Nir Rosen - Aftermath

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)

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

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

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

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