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| Schroen's interaction with Alan Wolfe |
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| Summer of 1978, Near East Division in Islamabad, wants them to recruit assets in every Mujahideen group to eventually overthrow the Soviet regime |
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| Top political advisor for Masood, previously served as ambassador to Pakistan and India as well as lobbyist on Capitol Hill for assistance to Afghanistan. Schroen met him in late 1988 in Islamabad because he wanted to take advantage of his wide range of contacts throughout the Mujahideen groups. |
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| Pakistani Balouch tribesman who murdered 2 CIA employees and wounded 3 others at the main entrance to CIA headquarters in Virginia on 23 Jan, 1993. He escaped to Pakistan and through research into his whereabouts the CIA began to gain a working knowledge of the Taliban. |
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| 1996 Meeting b/t Masood and Schroen |
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| Former Austrian Embassy in Kabul. Schroen stressed that cooperation would lead to benefits later. Masood agreed to cooperate to the best of his abilities by providing whatever info on bin Laden he could and agreed to future meetings. Set the stage for the future JAWBREAKER insertion. |
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| Route and flight plan for JAWBREAKER |
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| Depart from Dover, Delaware to Frankfurt, Germany. From there they would fly into Tashkent, Uzbekistan and then through Uzbek and Tajik airspace in to Afghanistan, over the Anjuman Pass. |
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| Commanded the Kabul front, assisted in the GPS mapping of this front. Is in charge of much of the battle with the Taliban as conflict is breaking out. His men fight alongside Triple Nickel. Helps Gary establish the necessity for bombings with Washington. |
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| How fuel reached JAWBREAKER |
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| Came from Tajikistan over road in small, dirty trucks, causing the fuel to need to be filtered prior to use. Running joke between Mumtaz, Aref, and Schroen about a truck and oil purchased for $20,00 of the US government's money that never arrived. |
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| CIA's second team to be deployed from headquarters, originally planned to join Dostum's plan but is separated into Alpha and Bravo, with Bravo going with Atta. Commanded by R.J. |
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| CENTCOM inserted first A-team in Panjshir. Primary mission would be to conduct laser targeting to improve bombing of the Taliban. The drop went awry as the helicopters missed the landing zone. There was also controversy over whether they'd be allows to wear their uniforms. |
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| Senior Northern Alliance commander working in the West with forces centered South of Mozar-e Sharif. He operates semi-independently. Leader of the Uzbeck minorities, originally fighting for the Soviets. Is originally given supplies and the assistance of Alpha team, but splits both with General Atta to placate him. |
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| In charge of facilitating the insertion of Special Forces A-teams. Almost make the momentous mistake of sending in ODA-555 without first communicating with Schroen on the receiving end. They ultimately help facilitate the deployment of ODA-555 and Team Alpha. |
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| Senior Pashtun commander in direct contact with senior policy makers in Washington. Also supported by wealthy Afghan-American businessmen. They were encouraging the bombing around Kabul so the NA couldn't move in and take revenge on the Pashtuns or move further South. He was captured by the Taliban, tried, and killed by a firing squad. |
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| Offered cooperation with the CIA, went back to Afghanistan with his followers. Was chased by the Taliban, and ultimately he and his followers snuck away back to Pakistan. |
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| Franks' and Fahim's discussion |
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Took place on Franks' cargo aircraft. Franks pushed for specifics on attack plans and timetables in Kabul which Fahim didn't have to offer. Fahim said if the bombing didn't commence he'd attack on his own because they couldn't last another winter. At this point Franks agreed to target the bombing on Kabul. Schroen considered it
A successful meeting. |
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| 6:30 PM 14 November, 2001 to the Northern Alliance |
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