Glossary entry (derived from question below)
عربي term or phrase:
مغاوير الشرطة
أنجليزي translation:
US English = SWAT Teams
عربي term
أستراليا
Craftsmanship, ideas, expert knowledge
Native in: عربي (Variants: Egyptian, Palestinian, Lebanese, Sudanese, Standard-Arabian (MSA), Syrian) 
, أنجليزي (Variants: British, Australian, US)
Works in: أنجليزي إلى عربي, عربي إلى أنجليزي
مغاوير الشرطة
I would prefer answers from Iraqi translators, if any.
Proposed translations
الولايات المتحدة
Service, quality, discretion, teamwork
Native in: أنجليزي
Works in: أنجليزي إلى عربي, عربي إلى أنجليزي, كردي إلى أنجليزي, and 3 more.
US English = SWAT Teams
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
الولايات المتحدة
" Competence & Experience talk "
Native in: عربي , فرنسي
Works in: عربي إلى أنجليزي, أنجليزي إلى عربي, فرنسي إلى أنجليزي, and 12 more.
read below
مغوار
which means brave/courageous...
In some contexts, they mean "commandos" which is false because we say فدائيون....
In Iraq, policemen or police officers are called مغاوير الشرطة.
I hear this a lot on TV and in articles...
So you just translate it "policemen" (or you may add an adjective if it is about Iraqi source)
Regards,
مصطفى
Police maghaweer "special" forces
In other contexts, the term can be used simply as a term of commendation for valiant effort.
الأردن
28 Years of accurate Arabic
Native in: عربي 
Works in: برتغالي إلى عربي, عربي إلى برتغالي, أنجليزي إلى عربي
Special Police Commandos
Translation is a science and an art
Native in: عربي
Works in: أنجليزي إلى عربي, عربي إلى أنجليزي, أنجليزي إلى بولندي
Police commandos
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duraid
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Ramadan Bekheet
: an Iraq-specific term.. diff from الشرطة العراقية (Iraqi police) & أفراد الشرطة العراقية (Iraqi policemen).
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الولايات المتحدة
Service, quality, discretion, teamwork
Native in: أنجليزي
Works in: أنجليزي إلى عربي, عربي إلى أنجليزي, كردي إلى أنجليزي, and 3 more.
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