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President George W. Bush announces that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended"; soon after, General Tommy Franks moves his headquarters from Qatar to Tampa, Fla. may Saddam meets secretly in a car in Baghdad with four advisers, including a representative of Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri (Saddam's former No...
It is no secret that General Tommy Franks didn't want to hang around Iraq very long. As Franks led the U.S. assault on Baghdad in April 2003, his goal--and that of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld--was to get to the capital as quickly as possible with a minimal...
The rush to Baghdad, critics say, laid the groundwork for trouble to come. In one prewar briefing, for example, Lieut. General David McKiernan--who commanded the land component of the coalition forces--asked Franks what should be done if his troops found Iraqi arms caches on the way to Baghdad...
U.S. troops entered Baghdad on April 5. There was euphoria in the Pentagon. The looting in the streets of Baghdad and the continuing attacks on coalition troops were considered temporary phenomena that would soon subside. On May 1, President George W. Bush announced, "Major combat operations in Iraq have ended...
It's hardly shocking that Democrats wince at the mention of Katherine Harris, the former Florida secretary of state who they believe unfairly favored President George W. Bush in the recount of the 2000 election. But since Harris announced her bid for the Senate in 2006, the people doing the...