| ABOT | Al Basrah Oil Terminal
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| ACPO | Association of Chief Police Officers
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| CDS | Chief of Defence Staff
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| CENTCOM | Central Command (US)
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| CIA | Central Intelligence Agency
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| CPA | Coalition Provisional Authority
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| CPATT | Coalition Police Advisory and Training Team
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| DDR | Defence, Demobilization, Reintegration
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| DfID | Department for International Development
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| DIS | Defence Intelligence Staff
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| DoD | Department of Defense (US)
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| DTDF | Divisional Temporary Detention Facility
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| EOD | Explosive Ordnance Disposal
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| FCO | Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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| GCPP | Global Conflict Prevention Pool
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| GOC | General Officer Commanding
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| HRW | Human Rights Watch
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| ICDC | Iraq Civil Defence Corps
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| ICRC | International Committee of the Red Cross
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| IEDs | Improvised Explosive Devices
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| ING | Iraqi National Guard
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| INIS | Iraqi National Intelligence Service
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| IPS | Iraqi Police Service
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| IRMO | Iraq Reconstruction Management Office
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| ISF | Iraqi Security Forces
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| KAAOT | Khawr Al Amaya Oil Terminal
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| MCNS | Ministerial Committee National Security
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| MoD | Ministry of Defence
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| MND (SC) | Ministry of Defence South Central
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| MND (SE) | Multinational Division South East
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| MNF-I | Multinational Force Iraq
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| MNSTC-I | Multinational Security Transition Command—Iraq
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| MOI | Ministry Of Interior |
| NAO | National Audit Office
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| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
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| NGO | Non-Governmental Organisation
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| NTM-I | NATO Training Mission-Iraq
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| ORHA | Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance
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| PCO | Project and Contracting Office
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| PCRU | Post Conflict Reconstrucution Unit
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| PJHQ | Permanent Joint Headquarters
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| QIP | Quick Impact Project
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| RAF | Royal Air Force |
| RN | Royal Navy |
| RUSI | Royal United Services Institute
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| SCIRI | Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq
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| SIA | Security Industry Authority
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| SSR | Security Sector reform
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| TAL | Transitional Administrative Law
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| TEDC | Training, Education and Doctrine Centre
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| UK | United Kingdom |
| UOR | Urgent Operational Requirement
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| UN | United Nations |
| UNSCR | United Nations Security Council Resolution
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| US | United States |
| USAF | United States Air Force
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| USAID | US Agency for International Development
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| USMC | United States Marine Corps
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