welsh, 52

  Durand, Henry Mortimer, 89

  Durand Line, 89, 91, 148, 175, 192, 193

  East India Company, 29–30, 31–32, 33, 34–35, 36

  East Pakistan, 55, 71–72

  The Economist on bilateral trade, 189

  Eisenhower, Dwight D., 52–57, 64

  Elizabeth I, 29

  Emancipation Proclamation (1863), 38

  Emanuel, Rahm, 167

  Enfield rifles, 34

  European Union, 202

  F-16 jets, 123, 127–28, 170

  F-104 jets, 64, 69, 77

  Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 90, 138

  Famines, 41

  Faysal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 68

  Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), 169, 193

  Fertility rates, 4

  Flournoy, Michele, 161

  Ford, Gerald, 79–80

  Fourteen Points (Wilson), 39

  France, American Revolution and, 32

  French and Indian War (1754–1763), 30–32

  French East India Company, 31

  Galbraith, John Kenneth, 57–58, 60–63, 116, 197, 200–201

  Gandhi, Indira: and Carter, 84; death of, 83, 101, 153; and Kissinger, 80; and Nixon, 74, 76–79; and Operation Blue Star, 95; as prime minister, 68–69; and Reagan, 100; and state of emergency, 82–83; and U.S. relations, 59, 73

  Gandhi, Mahatma, 39–40, 42–43

  Gandhi, Rajiv, 101–02, 105–06, 122, 139, 153

  Gandhi, Sanjay, 82, 101

  Gandhi, Sonia, 22, 24, 101, 139, 152–53, 199–200

  Gates, Robert, 103–04, 111, 116, 161, 173, 178

  General Assembly, UN, 118, 177

  General Intelligence Directorate (GID), 90, 95

  George V, 38

  Ghauri missiles, 185

  Ghenghis Khan, 29

  GID (General Intelligence Directorate), 90, 95

  Gilani, Daood Sayed, 6. See also Headley, David Coleman

  Grand Mosque (Mecca), 85

  Grant, Julia, 38

  Grant, Ulysses S., 37, 38, 57

  Grossman, Mark, 194

  Guantánamo Bay prisoners, 194

  Guevara, Che, 68

  Gujral, I. K., 119, 120

  Gul, Hamid, 96, 108, 111, 145, 159, 194

  Gunboat diplomacy, 78

  Haass, Richard, 111

  Haqqani, Husain, 111, 174–75, 201

  Harakat ul-Mujahedin (HuM), 140, 142, 147

  Hassan bin Talal, 86

  Headley, David Coleman, 6–8, 9–10, 13, 21, 179

  Hekmatyar, Gulbuddin, 113

  Helms, Richard, 77

  Hizbul Mujahedin, 109

  Holbrooke, Richard, 161, 164–67, 173

  Hostages, 6

  HuM. See Harakat ul-Mujahedin

  Humayun, 29, 36

  Husayn, Zayn Muhammad. See Abu Zubaydah

  Hussein bin Talal, 86, 128

  Inderfurth, Karl (Rick), 120, 122, 141

  India: in Bush (George H.W.) and Clinton years, 103–36; in Carter and Reagan years, 81–102; in Cold war years, 45–80; and Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, 14–18; and Mumbai attack, 1–25; and Obama, 161–80; parliament building attack (2001), 148–49, 181–82; Raj and partition, 26–44; as rising tiger, 2–4; and South Asia, game change in, 181–203

  Indian War of Independence (Indian Mutiny, 1857–58), 34, 35–37

  Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, 65–70

  Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, 70–79

  Indo-Soviet Friendship Treaty (1971), 76

  International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), 154, 155

  International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), 19, 192, 193

  Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). See Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence

  Iqbal, Zafar, 14

  Iran, nuclear program in, 155

  Iran-Contra scandal, 100

  Iranian revolution (1979), 84, 88–89

  Iraq, invasion of Kuwait by, 105

  ISAF. See International Security Assistance Force

  ISI. See Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence

  Islamic jihad movement, 86

  Islamic schools (madrassas), 87

  Islamization, 87, 88

  Israel, arms sales and, 178

  Jahan, 29

  Jahangir, 29

  Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), 18, 141, 148, 150

  Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), 87, 90, 93–94, 108

  Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), 14, 18, 21. See also Lashkar-e-Tayyiba

  Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), 15, 94, 109

  Jets. See specific types of jets (e.g., F-16 jets)

  Jihad, 93–94, 112

  Jinnah, Muhammad Ali, 43–44, 51, 52, 71, 93

  John IV, 30

  Johnson, Lyndon, 64, 65–70

  Johnson line, 59

  Jones, Jim, 161

  Kalashnikov culture, 92

  Karamat, Jehangir, 123, 127

  Kargil war (1999): article on, 150–51; in Clinton years, 128–35; and Musharraf, 11, 129–31, 133–34; and nuclear conflict, x, 131–35; Pakistani support for, 188; and U.S. reaction, 23, 198

  Karzai, Hamid, 166, 192

  Kashmir: conflict over, 47–50; insurgency in, 106, 108, 109–11; and Kargil war, 129; line of control (LOC) in, 11, 12, 131, 132, 134; and Operation Cloud Messenger, 100–101; and Operation Gibraltar, 66–67; settlement over, 62–64, 80; solution for, 195–203; Zia’s support for, 94

  Kashmiri, Muhammad Ilyas, 9–10, 13–14, 109–10, 158, 169

  Kaskar, Dawood Ibrahim, 9

  Kayani, Ashfaq, 170, 171, 172, 174

  Kennedy, Jacqueline, 58, 65

  Kennedy, John F., 57–66, 80, 122, 186, 198

  Kerry-Lugar bill, 173–74

  KGB (Russian intelligence service), 92, 99

  KHAD (Afghani intelligence service), 92, 99

  Khalil, Fazlur Rehman, 147

  Khalilzad, Zalmay, 139

  Khan, A. Q.: and Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, 17; and nuclear development, 78, 98–99, 112, 122–23, 155–56; and political future, 184

  Khan, Ayub: and Abbottabad, 171; and Chinese invasion of India, 62; and cold war, 55–57; and East Pakistan, 71; and Eisenhower, 54; and Johnson, 65–66; and Kashmir, 63, 196; and Kennedy (John F.), 58, 64–65; and Operation Gibraltar, 67; and rural development, 87

  Khan, Ghulam Ishaq, 111

  Khan, Imran, 184

  Khan, Liaquat Ali, 51–52, 158

  Khan, Moh
ammad Sidique, 19

  Khan, Tikka, 72, 75

  Khan, Yahya, 71–72, 73–76, 78

  Khomeni, Ayatollah, 85

  Khrushchev, Nikita, 57

  Kissinger, Henry: and Bhutto (Zulfikar), 68, 78; and Bush (George H.W.), 77; and Ford, 80; and Mao Zedong, 75; and Nixon, 70–71, 73; and Pakistani-Chinese relations, 74

  Korean War, 52

  Kuwait, Iraqi invasion of, 105

  al-Kuwaiti, Abu Ahmed, 147

  Lakhvi, Zaki Rehman, 5, 10

  Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT): and al Qaeda, 2, 19–20, 24–25, 163; banning of, 150; and counterterrorism operations, 143; ideology of, 4; in India and Pakistan, 14–18, 199–200; and Indian parliament building attack (2001), 148; and Kashmir insurgency, 109; and Mumbai attack, 2, 5–10, 13, 21–23, 179; thwarted terrorist attacks by, 179

  Lie, Trygve, 49

  Life in India (John Welsh Dulles), 52

  The Limits of Influence (Schaffer), 198

  Lincoln, Abraham, 37, 38

  Line of control (LOC) in Kashmir, 11, 12, 131, 132, 134

  Lippman, Walter, 55

  Lodhi, Maleha, 136

  London Times on Kargil war, 151

  Louis XIV, 31

  Lutyens, Edwin, 38

  Maino, Edvige Antonia Albina, 153. See also Gandhi, Sonia

  Malik, V. P., 131, 133, 134

  Manekshaw, Sam, 76

  Mao Zedong, 51, 68, 74, 75

  Markaz-ud-Dawa-wal-Irshad (Center for Preaching and Guidance), 17

  Marshall Plan, 48

  Massoud, Ahmad Shah, 113, 195

  Mathai, M. O., 53–54

  Maududi, Maulana Syed Abul A’ala, 93

  McCain, John, 154

  McChrystal, Stanley, 162, 166

  McLaughlin, John, 135

  McMahon line, 59, 67

  McNamara, Robert, 65

  Medunjanin, Adis, 167–68

  MI6 (Secret Intelligence Service), 26

  MiG-21 jets, 69

  Milam, William, 141, 202

  Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh, 147

  Mossad (Israeli secret service), 15, 99, 108

  Mountbatten, Louis, 46

  Mughal Empire, 29, 30, 33, 36

  Mujahedin factions, 92–93, 95, 108, 112–13, 117, 130

  Mullen, Mike, 14, 161, 173

  Mumbai terrorist attack (2008), ix–x, xiii, 1–25; goal of, 10–14; and Lashkar-e-Tayyiba and al Qaeda, 2, 19–20; and Lashkar-e-Tayyiba in India and Pakistan, 14–18; plot and mechanics of, 4–10, 179; reactions to and implications of, 20–25; and rising tiger, 2–4

  Musharraf, Pervez: and al Qaeda, 170; and Bhutto (Benazir), 157–59; and bin Laden, 172–73; and Bush (George W.), 138, 156–60, 162; and drone attacks, 169, 176; and Indian parliament building attack (2001), 148–49, 182; and Indian relations, 11–12; and Kargil war, 11, 129–31, 133–34; and Kashmir, 197; and Kashmiri, 110; and nuclear weapons, 155, 186; and Sharif, 136; and terrorist groups, 150; and “war on terrorism,” 139–48

  Napier, Charles James, 31

  Napoleon Bonaparte, 33, 68

  Nasir, Javid, 112

  National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), 135

  National Security Agency, U.S., 56, 64, 69

  National Security Council, 1, 142, 183

  NATO. See North Atlantic Treaty Organization

  Nawaz, Asif, 113

  Nawaz, Shuja, 87, 99, 112, 144

  Nehru, Jawaharlal: and Chinese relations, 59–60, 61, 62; and cold war, 52–54, 69; and Kashmir, 50, 63–64; and Kennedy (Jacqueline), 58; and Kennedy (John F.), 57, 59, 80; and nuclear weapons, 65; and Truman, 50–51

  Neuman, Ronald, 146, 192

  New York Times: on Bhutto (Benazir) and Musharraf, 158; on bin Laden hideout, 147; on Indian Mutiny, 37; on Indian nuclear testing, 116, 121; on Lashkar-e-Tayyiba activity, 17; Nixon on Nehru in, 70

  NIE (National Intelligence Estimate), 135

  Nimitz, Chester, 49–50

  9/11 terrorist attacks, 137–38, 150

  Nixon, Richard: and Bhutto (Zulfikar), 68; and Eisenhower, 52; and F-104 jets, 64; and Gandhi (Indira) and 1971 War, 70–79; and Indian nuclear testing, 79; and Kennedy (John F.), 57; and Nehru, 70; and nonalignment, 53; and Pakistan, 54, 83

  Non-Aligned Movement, 50

  North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 145, 162, 175, 191, 193–95

  North Korea, nuclear program in, 155

  NPT. See Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

  uclear Suppliers Group (NSG), 154

  Nuclear weapons: and Bharatiya Janata Party, 120; and Bush (George W.), 139; and Indian and Pakistani relations, 185–87; Indian program for, 65, 79–80, 104–05, 116, 121–25; and Kargil war, x, 131–35; and Kashmir, 196–97; and nonproliferation issue, 104–05; and nuclear deal, 151–60, 199; Pakistani program for, xii, 78, 85, 98–99, 102, 105, 111–12; Perry on, 115–17; and Pressler amendment, 115, 116

  Oakley, Robert, 108

  Obama, Barack, 161–80; and Afghanistan troops draw down, 193; assassination plot against, 14; and India, 177–80, 199; and Mumbai attack, ix, 2, 23–24; and nuclear deal, 154; and Pakistan and al Qaeda, 167–77; and Saeed’s arrest, 18; and South Asia policy, 182–83

  Obama’s Wars (Woodward), 167

  Omar, Muhammad: and Ahmed, 143–44; and bin Laden, 137, 144; and Taliban, 91, 117, 142, 145, 194

  Operation Black Tornado, 2

  Operation Blue Star, 95

  Operation Brass Tacks, 101–02

  Operation Cloud Messenger, 100–101

  Operation Fair Play, 84

  Operation Genghis Khan, 76

  Operation Gibraltar, 66–67, 70, 93, 188

  Operation Grand Slam, 67

  Operation Highrise, 168, 170

  Operation Parakram (Operation Valor), 149

  Operation Searchlight, 72

  Operation Vijay (Victory), 134

  Pacific Command (PACOM), 46

  Pakistan: background on, 4; in Bush (George H.W.) and Clinton years, 103–36; in Carter and Reagan years, 81–102; in cold war years, 45–80; East Pakistan, 55, 71–72; and Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, 14–18; and Mumbai attack, 1–25; and Obama, 161–80; and Raj and partition of India, 27, 43–44; and South Asia, game change in, 181–203; West Pakistan, 55, 71–72

  Pakistan International Airlines, 64

  Pakistan Muslim League (PML), 156–57

  Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), 68, 72, 156–57

  Panetta, Leon, 161, 167, 177, 178

  Patek, Umar, 173

  Peace Corps, 59, 83

  Pearl, Daniel, 141

  Perkovich, George, 124

  Perry, William J., 45–46, 115–17

  Petraeus, David, 81

  Phillips, William, 42–43

  PML (Pakistan Muslim League), 156–57

  Portugal, Indian trade and, 28–30

  Poverty, 3

  Powell, Colin, 150, 151

  PPP. See Pakistan People’s Party

  Pressler, Larry, 98

  Pressler amendment (1985): and aid to Pakistan, 98, 111; Clinton (Bill) on, 115, 119; and F-16 jets, 123; and Pakistan betrayal, 45–46, 144; and Perry, 116, 117

  Qadhafi, Muammar, 68

  Qasab, Mohammad Ajmal Amir, 5–6, 9, 21

  Quayle, Dan, 105

  Quit India movement, 42, 43

  Rabbani, Burhanuddin, 194

  Racism, 34, 37

  Rahman, Mujibar, 72, 78

  Raj and partition, 26–44; legacy of, 48; origins of, 28–40; and Roosevelt, 40–44

  Ralston, Joe, 127

  Rana, Tahawwur Hussain, 8

  Raphel, Arnold, 99

  Raphel, Robin, 117

  Rauf, Rashid, 168, 169

  Reagan, Ronald: and American connection, 95–100; and India, 100–102; and Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, 86–95

  Rehman, Sherry, 21

  Rice, Condoleezza, 23, 141–42

  Rice, Susan, 161

  Richardson, Bill, 119–21, 126–27

  Rodrigues, Sunith Francis, 103–04, 1
16, 129

  Rogers, William, 74, 75

  Roosevelt, Franklin D., 40–44

  Rose, Charlie, 164

  SAARC (South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation), 190–91

  Saeed, Hafiz: and al Qaeda, 179; and bin Laden, 20; and Defense of Pakistan movement, 18; house arrest of, 21; immunity of, 175–76; and Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, 14–15, 16, 17, 109; and trade demonstrations, 190

  Saleh, Amrullah, 172

  Samore, Gary, 24

  Saudi Arabia: and bin Laden, 138; Lashkar-e-Tayyiba in, 18; and Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, 90–91, 95

  Sawers, John, 26

  Schaffer, Howard, 198

  Scowcroft, Brent, 103, 105

  SEAL raids, 14, 147, 170, 172, 176, 193

  The Search for al Qaeda (Riedel), 167

  SEATO. See South East Asia Treaty Organization

  Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), 26

  Security Council (UN): and China, 51, 59; and Indian position, 104, 123, 177, 199; and Kashmir conflict, 50; Resolution 1172 on Indian nuclear testing, 122, 123; Resolution 1214 on Taliban, 127; Resolution 1267 on freezing assets, 23

  Services Bureau, 15

  Seven Years’ War (1754–63), 31–32

  Seward, William, 38

  Shahzad, Faisal, 168–69

  Shahzad, Syed Saleem, 13–14

  Shaikh, Abdul Hafeez, 190

  Sharif, Nawaz: and Clinton (Bill), 119, 127–28; and elections, 106, 108, 111, 118, 184; and Indian nuclear testing, 122–23; and Indian relations, 11; and Kargil war, 130, 132–34; and Musharraf, 136, 140, 156, 158, 171; and Nawaz (Asif), 113; as prime minister, 112; and Taliban, 126

  Shastri, Lal Bahadur, 68

  Sheikh, Ahmed Omar Saeed, 141

  Shia Muslims, 88–89, 159

  Siachen Glacier, 100–101, 129

  Sikh independence movement, 94–95

  Silent Soldier: The Man behind the Afghan Jehad (Yousaf), 93

  Simla Accord (1914), 59

  Singh, Jaswant: and Air India flight 814 hijacking, 141; and Jinnah, 44; and Kargil war, 132, 133; and Talbott, 128; and U.S. relations, 121, 124; on war in Afghanistan, 126

  Singh, Manmahon: and Clinton (Bill), 114; and Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, 199–200; and Mumbai attack, ix, 22–23, 24; and nuclear deal, 152, 154; and Pakistani relations, 12, 13; on trade, 190; on travel requirements, 189; and U.S. relations, 136, 177

  Singh, V. P., 106

  Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan, 89

  SNIE (special national intelligence estimate), 79

  South Asia: game change in, 181–203; and Kashmir solution, 195–203

  South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), 190–91

 

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