Nir Rosen - Aftermath

Logar province

The Logic of Violence in Civil War (Kalyvas)

Looting

Lynch, Rick

Maalif

Maan, Hikmat Hussein (Hakami)

Madain, battles in

Maghawir al-Dakhiliya (special police force)

Mahad al-Ansar (Supporters’ Institute)

Mahdi Army

and Al Qaeda in Iraq

ascension of

believed to be lying dormant

cease-fire of

classification of the, question of, Muqtada’s response to

eclipse of the, aspects of the

following Samarra Shrine bombings

full-scale war declared on

and the INP

legend involving

mosques and

regional differences in the

and the surge

war inside the

See also Shiites

Mahdi, Sheikh Jihad

al-Majali, Sheikh Abdel Majid

Majd al-Anjar area

Majid, Ali Hassan (Chemical Ali)

Makiya, Kanan

al-Maksusi, Adnan

Maktab al-Khidmat al-Mujahideen (Office of Mujahideen Services)

Malaya

Maliki government

al-Maliki, Nuri

Maliki, Walid Abdel

Maluki Mosque

Mansour

Mao Zedong

al-Maqdisi, Abu Muhammad

March 8 coalition

March 14 coalition

Marginalization, issue of

Marka military court trials

Maronites

Marshall, George C.

al-Mashhadani, Adil

al-Mashhadani, Taysir Najah

al-Masihi, Amar

al-Masri, Hussein

al-Masri, Khalid

al-Masri, Muhamad

Massoud, Ahmad Shah

Mattis, James

Mayha, Rauf Aballah Abu

Mazloum, Wassim I.

McCain, John

McChrystal, Stanley

McCollough, William

McDonalds

McFarland, Sean

McGurk, Brett

McKiernan, David

McMullen, Chris

Mecca

Media

in Afghanistan

Arab, resentment toward

and the battle of Nahr al-Barid camp

and the COIN manual

conduct of the

embedding with the American military, criticism of

freedom of the, issue of

holed up in Lebanon

importance of the, realizing the

kidnapping involving the

killing of a member of the

Lebanese, blaming the

local Lebanese attitude towards

perceived as the enemy

Saudis use of the

and selection bias

and the surge

U.S., focus of the, since the beginning of the occupation, issue with

Media blackout

Medical City

Medina

al-Meis, Khalil

Meshal, Khalid

Mesopotamia, capture of

Mexico

Middle East

euphemism for American-backed militias in the

failed U.S. policies in, effect of

identity politics in the, resurgence of

impact on the

largest refugee crisis in the

perceived Jewish and Zionist strategy in the

perception of Al Qaeda and Americans in the

Shiite vs. Sunni revival in the

youth in the, recruitment of

See also specific countries

Midhat, Kamal

Mikati, Najib

Milat Ibrahim (Maqdisi)

Milestones on the Road (Qutb)

Military Review

Military Transition Team (MTT)

Militia power, original and shifting, U.S. not understanding

Militias. See specific militia groups

Minority power

Miska, Steve

Mohsen, Amer

Mongols, occupation by

Morgado, Andy

Morocco

Mosques

rise of

See also specific mosques

Mossad

Mosul

Moussa, Ammar

Moustapha, Imad

Muawiya

Mubarak, Hosni

Mufti of Lebanon (Grand Mufti)

Mufti of Tripoli

Mughniyeh, Imad

al-Muhamadawi, Sheikh Karim

Muhammad, Prophet

al-Muhammadawi, Karim Mahud (Abu Hatem)

al-Muhandes, Abu Mahdi (Jamal Jaafir Mohammed Ali)

Mujahed, Zaibullah

Mujahideen Advisory Council

Mujahideen, first generation of

Mujahideen Shura Council

Mullah Omar (Taliban group)

Mullen, Mike

Multi-National Corps-Iraq (MNC-I)

Multi-National Division-Baghdad (MND-B)

Multi-National Division-Central (MND-C)

Multi-National Forces-Iraq (MNF-I)

Multinational Security Transition Command-Iraq (MNSTCI)

Murabitun militia

Murr, Elias

al-Musawi, Nawaf

al-Musawi, Sadeq

al-Musawi, Sayyid Hassan Naji

Muslim Brotherhood

Muslims

call to all, to defeat the occupying forces

liberal, imposing strict interpretation of Islam on

original split between

percentage of Sunnis comprising

Mustafa Husseiniya (worship place)

Mustansiriya University

Muthana Brigade

al-Mutlaq, Saleh

Muwahidun group

Nagl, John

Nahr al-Barid refugee camps

Najaf

Naji, Hamudi

Naji, Kanan

Nashabe, Omar

Nasir, Mullah

Nasr, Sayyid

Nasrallah, Sayyid Hassan See also Hizballah

Nasser, Gamal Abdel

National Accord Front

National Assembly

National Defense University

National Police Training Team (NPTT)

National Solidarity Program

NATO forces

Nazi Party

Neighborhood Advisory Councils (NACs)

Neoconservatives

New TV channel

New York Times

Newsweek

Nicaragua

Nicholson, Lawrence

Nilesat network

9/11 attacks. See September 11 attacks

1920 Revolution Battalions

Nineveh

Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), situation of, in Afghanistan See also specific organizations

North African community

Northern Alliance

Northern Ireland

al-Nujaifi, Atheel

Nur Muhammad (Light of Muhammad) group

Nuri, Riyadh

Obaid, Nawaf

Obama administration

Obama, Barack

al-Obeidi, Abdel Qader

al-Obeidi, Sheikh Khalid

Odierno, Raymond

Office of Mujahideen Services

Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance (ORHA)

Office of the Coalition Provisional Authority (OCPA)

Oil reserves, in Iraq

Oil revenue, sanctions imposed on

Oil-for-food program

Ollivant, Douglas

Omar Mosque

Omar, Mullah

“Omar” name, targeting Sunnis based on

al-Omar, Sheikh Nasser bin Suleiman

Operation Arrowhead Strike 9

Operation Close Encounters

Operation Fard al-Qanun (Rule of Law)

Operation Iraqi Freedom deployment

Operation Mountain Fury

Operation Sawlat al-Fursan. See Charge of the Knights campaign

Operation Seventh Veil

Operation Together Forward I

Operation Together Forward II

Operation Valhalla

Organization of the Islamic Conference

Organized Movement of Islamic Call and Jihad

Orphans, number of

Osama bin Laden. See bin Laden, Osama

Oslo accords

O’Sullivan, Meghan

Ottomans

“Our COIN Doctrine Removes the Enemy from the Essence of War” (Gentile)

Pakistan

and Afghanistan

double game played by

new U.S. strategy for

religious schools in

Palestine

Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO)

Palestinian refugee crisis See also specific refugee camps

Palestinians and Palestinian refugees

fleeing Nahr al-Barid refugee camp

granting citizenship to, issue of

as jihadists

marooned

numbers of, in Iraq

opposition to early coalition of in Lebanon

relocation of

shift in treatment of, in Iraq

status of

staying out of internal Lebanese conflict

as the Sunni army

in Syria

uprising of, in Jordan

See also specific leaders/people and organizations

Parwan province

Pashtun ethnic group, size of

Pashtunwali

Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)

Petraeus, David

Pew poll

Philippines