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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
weathe
r
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
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[1] An unclassified version of the SOCOM history of Tora Bora is part of the 20th Anniversary History: 1987-2007 (U.S. Special Operations Command), pp. 93-98, which can be publicly accessed at http://www.socom.mil/Docs/Command_History_26Feb07webversion.pdf.
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[2] Authors Michael Gordon and Bernard Trainor recount these events in the book Cobra II on pages 561 and 562. Newsweek first recounted the event just a few weeks after the raid in “See How They Ran,” Newsweek, Aug 4, 2003, pp. 22-29.
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[3] The history, importance, and uniqueness of Delta’s selection process is discussed in detail by both Colonel Beckwith in his book Delta Force and CSM(R) Eric Haney’s book Inside Delta Force.
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[4] Derek Leebaert, in his book To Dare and to Conquer, discusses when and where Delta planned to use the Trojan horse option during the eventually aborted rescue attempt of American hostages in Iran. The June 2006 edition of Tip of the Spear, a monthly magazine published by USSOCOM, discusses former MACV-SOG Dick Meadows’s participation in Operation Eagle Claw. Already retired from the military, Meadows was pressed back into action, and along with a few others infiltrated Tehran, Iran, to prepare for the arrival of the rescue force and confirm the location of the hostages. See http://www.socom.mil/TOTS/2006/TOTS_web-200606.pdf.
* The flying heroics of the 160th are well known throughout the world and several books cover their selection process and derring-do accomplishments. Retired CW4 Mike Durant, of Blackhawk Down fame, had authored two books on the organization. The first, In the Company of Heroes, covers his personal experience in Somalia. The second, titled Night Stalkers, recounts several previously unknown secret missions of the 160th. Also, David Tucker and Christopher Lamb describe the talents of the 160th in their book, United States Special Operations Forces.
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[5] The history, importance, and uniqueness of Delta’s selection process is discussed in detail by both Colonel Beckwith in his book Delta Force and CSM(R) Eric Haney’s book Inside Delta Force.
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[6] The political will to use Special Operations Forces prior to 9/11 is well documented in a January 2004 edition of the Weekly Standard. In an article titled “Showstoppers,” author Richard Shultz provides nine reasons why US officials never sent our Special Operations Forces after al Qaeda before 9/11. See http://weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/003/613twavk.asp.
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[7] Authors David Tucker and Christopher Lamb in their book, United States Special Operations Forces, discuss this Way Ahead meeting.
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[8] Former CIA official Gary Shroen, in his book First In, discusses the Delta advance party sent to Afghanistan to develop rescue plans for the Shelter Now International hostages.
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[9] Author Derek Leebaert, in his book To Dare and to Conquer, discusses these capability exercises performed by Delta for visiting VIPs.
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[10] In Cobra II, authors Michael Gordon and Bernard Trainor recount the meeting between representatives of the CIA, Vice President Cheney, and President Bush.
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[11] See article on “Targeted Killings” published by The Foundation for Defense of Democracies. See http://www.defenddemocracy.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=218872.
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[12] Both warlords, Haji Zaman Ghamshareek and General Hazret Ali, were identified in Philip Smucker’s book, Al Qaeda’s Great Escape, and later inside USSOCOM’s 20th Anniversary History edition on page 93.
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[13] Gary Berntsen discusses the reluctance of Colonel Mulholland to commit Green Berets to Tora Bora in his book Jawbreaker. USSOCOM’s 20th Anniversary History also discusses this on page 94.
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[14] Retired Lieutenant General Dell Dailey’s exploits as the JSOC commander are well recounted in numerous books by various authors. In Jawbreaker, Gary Berntsen shares his personal interaction with Dailey during the opening days of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. In Sean Naylor’s Not a Good Day to Die, and in Cobra II, by Michael Gordon and Bernard Trainor, the friction between Delta and Dailey is shared in detail.
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[15] Michael Smith, in his book Killer Elite, discusses in detail the history of these special signal collectors.
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[16] The good relations between the United States and the United Kingdom developed since the turn of the twentieth century continue today. This is particularly true among military outfits and has proven a tremendous asset in the ongoing war on terror. See http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB633.pdf.
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[17] Author Derek Leebaert in his book to Dare and to Conquer discusses this unique characteristic of Delta’s selection process.
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[18] Operation Acid Gambit was the opening
mission of the invasion of Panama in 1989 by Delta to rescue American citizen Kurt Muse. Muse shares his story in his book Six Minutes to Freedom.
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[19] Authors Michael Gordon and Bernard Trainor document well Delta Force’s crossing of the Saudi border and long push into Iraq to start the war in their book Cobra II.
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