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Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Military / Defense / Iraqi police | | Arabic term or phrase: مغاوير الشرطة | Example: قال مصدر في الشرطة العراقية إن أحد أفراد مغاوير الشرطة قتل وأصيب نحو أربعين آخرين إثر هجوم بسيارة مفخخة في مدينة الناصرية جنوبي بغداد
I would prefer answers from Iraqi translators, if any. |
| | | US English = SWAT Teams | Explanation:
Greetings... taHaiya Tayyba wa b3ad...
Based on that context, the very close and most-likely-equivalent term (as rendered in "US English") is what many US police departments generally term "Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Teams" => "SWAT Teams"
(or sometimes it is cited as just "SWAT").
Some alternate terms include:
1. Quick Reaction Force (QRF)
2. Hostage Rescue Team (HRT)
(originally an FBI term)
3. Emergency Response Force
4. Emergency Forces (as mentioned last year in Saudi Arabian media)
For a US-based readership, you should be OK with using "SWAT" or "SWAT teams," as either term is fairly popular and well known.
FYI, an informal term for such a raiding units is "door-busters," because that is their usual method of forcible entry into a building, especially during a hostage situation.
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Note added at 2006-04-20 01:18:08 (GMT)
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Some additional equivalent terms used in various national police forces of the Middle East include:
o Special Security Forces
o Central Security Forces |
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