Aftermath

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

V

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

W

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

West Point

Widows, number of

Wilder, Andrew

al-Windawi, Mouayad

Winds of Victory (video)

Wolf Brigade

Wolfowitz, Paul

Women

in Afghanistan

attending markets, issue of

with “bad” reputations, targeting

clothing covering, in Jordan

held as hostages by Americans

imposing strict interpretation of Islam on

militias and

in prison, treatment of

using, in anti-regime operations

World Trade Center bombing

Y

Yakan, Fathi

Yamin, Firas (Abu Omar)

al-Yaqoubi, Muhammad

Yaqubi Camp

Yarmuk

Yarmuk refugee camp

Yazid (son of Muawiya)

Yemen

Younes, Kristele

Z

Zafraniya

al-Zarqawi, Abu Musab

See also Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI)

al-Zawahiri, Ayman

al-Zeidi, Muntadhar

Zeinab (daughter of Ali)

Zia ul-Madaris al-Faruqia religious school

Zionists, perceived strategy of

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