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by Nir Rosen


  and identity politics

  of the Iraqi Security Forces

  and Jordan

  and Lebanon

  as more covert

  overt, receding of

  perceptions based on

  in the police force

  provoking in the regional, possibility of

  regional, rise in

  rise in

  and Saddam

  sign of shift away from

  during the surge

  Syria and

  in universities towards students

  U.S. occupation promoting

  See also specific geographical areas

  Sects, religious. See specific sects

  Secure Plus security company

  Seidiya Guard

  Selection bias

  Sepp, Kalev

  September 11 attacks

  Sermons, impact of

  Shaab

  Shab-e-Barat holiday

  Shah of Iran

  al-Shahal, Sheikh Dai al-Islam

  Shallaq, Fadil

  Sham

  See also Jund al-Sham (Soldiers of Sham/Levant)

  al-Shami, Abu Anas

  Shanshal, Falah Hassan

  Shaqis, recruitment of

  Sharikat al-Sadr (Rays of Sadr) newspaper

  al-Sharman, Muhamad Mahmud

  Sharon, Ariel

  Sharqiya television

  Shatila refugee camp

  Shawish, Zuheir

  Shawkat, Asef

  Shehab, Fouad

  al-Sheikh, Fattah

  “Shiite crescent,”

  Shiite Hizballah-Iranian model

  Shiite House

  Shiite militias

  accusations against

  in Amriya

  cease-fire of

  depending on Al Qaeda for protection from

  and ease of integration into the ISF

  Hizballah training, media accusation of

  linked to Iraqi Security Forces

  other targets of

  and the road to civil war

  treatment of Palestinians

  See also specific militia groups and leaders

  Shiite mosques See also specific mosques

  Shiite pilgrims

  Shiite Political Council

  Shiite revival

  Shiite shrines See also specific shrines

  “Shiite south” label

  Shiites

  actual representation of Sunnis and

  American perception of

  beliefs held by

  common epithet involving

  divided, and U.S. strategic interests

  empowerment of

  failed uprising against Saddam by

  in the first outbreaks of civil war

  as the first target of AQI

  important holidays of

  moderate, losing

  and mosque attendance

  new Saddam of the

  periphery vs. center

  preferred burial site for

  reported missing on the Internet

  Salafi view of

  secular

  as the winners

  Zarqawi’s warning to

  See also specific Shiite leaders/people and organizations

  Shiite-Sunni conflict/violence. See Iraqi civil war; Sectarian cleansing; Sectarianism; Shiite militias; Sunni militias

  “Shock and awe” doctrine

  “Shock therapy” techniques

  Shoter, Faris Sayid Hassan

  Shrine of Ali

  Shuhada Mosque

  Shuqair, Wafiq

  Shurufi Mosque

  Shuwafa

  Siniora, Fouad

  al-Sistani, Grand Ayatollah Ali

  Slocombe, Walter

  Smugglers

  Soccer, views of

  Social engineering

  Solagh, Bayan Jabr

  Somalia

  Sons of Iraq (SOI) See also Awakening program/groups

  Soviets/Soviet Union. See Russia

  Special Republican Guard

  Stalin, Joseph

  Status of Forces Agreement

  Straw, Jack

  Sudan

  al-Sudani, Abdul Falah

  Sufis

  Suicide bombings

  Suleiman, Michel

  Suleiman, Muhamad Haidar

  Sunna, the, Salafis view of

  “Sunni Arab” label

  Sunni Endowment

  Sunni militias

  believed to be lying dormant

  building, in Lebanon

  cease-fire of

  escalation between Mahdi Army and

  funding for, significant source of

  new, creation of

  other targets of

  paid by the U.S. military

  See also specific militia groups and leaders

  Sunni mosques See also specific mosques

  Sunni newspapers

  Sunni revival

  “Sunni Triangle” label

  Sunnis

  American perception of

  changing attitude of

  coup attempts by

  global fatwa calling on all

  lack of alternatives facing

  loss accepted by

  and mosque attendance

  overrepresentation of

  percentage of, comprising the Muslim world

  periphery vs. center

  reported missing on the Internet

  Salafi belief about Shiites view of

  as the second target of AQI

  secular

  Sunni-Shiite conflict/violence. See Iraqi civil war; Sectarian cleansing; Sectarianism; Shiite militias; Sunni militias

  Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI)

  Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council

  Suyuf Allah group

  Swindell, Sean

  Syria

  accused of helping Al Qaeda

  blamed for major terrorist attack in Baghdad

  closed borders of

  exiles in

  Fatah al-Intifada in

  and Fatah al-Islam

  foreign fighters from

  and the March 8 coalition

  patrolling the borders

  political and military domination of Lebanon

  population of

  and sectarianism

  and starting jihad in Sham

  U.S. threat toward

  Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP)

  T

  Taamir

  Tactical Humintelligence Team

  Taha, Abu Salim

  al-Taha, Sheikh Ahmad

  Tahash, Muhamad Mahmud

  Taif Accords

  Tajik-dominated government

  Tal Afar

  Talabani, Jalal

  Taliban

  origins of the

  and the resurgence of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, aspects of

  speedy defeat of the, in 2001, 464

  symptoms before the fall of the

  al-Tamimi, Abu Azzam

  al-Tamimi, Sheikh Safaa

  Tariq al-Jadida area

  Tawhid and Jihad group See also Al Qaeda

  Tawhid Brigade

  Tawhid (Harakat al-Tawhid al-Islami) group

  Tawhid movement

  Tawhid (Unity) association

  Team Ironhorse

  Team Prowler

  Tel al-Zaatar refugee camp

  Terror in the Hands of Justice (television show)

  Terrorism vs. freedom fighting, difficulty distinguishing

  Thar Allah group

  Thuwar. See Fursan (Amriya Freedom Fighters/Thurwar)

  Tigris River, banks of the

  Tikrit

  Tikriti Mosque (Fardos Mosque)

  Time magazine

  al-Titi, Muhamad Jamil

  Together Forward I and II,

  Torture device, popular

  Townsend, Steve

  Treaty of Portsmouth

  Tribal elders in
Afghanistan

  Tribal leaders, shift in treatment of See also specific leaders

  Tribal militias See also specific groups

  Trinquier, Roger

  Tripoli See also specific districts and neighborhoods

  Tripoli Brigades

  Turkey/Turks

  Turki, Prince

  al-Tuweijiri, Sheikh Abdullah

  U

  Um Al Qura Mosque (Um al Maarik)

  Um Qasr, fall of

  Um Qasr prison

  al-Umama, Sheikh Adnan

  Umayyad dynasty

  UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI)

  UN Security Council

  United Arab Emirates

  United Iraqi Alliance

  United Nations

  United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)

  United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFL)

  United States

  as adopting Al Qaeda’s worldview

  Afghani view of

  comparing Saddam to the

  continuing involvement of, in spiraling violence

  and control over Saddam’s execution, issue of

  demanding compensation from

  failure of the, to question the invasion

  focus of the, from the beginning of the occupation, issue with

  ignoring involvement of

  influence of, loss of, due to wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

  international community waiting for leadership from, on the refugee crisis

  and Iraq, previous relationship between

  Iraqi views of the

  Jordanian jihadis view of

  Lebanese views of the

  and Lebanon

  military alliance backed by

  perceptions/views held by the

  planners and observers, exaggerated claims of

  presidential campaign in the

  push by, in Palestine and Lebanon

  response to Iran’s nuclear intransigence

  sermon blaming the

  and shifting support between sects

  and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

  and the Taliban, previous relationship between

  trepidation in, over the Iraqi elections

  victory for, magazine declaring

  See also specific U.S. government agencies, institutions, and people

  Unity, calls for

  Universities

  sectarianism in the

  as targets

  See also specific schools

  University of Baghdad

  University of Haifa

  University of Jordan

  University of Technology

  University of Zarqa

  U.S. Army, manual for See also U.S. troops

  U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

  U.S. Combined Arms Center (USACAC)

  U.S. Defense Department

  U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)

  U.S. embassy, Afghanistan

  U.S. Government Accountability Office

  U.S. House Armed Services Committee

  U.S. Marine Corps.

  in Afghanistan

  manual for

  See also U.S. troops

  U.S. National Security Agency

  U.S. National Security Council (NSC)

  U.S. occupation

  actions during, giving a bad name to democracy

  based on a vision

  COIN theorists’ failure to question the U.S. invasion and

  demographic changes brought by, article warning of

  failed, strange epitaph for a

  focus of the U.S. administration from the beginning of the, issue with the

  impact of, aspects of the

  incompetency of the

  and making major decisions without Iraqi input

  new security plan for

  opposition to, from the beginning

  role shift during the

  stated goal of the

  suffering brought on by

  as a systemic imposition of violence

  See also specific aspects related to the occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan

  U.S. Senate

  U.S. Special Forces

  U.S. State Department

  U.S. troops

  in Afghanistan, number of

  cease-fire with

  change in behavior of, for the better

  changing role of the

  COIN manual for

  continuing presence of, as a constant implied threat

  decline in casualties of

  films of the resistance against

  Iraqi views of

  leaving more, than previously agreed, talk of

  legitimizing withdrawal of, need for

  onerous presence of

  power dynamic between the street and

  provincial presence of, expected reduction of

  questioning the approach of

  recruiting by

  withdrawal of, timetable for, issue of

  U.S. troop surge

  in Afghanistan

  airstrikes during

  alleged success of, problem with the

  and the battle over Amriya, aspects of

  costly toll of the

  and the eclipse of the Mahdi Army, aspects of

  initiating the, and the move toward Iraqi-based solutions, aspects of

  Maliki benefiting from

  overview of the, and its influence

  purpose of the

  reduction in violence falsely attributed to

  timing of the

  Usbat al-Ansar (The League of Supporters)

  al-Utaibi, Juhayman

  al-Uzri, Abdel Karim

  V

  Vietnam

  Violence

  decline in levels of

  extreme and indiscriminate

  future, and the Bush administration legacy

  increase in, in areas of U.S. expanded operations

  purpose of the

  self-sustaining cycle of

  shift in the source of

  spiraling, continuing U.S. involvement in

  systemic imposition of

  triggers of

  Volcano Brigade

  W

  Wahhabi Mosque (Abdel Rahman Auf Mosque)

  Wahhabis

  See also Sunnis

  Wardak province

  Warlords, U.S. backing of, and reliance on

  Wasfi, Muhamad Abu Muntasar

  Washash

  Washington Post

  Weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), issue of

  West Point

  Widows, number of

  Wilder, Andrew

  al-Windawi, Mouayad

  Winds of Victory (video)

  Wolf Brigade

  Wolfowitz, Paul

  Women

  in Afghanistan

  attending markets, issue of

  with “bad” reputations, targeting

  clothing covering, in Jordan

  held as hostages by Americans

  imposing strict interpretation of Islam on

  militias and

  in prison, treatment of

  using, in anti-regime operations

  World Trade Center bombing

  Y

  Yakan, Fathi

  Yamin, Firas (Abu Omar)

  al-Yaqoubi, Muhammad

  Yaqubi Camp

  Yarmuk

  Yarmuk refugee camp

  Yazid (son of Muawiya)

  Yemen

  Younes, Kristele

  Z

  Zafraniya

  al-Zarqawi, Abu Musab

  See also Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI)

  al-Zawahiri, Ayman

  al-Zeidi, Muntadhar

  Zeinab (daughter of Ali)

  Zia ul-Madaris al-Faruqia religious school

  Zionists, perceived strategy of

  Copyright

  Copyright © 2010 by Nir Rosen

  Published by Nation Books,

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rosen, Nir, 1977-

  Aftermath : following the bloodshed of America’s wars in the muslim world / Nir Rosen.

  p. cm.

  Includes bibliographical references and index.

  eISBN : 978-0-786-72758-2

  1. Iraq War, 2003—Social aspects. 2. Iraq War, 2003—Influence. 3. Iraq—Social conditions—21st century. 4. Iraq—Politics and government—2003- 5. Iraq—Strategic aspects. 6. Middle East—Strategic aspects. 7. Islam and politics—Middle East. I. Title.

  DS79.767.S63R67 2010

  956.7044’31—dc22

  2010023467

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  NOTES

  1

  Another soldier told me: “I spent a lot of time thinking about COIN prior to leaving the U.S. I read U.S. Army Field Manual FM 3-24 Counterinsurgency, as well as books by David Galula, Roger Trinquier, and Sir Frank Kitson, and thought long and hard about how to apply these lessons to our area of Baghdad, especially in terms of how intelligence was central to successful COIN. Of course, once we arrived in Baghdad, a lot of this was put aside, unfortunately, as we were taken away by events. Soldiers were being injured and our area seemed to be out of control, so the emphasis shifted from applying good COIN techniques to just responding to what was happening. We never really gained the initiative in that first area. Indeed, it took us about sixty days or so to really get back to the COIN basics that we had read about. Once we began to apply these lessons, things changed in our favor, and never turned back.”

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