Law and Order Task Force (LAOTF)

In February 2007, the US Department of Justice and Multi National Forces-Iraq formed the Law and Order Task Force (LAOTF), a joint-Iraqi, civilian and military capacity-building organization. The task force objectives are “to assist in the development of an independent, evidence-based, transparent, and evenhanded law enforcement and judicial system that can adjudicate trials of major […]

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Kirkuk election report delayed

Middle East Online reports that the Article 140 Commission has delayed by a week its report to the Council of Representatives on staging local elections in Kirkuk . Iraq held provincial elections in 14 of its 18 provinces in January 2009 with national elections scheduled for 30 January 2010. The three Kurdish provinces — Erbil, […]

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