| AOR | Area of Responsibility
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| AQI | Al Qaeda Iraq |
| CCCI | Central Criminal Court of Iraq
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| COB | Contingency Operating Base (Basra Air Station)
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| DIF | Divisional Internment Facility
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| DIRC | Divisional Internment Review Committee
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| IED | Improvised Explosive Device
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| IPS | Iraqi Police Service |
| IRGC | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (Iran)
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| ISF | Iraqi Security Forces |
| ISG | Iraq Study Group (United States)
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| JAM | Jaish Al Mahdi |
| JHF-I | Joint Helicopter Force—Iraq
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| MoD | Ministry of Defence |
| MND(SE) | Multi-National Division (South-East)
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| MNF-I | Multi-National Force—Iraq
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| PIC | Provincial Iraqi Control
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| PJCC | Provincial Joint Co-ordination Centre (Basra Palace)
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| PRT | Provincial Reconstruction Team
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| SSR | Security Sector Reform
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| UOR | Urgent Operational Requirement
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| UNSCR | United Nations Security Council Resolution
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