Larry Franklin

[TrueAmerican]

Larry Franklin actively participated in the following events:



June 2003 Complete Iraq timeline

The Pentagon Office of Special Plans sends two Defense officials, Harold Rhode and Larry Franklin, to Paris where they secretly meet with Manucher Ghorbanifar, an Iranian arms trader who had been a central figure in the Iran-Contra affair. Michael Ledeen of the American Enterprise Institute is said to have arranged the meeting, which is not authorized by the White House. It appears that the purpose of the meeting is to undermine a pending deal that the White House is negotiating with the Iranian government. Iran is considering turning over five al-Qaeda operatives in exchange for Washington dropping its support for Mujahadeen Khalq, an Iraq-based rebel Iranian group listed as a terrorist organization by the State Department. The Office of Special Plans is reportedly interested in using this group to help destabilize Iran?s government. When Secretary of State Colin Powell gets wind of its activities, he complains directly to the office of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, saying that Feith's missions are against US policy.
People and organizations involved: Michael Ledeen, Manucher Ghorbanifar, Larry Franklin, Harold Rhode



http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/entity.jsp?entity=larry_franklin

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Some key mistakes include the old AEI charge that I have something to do with LaRouche, that I didn’t know where the OSP offices were located, that I left the Pentagon because I felt others had gotten promotions and I didn’t, that I said Larry Franklin used his wheelchair-bound wife as a cover for gallivanting around the world on secret missions, and that I have a fringe ideology, among others. For the record, no on LaRouche, yes on the location of the OSP spaces, no on the promotion question (I never even stayed long enough to meet my first O-6 board), no on Larry Franklin and his wife and secret missions, and I’m not sure on the "fringe ideology." Rubin never really explains what fringe ideology he’s talking about.

http://www.lewrockwell.com/kwiatkowski/kwiatkowski75.html

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The immediate objective appeared to be to "antagonise Iran so that they get frustrated and then by their reactions harden US policy against them". (SO WE CAN GO TO WAR WITH THEM)me

The official confirmed that the Secretary of State, Colin Powell, complained directly to the Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, several days ago about Mr Feith conducting missions that went
against US policy.

All the peices are falling in to place now, Karen Kwiatkowski,
Sibel Edmonds. They can try to hide under the sea of Convention media coverage, but... Our desire for justice will prevail.

<http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/08/08/1060145871467.html?oneclick=true>