Kill Bin Laden: a Delta Force Commander's account of the hunt for the world's most wanted man
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The Man Who Would Be King (Kipling)
map case
maps
Hindu Kush Mountains (Afghanistan)
inadequacy of
mujahideen
reconnaissance
Tora Bora, Battle of
Marine Corps (U.S.)
Martinet, Jean
Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan
MC-130 Combat Talon aircraft
Meadows, Dick
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
media
Ali, Hazret (Pashai warlord)
bin Laden, Usama
BLU-82 bomb (Daisy Cutter)
Delta Force
Iraq War
Press Pool Ridge
Tora Bora, Battle of
Zaman Ghamshareek, Haji (Pashtun warlord)
medical kits
M-4 assault rifles
MH-47 Chinook helicopter
MIG fighter aircraft
MilCAM Recon thermal sight
military establishment. See also bureaucracy; politics
army
Delta Force deployment
proactive stance
mini video camera, espionage
Minutemen (U.S. revolutionary war)
MK-82 bomb
MK-7 laser range finder
M-1911 sidearm
mobile support site (MSS)
Modelo Prison (Panama City, Panama)
Mogadishu, Somalia
Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh
money, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Monkey. See Bryan (code named B-Monkey)
Moore, Robin
Mosul, Iraq
MP5 submachine gun
M-72 LAW rockets
M-16 rifle
MSS Monkey. See Bryan (code named B-Monkey)
M-240 machine guns
M-249 squad automatic weapons
Muhammad (prophet)
mujahideen. See also Ali, Hazret (Pashai warlord); Zaman Ghamshareek, Haji (Pashtun warlord)
Afghanistan mission
al Qaeda prisoners
bin Laden, Usama
BLU-82 bomb (Daisy Cutter)
combat practices
Delta Force
friendly fire
Green Berets
Mulholland, John
night vision goggles (NVGs)
politics
Ramadan
Soviet Union and
supplies for
Taliban
tanks
Tora Bora, Battle of
Zaman Ghamshareek, Haji (Pashtun warlord)
Mulholland, John
Murdock, Gus
Muse, Kurt
Musharraf, Pervez
Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
bin Laden, Usama
Zaman Ghamshareek, Haji (Pashtun warlord)
National Guard
National Security Strategy (report)
Native Americans
Navy SEALs
Naylor, Sean
Newsweek magazine
Night Stalkers (Durant)
night vision goggles (NVGs)
9/11 terrorist attacks
Northern Advance Force Operations (NAFO)
Northern Alliance
checkpoints
Kabul, Afghanistan
Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan
supplies for
Taliban
Northwest Frontier Province (Pakistan)
Not a Good Day to Die (Naylor)
Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
observation posts
al Qaeda
Delta Force
Tora Bora, Battle of (Afghanistan)
Omar, Mullah Muhammad
Delta Force raid on
hunt for
intelligence on
101st Airborne Division
173rd Airborne Combat Brigade
The One Percent Solution (Suskind)
Operation Acid Gambit
Operation Eagle Claw (Iran hostage crisis)
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom. See also Iraq War
opium farming
ordnance, unexploded
organizational model, Delta Force
The Osama Bin Laden I Know (Bergen)
Pachier Agam, Afghanistan
Pakistan
Afghanistan border
bin Laden, Usama
Intelligence Service
Tora Bora, Battle of
Zaman Ghamshareek, Haji (Pashtun warlord)
Pakistan Intelligence Service (ISI)
Panama, United States invasion of
Pashto language
Pashtuns, Zaman Ghamshareek, Haji
Peltor ear protection
Pentagon (Washington, D.C.)
Persian Gulf War (1990-1991)
PKM machine guns
Playboy magazine
politics. See also bureaucracy; military establishment
Ali, Hazret (Pashai warlord)
bureaucracy
Delta Force deployment
mujahideen
Pope (recce team leader)
PRC-D radio
Predator (drone aircraft)
Shelter Now International hostage crisis
Tora Bora, Battle of
Press Pool Ridge (Tora Bora Mountains,
Afghanistan)
prisoners of war, Laos
proactive military stance
problem-solving, Delta Force
public speaking, Delta Force
Qadir, Haji
quick-reaction force (QRF)
Afghanistan
Tora Bora, Battle of
Ramadan
RAND Corporation, Delphi method
Rangers
Afghanistan mission
Delta Force
Haditha Dam raid
quick-reaction force (QRF)
supply problems
reconnaissance, Delta Force. See also observation posts
Red Army Faction (Germany)
Redfly. See Fury, Dalton (Redfly)
reward, bin Laden, Usama
risk avoidance, Delta Force deployment
risk taking
Rivera, Geraldo
roadblocks, Ahmed, Gul mission
RPGs
Afghanistan operations
al Qaeda
mujahideen
Tora Bora, Battle of
Rumsfeld, Donald
Russian language skills
safety vests
SAM missiles
SAS. See Special Air Service (SAS) commandos (U.K.)
SA-7 SAM rockets
Saudi Arabia
SBS. See British SBS commandos; British Special Boat Service; Special Boat Service
Schwitters, Jim
Scrawny (sniper)
Searcy, Brian
security industry, Delta Force
selection process, Delta Force
Serbia. See also Balkans
Shachnow, Sid
Shah-i-Khot
Shelter Now International, hostage crisis
shooters, Delta Force. See also snipers
Shrek (sniper)
Ahmed, Gul mission
equipment of
Hopper and
Shroen, Gary
Shultz, Richard
Shura (council of elders)
siege warfare, Tora Bora Mountains
SIGINT, bin Laden, Usama. See also Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); HUMINT; intelligence
Silver Star recommendations
Six Minutes to Freedom (Muse)
Ski (recce team leader)
Afghanistan mission
Ahmed, Gul mission
Tora Bora, Battle of
Smith, Michael
Smucker, Philip
snipers
bin Laden, Usama
Delta Force
Tora Bora, Battle of
SOCOM, MacDill Air Force Base
SOFLAM (Special Operations Force Laser Marker)
Somalia (Black Sea, Battle of)
The Sopranos (TV show)
Sorubi, Afghanistan
Soviet Union
Afghanistan war
Zaman Ghamshareek, Haji (Pashtun warlord)
Special Air Service (SAS) commandos (U.K.)
Special Boat Service (SBS, U.K.)
Special Forces Operational Detachment (Delta Force). See Delta Force
Special Operations Aviation Regimen (SOAR)
Special Operations Force Laser Marker (SOFLAM)
Special Operations Forces. See also Delta Force
deployment decisions
principles of
Special Warfare Center (Fort Bragg, North Carolina)
Spectator (London, England newspaper)
Spin Ghar Mountains (Afghanistan)
Spyderco knives
SR-25 long-range rifle
Stabilization Forces (SFOR)
Stormin’ (“the Bod,” assault team leader)
Sudan, Delta Force
supply problems, Tora Bora, Battle of
Surefire flashlight
surrender, at Tora Bora
Suskind, Ron
Sutter, Mark
Tactical Operations Center (TOC)
tactical signal interceptors
Taliban. See also al Qaeda; bin Laden, Usama; Tora Bora, Battle of (Afghanistan)
deception plan for
intelligence on
Inter-Service Intelligence (Pakistan)
mujahideen
Northern Alliance
Shelter Now International hostage crisis
Zaman Ghamshareek, Haji (Pashtun warlord)
Talon aircraft
tanks
al Qaeda
mujahideen
targeting
Task Force Dagger. See Mulholland, John
taxpayers, Tora Bora, Battle of
Team Jawbreaker Juliet (CIA point group)
Kabul, Afghanistan
money
Tehran, Iran
television. See media
terminal guidance operations (TGOs)
Green Berets
reconnaissance
terrorism
Baader-Meinhof gang
Delta Force planning
9/11 terrorist attacks
T-55 (Soviet tank)
Thackeray, William Makepeace
Thermopylae, Battle of
They Just Don’t Get It (Hunt)
Thompson, C. W.
Tiger Swan Inc.
Tikrit, Iraq
Tip of the Spear (magazine)
To Dare and to Conquer (Leebaert)
Top Gun (movie)
Tora Bora, Battle of (Afghanistan)
Ahmed, Gul
air bombing
Ali, Hazret (Pashai warlord)
Ali, Hazret (Pashai warlord) forward command
Ali, Hazret (Pashai warlord) headquarters
Ali, Hazret (Pashai warlord) tactics
al Qaeda
al Qaeda surrender
ammunition
bin Laden, Usama
BLU-82 bomb (Daisy Cutter)
British SBS commandos
casualties
costs of
Delta Force
Engagement Zones (EZ)
friendly fire
Green Berets
maps
medals and awards for
media
military units in
mobile support site (MSS)
mujahideen
Mulholland, John
night vision goggles (NVGs)
observation posts
preparations for
quick-reaction force (QRF)
significance and lessons of
Ski
snipers
supply problems
surrender at
tactics for
weather complications
Zaman Ghamshareek, Haji (Pashtun warlord)
Tora Bora Mountains (Afghanistan)
air supremacy
al Qaeda
bin Laden, Usama
enemy manpower in
intelligence on
weather
tourniquets
Towr Ghar Mountains (Afghanistan)
Trainor, Bernard
Trojan horse plan
Trojan War
T-62 (Soviet tank)
Tucker, David
unexploded ordnance
uniforms
Delta Force
friendly fire
Green Berets
mujahideen
United Kingdom
Afghanistan
intelligence
Royal Marine commandos
SBS commandos
Special Air Service (SAS) commandos (U.K.)
Special Boat Service (SBS, U.K.)
United States
United States Air Force
United States Air Force special tactics combat control. See also Admiral (U.S. Air Force combat controller); Tora Bora, Battle of (Afghanistan), air bombing
United States Army
military establishment
organizational model
United States Army Central Command (CENTCOM)
Spin Ghar Mountains (Afghanistan)
Tora Bora, Battle of
United States Army Green Berets
Afghanistan operations
Ali, Hazret (warlord)
Balkan operations
Delta Force
mujahideen
Spin Ghar Mountains (Afghanistan)
terminal guidance operations
Tora Bora, Battle of
uniforms
United States Embassy bombings (Africa)
United States Marine Corps
United States Special Operations Forces (Tucker and Lamb)
urban reconnaissance, Delta Force
Urdu
Uzbekistan
Vader thermal imager
Vickers, Larry
video camera, espionage
Vietnam War
Viking Tactics Inc.
war criminals
warlords. See also Ali, Hazret (Pashai warlord); mujahideen; Zaman Ghamshareek, Haji (Pashtun warlord)
Delta Force and
Zaman Ghamshareek, Haji
Waugh, Billy
weapons of mass destruction, intelligence
weather complications, Tora Bora, Battle of
Weekly Standard (magazine)
Wilcox, Frederick B.
World Trade Center terrorism attacks
Xerxes (king of Persia)
Yasotay
Zaman Ghamshareek, Haji (Pashtun warlord). See also mujahideen
Ali, Hazret (warlord) and
al Qaeda
al Qaeda surrender
bin Laden, Usama
biography of
Inter-Service Intelligence (Pakistan)
media
Shura
surrender negotiations
Tora Bora, Battle of
Zawahiri, Ayman al-
intelligence on
Tora Bora, Battle of
Zawir Khili, Afghanistan
ZPU-1 14.5mm AAA guns