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| | United States Central Command - Free net encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30) |
 | | 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. |
 | | Its area of jurisdiction is in the Middle East, East Africa and Central Asia. |
 | | Forces from CENTCOM currently are deployed primarily in Iraq and Afghanistan in combat roles and have bases in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Pakistan, Djibouti Africa and central Asia in support roles. |
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