The

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

i Directorate of General Military Intelligence (DGMI) ( ar, Mudiriyyat al-Istikhabarat al-'Askariyya al-'Amma) was the

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intelligence service of

from 1932 to 2003. Its responsibilities included: "1) tactical and strategic reconnaissance of regimes hostile to Iraq; 2) assessing threats of a military nature to Iraq; 3) monitoring the Iraqi military and ensuring the loyalty of the officer corps; 4) maintaining a network of informants in Iraq and abroad, including foreign personnel, and military

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; and 5) protection of military and military-industrial facilities. Al-Istikhbarat is divided into a Special, Political and Administrative Bureau.Copley, p.714, via Al-Marashi, 2003" It employed

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personnel, especially the

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and his office within the embassy. It had duties inside the army, but it is unknown what these duties were. In 1979 a document called the Strategic Work Plan, by Khalil al-Azzawi, who was head of operations for the Estikhbarat, was leaked. The plan set goals of the overseas branches of the agency, e.g. the military attaché's office in London was told to provide reports of nuclear, chemical and bacteriological installations. Also photos of naval bases and their specifications were required. In a separate section

Ba'ath Ba'athism, also stylized as Baathism, (; ar, البعثية ' , from ' , meaning "renaissance" or "resurrection"Hans Wehr''Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic'' (4th ed.), page 80) is an Arab nationalist ideology which promotes the creation a ...

agents were expected to uncover the structure of

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forces such as its land, air and sea bases around the world, especially in the

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. Several opposition leaders were found dead in

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and

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. Their{{Citation needed, date=March 2011 involvement in the assassinations of

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leaders in 1980 is also likely.

Notes

References

*Ibrahim Al-Marashi,
Iraqi intelligence operations and objectives in Turkey
Alternatives, Vol. 2, No.1, Spring 2003

External links

*Globalsecurity.org

Iraqi intelligence agencies Military of Iraq Military intelligence agencies Organizations disestablished in 2003

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