Posted AT 6:36 AM EDT on 12/03/08
U.S. admiral leading wars in Iraq, Afghanistan resigns amid talk of war in Iran
WASHINGTON — The top U.S. military commander running the wars in both Afghanistan and Iraq quit abruptly yesterday after a published report claimed he was fighting off a push by the White House to launch a third war against Iran.
Admiral William Fallon, who headed Central Command, which stretches from the restive Middle East across Iraq and Iran to Afghanistan and Central Asia and is the focus of U.S. President George W.
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