Mukhabarat
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Mukhabarat (مخابرات) is the Arabic term for intelligence, as in intelligence agency. Organizations using the name include:
- Egypt
- Mukhabarat al-Aama or Al-Mukhabarat al-'Ammah (General Intelligence and Security Service)
- Mukhabarat el-Khabeya (Military Intelligence Service)
- Iraq
- Jihaz al-Mukhabarat al-Amma (Iraqi Intelligence Service or General Intelligence Directorate, formerly Jihaz al-Khas)
- Jordan
- Dairat al Mukhabarat (Intelligence Bureau)
- Syria
- Shu'bat al-Mukhabarat al-'Askariyya (Department of Military Intelligence)
- Idarat al-Mukhabarat al-Jawiyya (Air Force Intelligence Directorate)
- Idarat al-Mukhabarat al-Amma (General Intelligence Directorate)
External links
- World Intelligence and Security Agencies (fas.org)
- Agency profile: Iraqi intelligence, Ninth edition of the N&O column / Spooks newsletter, December 19, 1998
