The Justice Department has been actively engaged in Operation Iraqi Freedom since May 2003.

Today, more than 200 Justice Department employees and contract personnel are serving throughout the Republic of Iraq.  Department leadership is actively engaged in this mission, and the Deputy Attorney General has appointed a Rule of Law Counselor who reports directly to him and coordinates with leadership in the Embassy in Baghdad. Working closely with the State Department, the Justice Department is assisting in a variety of efforts to promote freedom and security, from reconstruction programs to facilitating capacity development activities, with the ultimate goal of establishing the rule of law throughout Iraq.

Justice Department officials are engaging with their Iraqi and American counterparts in a variety of tasks including: rebuilding the judicial infrastructure; providing guidance in the investigation and prosecution of major crimes and acts of terrorism; providing technical assistance to Iraqi law enforcement entities; and training justice personnel on issues ranging from corrections procedures to international human rights laws. See fact sheet for additional information.

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Iraqi Militants Show a New Boldness in Cities
New York Times (March 31, 2009)

Iraq Starts Policing Borders with Unmanned Planes
Reuters (March 31, 2009)

Suicide Attack Kills 28 in Baghdad
New York Times (March 9, 2009)

Wilson Myers' War
by Ben Hallman
The American Lawyer

Elite Iraqi Task Force Probes Sensitive Crimes
by Dina Temple-Raston
NPR News

Iraqis on Slow Road to Building Judicial System
by Dina Temple-Raston
NPR News

Post-Saddam, Abuses Still Plague Iraqi Courts
by Dina Temple-Raston
NPR News

Iraqi Justice System Learns New Role
by Ari Shapiro
NPR News

Justice Employees Help Set Up Iraqi Courts
by Ari Shapiro
NPR News

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