Article: Delicate balancing act needed to avoid sparking all-out war in the Middle East REALPOLITIK TREVOR ROYLE

Article: U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND LAUNCHES NEW PODCAST ON WEBSITE
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 5, 2007 ;     382 words ......Department of Defense's Central Command issued the following...release: Today, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) launched...stories from around the Central Command's area of responsibility...about events in the Middle East, Southwest Asia and...the minute news. The ...

Article: Petraeus assumes Central Command.(News)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  November 1, 2008 ;     620 words ......to the helm of Central Command on Friday. He...of the greater Middle East. Within hours...trip as chief of Central Command, starting today...as the acting Central Command commander since...throughout the Middle East, the Gulf, and...responsibilities at ...

Article: Petraeus to move to higher post Top general in Iraq nominated to lead U.S. Central Command
International Herald Tribune;  April 24, 2008 ;     566 words ......to lead U.S. Central Command Byline: David...United States Central Command, which oversees...swath of the Middle East, Africa and Asia...especially the Middle East, personal relationships...would head the Central Command, and Gates's...Iran. Though the ...

Article: U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND CONDUCTS TRAINING
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 22, 2008 ;     139 words ...The U.S. Department of Defense's Central Command issued the following press release: The United States Central Command has deployed approximately 200 personnel from Tampa to Central Command Forward Headquarters in the Middle East to conduct training on the Continuity of ...

Article: Senate confirms Abizaid as new head of U.S. Central Command
AP Worldstream;  June 27, 2003 ;     149 words ......Gen. Tommy Franks as head of U.S. Central Command, a position that includes responsibility...Abizaid is now the No. 2 official at Central Command, which oversees military operations...military background and expertise in the Middle East. He is the grandson of Lebanese ...

Article: U.S. Central Command Chief in Cairo for Talks on Mideast Situation,
Xinhua News Agency;  August 18, 2001 ;     161 words ......Commander in chief of the U.S. Central Command, General Tommy R. Franks...latest developments in the Middle East. During the meeting, Franks...countries, MENA said. The U.S. Central Command, one of five U.S. regional...its closest allies in the Middle East, with an ...

Article: Arabic-speaking general nominated to replace Franks at Central Command
AP Worldstream;  June 18, 2003 ;     348 words ......Tommy Franks as head of U.S. Central Command, the Defense Department...before taking the reins at Central Command, which oversees U.S. military...and a large swath of the Middle East. Abizaid, a grandson of...becoming the No. 2 general at Central Command, Abizaid held ...

Article: Staff sergeant sentenced to six years for stealing laptops from U.S. Central Command in Florida
AP Worldstream;  January 30, 2003 ;     377 words ......that oversees operations in the Middle East. Sheridan Ferrell II will also...Air Force Base, home of U.S. Central Command. Though the computers contained...S. security interests in the Middle East. It oversees the continuing military...

Article: New Head for US Central Command takes post
Al Bawaba;  July 8, 2003 ;     204 words ......Lebanese-American general and Middle East expert, replaced Tommy Franks Monday as head of the US Central Command, which directs forces in...encompasses 25 countries in the Middle East and southwest Asia."We know...who plans to retire, said "Central Command is in good ...

Article: Report: India will seek ties with U.S. central command, during visit of American military chief
AP Worldstream;  July 22, 2003 ;     276 words ......military and the U.S. Central Command, the American military...and sea piracy. U.S. Central Command, which covers the volatile Middle East, is considered the one...Direct ties with U.S. Central Command might give India more...

Article: The Middle East and its neighbors: A most dangerous year
Sea Power;  January 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ...For the Middle East, 1998 was a complex...Kyrgyzstan to the U.S. Central Command's area of responsibility...Asia and the "old" Middle East. (Of course, these...S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) based in Bahrain, since the Central Asian states are...the new ...

Article: PETRAEUS ASSUMES LEADERSHIP OF U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND
Regulatory Intelligence Data;  October 31, 2008 ;     700+ words ......the reins of U.S. Central Command from acting commander...Pakistan. U.S. Central Command reaches from Kazakhstan...Jeffrey Morin, U.S. Central Command's senior enlisted...holder at U.S. Central Command, Gates said, and...throughout the Middle East, the ...

Article: ABIZAID MIDDLE EAST
AP Images;  November 17, 2006 ;     110 words ...Army Gen. John Abizaid, the top U.S. commander for the Middle East, faces reporters at the John F. Kennedy School of Government...Cambridge, Mass., Friday, Nov. 17, 2006. The conflict in the Middle East _ of which the Iraq war is but a part _ could take 25...Abizaid, the former commander of U.S. ...

Article: Former Mideast Central Command head says Iraq concept `wrong'.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  May 28, 2004 ;     700+ words ......formerly headed the U.S. Central Command that oversees military strategy and execution in the Middle East, said the drive to topple...that we would change the Middle East, that was wrong. That concept...traditional regimes in the Middle East, force changes to more ...