Counter-Terrorism Group (CTG), also known as Lexoman Parastin (
Kurdish
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*Kurds or Kurdish people
*Kurdish languages
*Kurdish alphabets
*Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes:
**Southern Kurdistan
**Eastern Kurdistan
**Northern Kurdistan
**Western Kurdistan
See also
* Kurd (dis ...
for ''protection and information'') is a government agency and the primary investigative arm belonging to the
Kurdistan Regional Government in
Iraqi Kurdistan, headquartered in
Sulaymaniyah. The organization is now a governmental agency that was established by
PUK's intelligence service (called ''Lexoman Parastin'') under the name CTG was first established in 2002 by the Patriotic Union with support from the
United States
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and the CIA and the MI6 and as a response to the growing influence and threat from
Ansar al-Islam in the areas which was the former
Islamic Emirate of Byara
The Islamic Emirate of Byara was a short-lived unrecognized Kurdish Islamic state ruled by Sharia law which declared independence from Iraq in 2001 and ended in 2003.
Foundation
In September 2001, in the Byara District, located in the Avroman r ...
. The primary function of the agency is investigation of crimes relating to both the internal and external security of the Kurdistan region. The agency officially has power to arrest holds jurisdiction over a number of crimes in the region including terrorism.
Counter Terrorism Group (CTG) collects intelligence and carries out operations to prevent terrorists in Iraq from destabilizing the Kurdistan region in cooperation with U.S. forces.
References
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Resources
Official CTG KURDISTAN Website
Military of Iraq