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‘Kenobi, Obi-Wan’ 205, 293–4, 321–3

Kiowa Warrior helicopters 210, 214, 216, 219, 226, 227–8

Koizimi, Prime Minister Junichiro 186

Kurds 54

Latifiyah 126, 127–30

Mahmudiya 131, 133

Mashooen, Assam (Sammy) 11, 65–6, 96–8, 105–13, 123, 127, 132, 138–40, 142, 146, 153, 159, 163, 173, 176, 178, 184, 207–9, 239, 243–4, 249–51, 258, 267–8, 288–90, 293, 307–8, 316, 325–6, 328–9

McGrath, Angus 5–6, 53, 56, 73–5, 78, 84, 86, 138, 242, 254

MCI network 9

McQueen Colonel Steve ‘Mad Dog’ 141, 146, 151, 155–7, 180–1, 241, 248–51, 266, 298, 313–14

Military Escort Service 202

Ministry of Municipalities and Public Works (MMPW) 254, 305

Ministry of Water Resources (MWR) 254

mobile phones 9, 24, 58, 82, 91–2

Mohammed (driver) 59–64, 66–7, 73

Moss 222–3, 226

Moyed 287, 293

Myers, US General Richard 29

Nabeel 285

Najaf 244–5

Navarro, Sergeant 222–5, 231–3, 235

negligent discharge (ND) 74

9/11 attacks 5, 53, 297, 298

Northern Ireland 68, 129

Operation Telic 4

Operation Vigilant Resolve 242

Osama bin Laden 298, 328

Othman, Mahmoud 327

Pascoe, Adam 78–9, 94–5, 112–13, 118, 127, 254

Pieter 115, 140

Potter, Private 218, 220, 221, 225, 230, 233

Powell, Colin 300

Presidential Palace, Baghdad 95, 116–17

Qazi, Aashraf 327

Queen Alia International Airport, Jordan 56, 57

radios 20, 24–5, 27, 81–2, 85–6, 284

Ra’eed 267–8, 278, 320

Raheed 239–40

RAND report 202

Razak, Major 285, 316, 317, 329

Republican Guard 9, 253

Rhoden, Phil 76, 78, 152, 184

RUC (Royal Ulster Constabulary) 129

Rumsfeld, Donald 199, 201, 202–3, 237

Sadr City 9, 175, 209, 241–2

Samawah 185, 186–97

SAS 13, 69, 115

satellite phones 92, 139, 146, 147

Shia, the 54, 160, 200–1, 238, 242, 243

Spartan security company 3, 5, 12, 23, 59, 66, 73, 80, 111, 115, 158, 174

Spectre AC-130 aircraft 179, 182

Straw, Jack 237

suicide bombers 51, 67, 182, 263, 287, 289

Talabani, Jalal 328

Tanaka-san 187–93, 195

Task Force Fountain 120, 158, 159, 163, 183, 268, 305

Tikrit 55, 118

Townsend, Frances 299

Trevellick, Les 1, 9–11, 15, 17–18, 20, 22, 28, 29–32, 36–8, 40, 46–9, 59–64, 66–78, 81–3, 85, 90, 94–5, 100, 102, 106, 113, 127–35, 138–41, 151, 155, 160, 165–8, 173, 176, 178, 182, 184, 205, 211, 240–1, 245–6, 250, 263, 266, 293, 307, 309, 318–22

United States Agency for International Development (USAID) 254, 305

US army 15, 28, 40–9, 88, 116, 212–36, 242, 258–63

USA

finance 3, 7, 101, 158, 174–5, 203

oil and economy 301–2

unpopularity 28, 162–3

Usama, Senior Lieutenant 207, 212, 293

vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (VBIEDs) 165, 168, 254, 256, 292

Waghorn, Del 180

water supplies 120–1, 122, 126, 163, 263, 305

Wayne 160, 176, 186–7, 188, 199, 245, 320

weapons of mass destruction (WMD) 7, 300

Willows, Staff Sergeant 46–8

Wolfowitz, Paul 199

Wyatt, Lori 2, 16–17, 20, 28, 32, 41, 44–8, 94, 113–14

Yugoslavia 273