MIDEAST ATTACKS FRANKS

U.S. Gen. Tommy Franks addresses foreign journalists Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2001, at an airstrip in Muharraq, Bahrain, from which U.S. military cargo planes support the U.S. campaign in Afghanistan. Franks, the top commander of U.S. forces in the Afghanistan campaign, says support among participating nations remains "very, very committed." (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)