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Iraqi Intelligence Agencies

Charter of the New Iraqi National Intelligence Service (INIS), April 2004

Historical, Saddam-Era Organizations

Introduction

Agency Summary Overview

National Security Council/Bureau
[Maktab al-Amn al-Qawmi]

Special Security Committee

Special Security Service - SSS
[Jihaz al-Himaya al-Khas / Al Amn al-Khas]

Iraqi Intelligence Service - IIS
General Intelligence Directorate/ Department - GID
[Jihaz al-Mukhabarat al-Amma]

Project 858
Al Hadi Project

Air Force

Military Intelligence
[Al-Istikhbarat al-Askariyya]

Military Security Service
[Al Amn al-Askariyya]

General Security Service
[Mudiriyat al-Amn al-Amma]

Special Republican Guard (SRG)

Republican Guard (RG)

Saddam's Martyrs ["Men of Sacrifice"]
Fedayeen Saddam

Facilities

Legal Documents

Sources and Resources

• US-Iraq Agreement on Protection of Classified Military Information, signed September 30, 2013
• Order Authorizing Establishment of Iraqi National Intelligence Service (INIS), Coalition Provisional Authority Order Number 69, April 2004
• Soldier's Guide to Iraq, First Infantry Division, 2003
• Iraq: An Introduction to the Country and the People, Marine Corps Institute, 2003
• Iraq Spy Service Planned by U.S. To Stem Attacks by Dana Priest and Robin Wright, Washington Post, December 11, 2003
• Iraq: Its Infrastructure of Concealment, Deception and Intimidation, a report from the UK Office of the Prime Minister, January 2003. [Note: this report was substantially plagiarized from other sources.]
• Iraq's Security and Intelligence Network: A Guide and Analysis by Ibrahim al-Marashi, Middle East Review of International Affairs, September 2002