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Central Command Videos

Centcom command changes hands
March 22, 2013 | TBO.com

Gun debate complex for schools near Columbine
February 18, 2013 | Agence France-Presse

Kelley Asks Police for Diplomatic Protection
November 14, 2012 | Associated Press

Central Command Wikipedia Information

The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) is a theater-level Unified Combatant Command unit of the U.S. armed forces, established in 1983 under the operational control of the U.S. Secretary of Defense. It was originally conceived of as the Rapid Deployment Forces.Its area of responsibility is in the Middle East, East Africa and Central Asia. CENTCOM has been the main American...

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The view from the ground: How drone strikes hamper aid
March 20, 2013
Aid workers say drone strikes in rural parts of Afghanistan are affecting humanitarian and advocacy work. Photo: Christophe Verhellen/OCHA ...

B’Tselem: Israeli Military Must Permit Video Documentation in Occupied Territories and Conduct Investigation of Attack on Photographers
December 20, 2012
December 20, 2012 - Israeli rights group B'Tselem wrote to OC Central Command Major General Nitzan Alon requesting that he issue an immediate notice to Israeli...

Statement by Secretary Panetta on the Passing of General Norman Schwarzkopf
December 27, 2012
December 27, 2012 - The men and women of the Department of Defense join me in mourning the loss of General Norman Schwarzkopf, whose 35 years of service in...

Israel: Concern that the military permits lethal firing on stone throwers
November 23, 2012
Nov. 23, 2012 - The Israeli human rights group B'Tselem has written urgently to the IDF OC Central Command, the Commander of Military Forces in Judea and...

ACRI urges military to cease unwarranted suppression of nonviolent protests in the Occupied Territories
November 13, 2012
Nov. 13, 2012 - In letter to Advocate General, ACRI says "closed military zone" orders served on Israeli activists in their homes constitute a severe violation...

Governor Brown Appoints New Parks Director
November 13, 2012
SACRAMENTO November 13, 2012 – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that Major General Anthony L. Jackson, USMC (Ret.) has been appointed director of the...

From around the web

Air Force Stops Reporting Drone Strikes in Afghanistan
March 09, 2013 | Gawker
Last October, the Air Force Central Command began publishing reports of the strikes from remote piloted aircraft as part of an effort to'' provide more detailed information on...

AirForceTimes: Drone Airstrike Numbers Recently Scrubbed From Air Force Website
March 09, 2013 | Wake up America
Last October, Air Force Central Command started tallying weapons releases from RPAs, broken down into monthly updates. At the time, AFCENT spokeswoman Capt. Kim Bender said...

David Ignatius: What path now for Syria?
February 13, 2013 | indystar.com
The rebels' recent military successes have come mostly in northern Syria; the attacks were made by different battalions that appear to operate with little central command and...

L'affaire Petraeus: second woman identified, and Gmail metadata outed Broadwell and...
November 11, 2012 | Boing Boing
Some of the defense/intelligence journalists I spoke to over the weekend theorized that Florida might mean Tampa, where the US military's Central Command ... A U.S. official said the coalition countries represented at Central Command ... The precise nature of Ms. Kelley's relationships with Ms. Broadwell and Mr. Petraeus, who ran the Tampa-based U.S. Central Command ...

Central Command on twitter

	571 vs Central Command Lost In The Outreaches http://t.co/Ye3gcOgMAG Twitter: @howtophil
	RT @HonorThem: As of 05/20/13:Number of Operation Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom & New Dawn casualties as confirmed by US Central Command:6679 #HonorThem Twitter: @melis970
	RT @GAIA1010: IDF - Israel Defense Forces : IDF Central Command receives new riot dispersal eq http://t.co/C2mh7mANOm Twitter: @Pointsmaker1
	IDF - Israel Defense Forces : IDF Central Command receives new riot dispersal eq http://t.co/C2mh7mANOm Twitter: @GAIA1010
	RT @HonorThem: As of 05/20/13:Number of Operation Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom & New Dawn casualties as confirmed by US Central Command:6679 #HonorThem Twitter: @Carusokid
	RT @HonorThem: As of 05/20/13:Number of Operation Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom & New Dawn casualties as confirmed by US Central Command:6679 #HonorThem Twitter: @MarnieMarns