General Ham said that he was preparing to turn over command of the overall military campaign to a NATO commander, Lt. Gen. Charles Bouchard of Canada.
The Air Force commander, Lt. Gen. T. Michael Moseley, will be at his command center at Prince Sultan Air Base near Riyadh.
The involved marines' battalion commander, Lt. Col. Jeffrey Chessani, and their company commander, Capt.
"Their attempt was to eat breakfast here," said the local commander, Lt. Col. Tibabo Sium.
"All the hostages are safe," said the commander, Lt. Gen. Thaweep Suwannasingha.
The battalion's commander, Lt. Col. Patrick L. Fetterman, grew angry about the inaccurate fire.
As his commander, Lt. Col. David Haight, told me, Hough is "as dumb as a fox".
The fort's new commander, Lt. James B. Pond, had just arrived at Fort Blair the day before Quantrill's attack.
"Wherever the road ends, that's where the Taliban starts," said then-U.S. commander Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry in 2006.
His squadron commander, Lt. Col. Rod Coffey, said he believed that the shopkeeper, who is now in custody, was involved.
The new commander, Lt. Gen. Boonsrang Niumpradit, 52, was most recently superintendent of Thailand's National Defense College.
