Thomas Franks

Events (49)

• January 19, 2001: US and Pakistan Discuss Operation to Snatch Bin Laden 2001-01-19
• May 16, 2001: US Strengthens Military Relations with Central Asian Republics 2001-05-16
• Shortly Before June 22, 2001: CENTCOM Commander Franks Says the US Must Prepare for ‘Another Pearl Harbor-Like Event’ 2001-06-22
• August 17, 2001: US Plan to Snatch Bin Laden Foiled After It Is Leaked to Media 2001-08-17
• September 7, 2001: CENTCOM Commander Franks Says He Fears a Terrorist Attack on the World Trade Center 2001-09-07
• October 7, 2001: US Hesitates, Fails to Kill Mullah Omar 2001-10-07
• October 20, 2001: US Special Forces Little Used in Afghanistan for Fear of Casualties 2001-10-20
• November 21, 2001: Bush Wants Iraq Invasion Plan 2001-11-21
• November 26, 2001: US Marines Land in Kandahar instead of Tora Bora 2001-11-26
• November 27, 2001: Rumsfeld Tells Franks ‘Look at Options for Iraq’ 2001-11-27
• December 28, 2001: Gen. Franks Briefs Bush on Iraq War Plans 2001-12-28
• February 19, 2002: Gen. Franks: US Is Deploying Resources from Afghanistan to Iraq 2002-02-19
• March 2-13, 2002: Taliban and Al-Qaeda Forces Evade Encirclement Again 2002-03-02
• August 15, 2002: US General Believes Troops Will Remain in Afghanistan for Long Time 2002-08-15
• September 20, 2002: White House Discloses Plans for Iraq Invasion 2002-09-20
• September 21, 2002: Bush’s Military Options on Attacking Iraq Leaked to New York Times 2002-09-21
• October 31, 2002: General Frank’s Full US Battle Plan Is Completed 2002-10-31
• November 25, 2002: Woodward Publishes ‘Hagiographic’ Book Chronicling Bush’s Response to 9/11, Preparations for War with Iraq 2002-11-25
• March 20, 2003: Al-Zarqawi’s Training Camp in Northern Iraq Is Finally Hit by US Air Strike 2003-03-20
• March 22, 2003: General Franks Claims Evidence of WMDs and SCUD Launchers in Iraq 2003-03-22
• March 25, 2003: New York Times Explores Role of Retired Generals as Network Military Analysts 2003-03-25
• April 13, 2003: Gen. Tommy Franks Says Iraq Will Be A Model 2003-04-13
• April 17, 2003 and After: Coalition Provisional Authority Officially Created; Operates outside US Law 2003-04-17
• June 5, 2003: Generals, CPA Administrator Deny Leadership Role in Finding Iraqi WMD 2003-06-05
• November 21, 2003: Franks Favors US Coming under Military Governance in Event of Second 9/11-Style Attack 2003-11-21
• December 14, 2004: President Bush Gives George Tenet and Others the Medal of Freedom 2004-12-14
• April 16, 2006: Iraq Commander Says Rumsfeld Refused Requests for More Troops during Iraq War 2006-04-16
• April 22, 2008: Former Military Analyst Says that Networks Focused Too Much on Military Perspective of Iraq War, Occupation 2008-04-22
• April 2007: Military PR Officials Claim No Memory of Misleading Reporters in Story of Lynch Ambush, Rescue
• Summer 2001: CENTCOM Commander Franks Is Concerned that Al-Qaeda Will Use Planes to Attack Western Facilities
• August 2002: Military Plans for Iraq Invasion Finalized; No Strategy for Replacing Hussein Government Given
• September 2000: General Tommy Franks Tours Central Asia to Build Military Aid Relationships
• September 2006: Bush Administration Did Not Intend on ‘Nation-Building’ in Iraq, Author Writes
• Early October-Mid-November, 2001: Air Force Is Repeatedly Denied Permission to Bomb Top al-Qaeda and Taliban Leaders
• Early October 2001: General Franks Disregards Advice to Open Second Front in Afghanistan
• October 2001: US Military Downplays Importance of Targeting Bin Laden
• October 2004: Presidential Candidates Debate Tora Bora Battle; Evidence Supports Kerry’s Position
• Late October-Early December 2001: Gen. Franks Ignores CIA Request to Deploy Unused US Troops to Get Bin Laden
• Early 2002: Troops and Equipment Redirected from Afghanistan to Iraq
• Fall 2002: Joint Chiefs Advance Alternative Plan for Governing Post-Saddam Iraq; Rumsfeld Responds by Placing Feith in Charge
• Summer 2004: Bush Foreign Policy Dominated by Small Core of Insular, Ill-Informed Advisers
• Summer 2005: Army Supresses Unflattering RAND Report on Iraq
• Mid-September, 2001: Cheney and Rumsfeld Create ‘Cabal’ to Influence Foreign Policy
• May 2002: Gen. Franks Says There Is No War Plan for Invading Iraq
• Mid-August 2002: Decision Made to Increase Bombing in Iraq ‘No-Fly’ Zones During NSC Meeting at White House
• December 2001: US General Tells Rumsfeld US Attacks in Iraq ‘No-Fly’ Zones Should Be Strategic
• December 2003: Mexican Government Asks British If UN Member States Were Spied On Before Iraq Invasion
• January 2003: Pentagon Creates Coalition Provisional Authority
• After January 2003: Gen. Franks Rejects Anabasis Plan