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'''Charles T. Cleveland''' is a [[major general]] in the [[United States Army]], who commands the Special Operations Component of [[United States Central Command]]. | '''Charles T. Cleveland''' is a [[major general]] in the [[United States Army]], who commands the Special Operations Component of [[United States Central Command]]. | ||
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Charles T. Cleveland is a major general in the United States Army, who commands the Special Operations Component of United States Central Command. SOCCENTHe is the convening authority for controversial charges of prisoner abuse placed against three United States Navy SEALs in Iraq. A Fox News story said charges surround the SEALs’ handling of Ahmed Hashim Abed, who is believed to be connected to the 2004 slaying of four U.S. security contractors in Fallujah.[1] Headed by Representative Dan Burton, 40 Members of Congress have sent a letter to MG Cleveland, copied President Barack Obama, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen, the charges to be dropped. [2] Iraq WarWhen it was still assumed that U.S. forces could operate from Turkey, He established Task Force Viking, to be Joint Special Operations Task Force-North. Its core was the 10th Special Forces Group, under COL Charles Cleveland. While still at Fort Carson, Colorado, it was composed of:[3]
Elements of:
During the Iraq War, he was commander of the 10th Special Forces Group. The 10th Group eventually raised 70,000 Kurdish fighters that interfered with the southern movement of Iraqi Army units. [4] In operations, TF Viking had an unprecedented number of conventional units under its operational or tactical control: [5]
The scope of this command would normally be assigned to a brigadier general or major general. References
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