Mukhabarat

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Mukhabarat is the former Iraqi intelligence and secret police agency that operated under Saddam Hussein’s regime, known for its extensive surveillance and repression.

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Label Occurrences
Mukhabarat canonical 2
Mukhabarat (intelligence services) 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf intelligence agency
secret police
alsoKnownAs Iraqi Intelligence Service
Iraqi Intelligence Service
surface form: Iraqi Secret Service

Jihaz al-Mukhabarat al-‘Amma
surface form: Jihaz al-Mukhabarat al-Amma
associatedWith Ba'athist Iraq
surface form: Saddam Hussein government
controlledBy Ba'ath Party
country Iraq
dissolved after 2003 invasion of Iraq
dissolvedBy Coalition Provisional Authority
employer Government of Iraq
function covert operations abroad
monitoring dissidents
spying on Iraqi expatriates
suppressing internal opposition
headquartersLocation Baghdad
jurisdiction Iraq
surface form: Republic of Iraq
languageOfNativeName Arabic
loyalTo Saddam Hussein
notableFor extensive surveillance of Iraqi population
human rights abuses
repression of political opposition
use of torture
operatedUnderRegimeOf Saddam Hussein
opposed political opponents of Ba'ath Party
suspected regime critics
partOf Iraqi security apparatus
regionOfActivity Middle East
role counterintelligence
domestic surveillance
foreign intelligence
political repression
regime security
subjectOf human rights reports
post-2003 investigations into abuses
timePeriod Ba'athist Iraq
surface form: Ba'athist Iraq era
typeOfOrganization state security service
usedMethods detention without trial
informant networks
interrogation
surveillance
wiretapping

Referenced by (3)

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Syrian government securityApparatus Mukhabarat
this entity surface form: Mukhabarat (intelligence services)
Ba'athist Iraq securityService Mukhabarat