Tommy Franks
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Tommy Ray Franks is a retired United States Army general. His last army post was as the Commander of the United States Central Command, overseeing United States military operations in a 25-country reg
Official portrait, 2000
Gen. Franks touring the ruins of one of Saddam Hussein's palaces in April 2003
Franks speaking in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 2014
Battle of Tora Bora
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The Battle of Tora Bora occurred from 30 November to 17 December 2001, as part of the United States invasion of Afghanistan during the war in Afghanistan. It took place around the cave complex of Tora
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…Hussein. Critics of Franks's tenure as commander of United States forces in Afghanistan cite his failure to deploy 800 United States Army Rangers to the Battle of Tora Bora as a key factor in allowing Osama bin Laden to escape into Pakistan. Peter Bergen, a prominent journalist and expert on Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda…
The mountains surrounding Tora Bora
The complex's proximity to the Afghan-Pakistani border (dark green); depicted within Pakistan are the now-dissolved Federally Administered Tribal Areas (multicolored)
A CIA deputy (right) meeting with Afghan mercenaries at Tora Bora
The first U.S. team to enter the complex