Us Central Command

Events (47)

• January 23, 1980: Invasion of Afghanistan Leads to Build Up of US Forces in Persian Gulf 1980-01-23
• October 1, 1986: Goldwater-Nichols Defense Reorganization Act Restructures US Military 1986-10-01
• June 9-August 4, 1990: US Wargame Anticipates Looming Gulf War 1990-08-04
• August 5, 1990 and After: Cheney Secures Permission for US Forces to Attack Iraq from Saudi Arabia 1990-08-05
• May 7-24, 2001: Military Exercise Predicts War on Terror 2001-05-07
• June 21, 2001: Warnings Cause High Security Alert for US Forces in Arabia and Persian Gulf 2001-06-21
• 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
• December 5, 2001: Head of US Marines Not Allowed to Send His Troops to Tora Bora 2001-12-05
• October 31, 2002: Former CENTCOM Commander Zinni Warns More Troops Needed for Occupation of Iraq 2002-10-31
• April 1, 2003: US Military Briefs Reporters on Jessica Lynch’s Rescue, Shows Carefully Edited Video 2003-04-01
• April 17, 2003 and After: Coalition Provisional Authority Officially Created; Operates outside US Law 2003-04-17
• April 17, 2003: USCENTCOM Commander Tells of Plan to Use Former Iraqi Military to Stabilize Iraq 2003-04-17
• April 20, 2003: Times Reporter Claims Iraqi Scientist Led Army Unit to WMD Evidence; Claims Later Proven Wrong 2003-04-20
• May 20, 2003: BBC Correspondent Discusses Reports Questioning Pentagon’s Version of Jessica Lynch Capture and Rescue 2003-05-20
• June 5, 2003: Generals, CPA Administrator Deny Leadership Role in Finding Iraqi WMD 2003-06-05
• June 17, 2003: Washington Post Pieces Together More Accurate Version of Jessica Lynch’s Capture, Rescue 2003-06-17
• June 17, 2003: Washington Post Reporter Discusses Inaccuracy of Initial Reports about Jessica Lynch 2003-06-17
• September 5, 2003: Zinni: Bush Administration Failed to Plan for Postwar Iraq 2003-09-05
• March 13, 2004: United States Central Command Announces Launch of New Afghanistan War Offensive: Operation Mountain Storm 2004-03-13
• March 15, 2004: Radio Free Europe Publicizes Operation Mountain Storm’s Use of ‘Unconventional ’ Strategy 2004-03-15
• May 14, 2004: Retired General Zinni Recalls that 1998 Plans for Overthrowing Hussein Envisioned Many Problems Encounted by US and Coalition Occupation 2004-05-14
• May 21, 2004: Zinni: Rumsfeld, Pentagon Neoconservatives Guilty of ‘Dereliction of Duty’ 2004-05-21
• July 15, 2004: Military Lawyer Says Rumsfeld’s Authorization of Torture for Guantanamo Applies to Detainees in Afghanistan 2004-07-15
• January 19, 2006: CIA Witness Testifies that US Soldier Accused of Murdering Iraqi Prisoner Disregarded Interrogation Rules 2006-01-19
• October 18, 2006: US Military’s Central Command Says Iraq Sliding towards ‘Chaos’ 2006-10-18
• November 6, 2006: Army Times Calls on Rumsfeld to ‘Go’ 2006-11-06
• March 16, 2007: Naval Admiral Takes Command of Centcom, Possibly to Oversee Military Strikes against Iran 2007-03-16
• April 27, 2007: Retired CENTCOM Deputy Commander Claims Politicians and Press, Not Military, Created False Story of Jessica Lynch’s Capture and Rescue 2007-04-27
• April 29, 2008: General Petraeus’s Connections to Military Analysts Explored 2008-04-29
• December 2-3, 2008: Retired Flag Officers Meet with Obama Officials to Ask that Incoming President End Torture, Rendition, Indefinite Detention Policies 2008-12-02
• March 18, 2009: Military Commanders Want Iraq Ambassador Confirmed; Republican Senators Blocking Process 2009-03-18
• August 26, 2009: General Petraeus Opens New Intelligence Center at CENTCOM to Focus on Long-Term Afghanistan, Pakistan Engagement 2009-08-26
• October 7, 2009: Pentagon Establishes ‘Afpak Hands Program’ to Build a Cadre of Specialized Military and Intelligence Personnel for Long-Term Regional Engagement 2009-10-07
• January 2003: US Commanders in Afghanistan Ask for Clarification on Interrogation Techniques, Receive Silence
• February 2002: Remote Drone Targeting Bin Laden Kills Three Innocent Civilians Instead
• February 2006: US Military Gives Bin Laden Search Surprisingly Low Priority
• April-July 1999: ’Desert Crossing’ War Game Predicts Instability, Potential Chaos if Saddam Hussein Ousted by US
• April 2007: Military PR Officials Claim No Memory of Misleading Reporters in Story of Lynch Ambush, Rescue
• May 2004: Afghanistan Commanders Operating under Rescinded Rules of Interrogation
• August 2002: Military Plans for Iraq Invasion Finalized; No Strategy for Replacing Hussein Government Given
• Late 2002-Early 2003: More Talented US Personnel Redeployed from Afghanistan to Iraq
• January 2003: US Officials Say Aerial Strikes in Iraq Are Retaliatory, Not Offensive
• Late January 2003: US Army War College Report Predicts Civil War in Post-Saddam Iraq
• June 2007: US Air Force Plans for Massive Three-Day Air Strike Against Iran
• Mid-October, 2007: White House War Budget Request Apparently Targets Iran
• February 2007: Head of Centcom Fallon Opposes Naval Buildup and Military Strikes against Iran