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and US drone strikes as terrorism, 466

US embassy in, bombing of, 235–236

US flyover rights in, 262

US military trainers in, 64–65, 66

US role in, downplay of, 321–324

and US spy drone Scan Eagle, 230

US unilateral campaign in, 280–281

USS Cole bombing in, 16, 61, 62–63, 65–66, 130–131, 210, 213

and Yemeni and al Qaeda suspects, treatment of, 132–133

and Yemeni tribal system, and AQAP, 465–467

and Zinjibar siege, 460–465

Yemen Air Force, Special Operations Forces Command training missions with, 323

Yemen Special Operations, and AQAP, 387–389

Yoo, John, 24

Yousef, Ramzi, 27

Yusuf, Mohammed, 206

Yusufzai, Rahimullah, 177

Zabara, Mullah. See Abdulsalam, Ali Abdullah

Zaeef, Mullah Abdul Salem, 348

Zahir, Mohammed Saranwal, 335

Zardari, Asif Ali, 216, 422–423, 458

Zarqawi, Abu Musab al-, 112, 143–144, 157, 289, 290

and Abu Ghraib prisoner-abuse scandal, 163

“Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Slaughters an American,” 163

and Berg, execution of, 163–164

hunt for, 166

and Iraq and 9/11–Saddam and al Qaeda connection, 113

and Iraqi Shiite and Sunni Muslims, targeting of, 178–179

as JSOC number one target, 113

and JSOC targeted assassination/strike, 179

and network funding, 164

Zawahiri, Ayman al-, 23, 62, 223, 362, 379, 412, 434

and Fazul, 487

hunt for, 175

and Zarqawi, warning to, 178–179

Zelin, Aaron, 377, 378, 381

Zenawi, Meles, 207, 225

Zero Dark Thirty, 452

Zindani, Abdul Majeed al-, 36, 68, 306

Zinjibar, Yemen, siege, 460–465

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Scahill, Jeremy.

Dirty wars : the world is a battlefield / Jeremy Scahill. — First edition.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-56858-727-1 (eb)

1. United States—History, Military—21st century. 2. Special operations (Military science)—United States—History—21st century. 3. Terrorism—Prevention—United States—Government policy—History—21st century. 4. Targeted killing—United States—History—21st century. 5. Intelligence service—United States—History—21st century. 6. United States—Military policy—History—21st century. 7. United States—Military policy—Moral and ethical aspects. I. Title.

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