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Although the corps is commanded by a British Lieutenant General, the corps is no longer a purely British formation, although the UK is the 'framework nation' and provides most of the staff for the headquarters in Rheindahlen , Germany. A purely national corps headquarters could be quickly reconstituted if necessary.

ARRC was last deployed as the headquarters commanding land forces during the Kosovo War in 1999 and also saw service in Bosnia, commanding the initial stages of the IFOR deployment prior to that in 1996. In mid- 2004, rumours surfaced that contingency plans were being prepared for the ARRC to deploy to IraqThe Republic of Iraq is a Middle Eastern country in southwestern Asia encompassing the ancient region of Mesopotamia. It shares borders with Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to the south, Turkey to the north, Syria to the north-west, Jordan to the west and Iran to to command the foreign forces in the south of the country. It is planned to deploy the corps to AfghanistanAfghanistan ( Dari/ Pashtu: Afgnistn is a country in Central Asia. It is bordered by Iran in the west, Pakistan in the south and east, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in the north, and China in the easternmost part of the country. It is among the in 2006 in order for it to command the International Security Assistance ForceThe International Security Assistance Force ISAF is an international peacekeeping force in Kabul, Afghanistan. Authorized by the United Nations Security Council in December 2001, the ISAF was charged with securing Kabul and its nearby Bagram air base from

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