Mukhabarat
Encyclopedia
Mukhābarāt is the Arabic
term for intelligence, as in intelligence agency
. In the West, the term is sometimes used negatively, connotating repression, often by means of secret police
or state terror
, in Arab countries. Organizations using the name include:
Arabic language
Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...
term for intelligence, as in intelligence agency
Intelligence agency
An intelligence agency is a governmental agency that is devoted to information gathering for purposes of national security and defence. Means of information gathering may include espionage, communication interception, cryptanalysis, cooperation with other institutions, and evaluation of public...
. In the West, the term is sometimes used negatively, connotating repression, often by means of secret police
Secret police
Secret police are a police agency which operates in secrecy and beyond the law to protect the political power of an individual dictator or an authoritarian political regime....
or state terror
State terrorism
State terrorism may refer to acts of terrorism conducted by a state against a foreign state or people. It can also refer to acts of violence by a state against its own people.-Definition:...
, in Arab countries. Organizations using the name include:
Egypt
- Al-Mukhabarat Al-'AmmahEgyptian General Intelligence DirectorateThe General Intelligence Services , often called the Mukhabarat , is an Egyptian intelligence agency responsible for providing national security intelligence, both domestically and transnationally, with a counter-terrorism focus....
(General Intelligence Service) - Al-Mukhabarat Al-Harbeya (Military Intelligence Directorate)
Iraq
- Jihaz al-Mukhabarat al-AmmaIraqi Intelligence ServiceThe Iraqi Intelligence Service , also known as the Mukhabarat, General Directorate of Intelligence, or Party Intelligence, was the main state intelligence organization in Iraq under Saddam Hussein...
under Saddam HusseinSaddam HusseinSaddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti was the fifth President of Iraq, serving in this capacity from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003...
(Iraqi Intelligence Service or General Intelligence Directorate) - Iraqi National Intelligence ServiceIraqi National Intelligence ServiceThe Iraqi National Intelligence Service is an intelligence agency of the Iraqi government that was created in April 2004 on the authority of the Coalition Provisional Authority.-Background:...
(INIS) since 2004 - Mudiriyat al-Amn al-Amma (General Security Directorate)
Syria
- Shu'bat al-Mukhabarat al-'Askariyya (Department of Military Intelligence)
- Idarat al-Mukhabarat al-JawiyyaAir Force Intelligence DirectorateThe Air Force Intelligence is an intelligence service of Syria. Idarat al-Mukhabarat al-Jawiyya is possibly Syria's most powerful intelligence service, owing its importance to Hafez al-Assad's role as the Air Force commander....
(Air Force Intelligence Directorate) - Idarat al-Mukhabarat al-Amma (General Intelligence Directorate)