Iraqi National Intelligence Service

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Iraqi National Intelligence Service
جهاز المخابرات الوطني العراقي
Government of Iraq
HeadquartersGreen Zone, Baghdad
EmployeesClassified
Agency executive
Parent agencyIndependent
Websitehttp://www.inis.gov.iq

The Iraqi National Intelligence Service (INIS) is the chief

CIA to replace the Mukhabarat, after the latter was dissolved.[1][2][3]

History

After the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, the head of the

CIA. The agency was to be headed by Badran and recruit many agents of Saddam Hussein's Iraqi Intelligence Service. The main objective of the new organisation was to counter the insurgency. The hiring process was aided by CIA polygraph[4]

In January 2004,

Ba'athist
security apparatus and follow the well-established pattern of government repression.

Establishment

In April 2004, CPA head L. Paul Bremer signed Authority Order Number 69, which laid out a charter for the INIS and authorized the

1996 failed coup
organized by INA and the CIA.

Assassinations

In mid-2004, 18 INIS agents were killed—ten by the Badr Organization and eight by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's Al-Qaeda in Iraq according to al-Shahwani. He also accused the Iranian embassy in Baghdad of organizing the Badr assassinations.[6]

In 2021, a number of members of the agency were subjected to assassination, such as: the assassination of the assistant director of monitoring in the intelligence service, Colonel Nibras Abu Ali, and the assassination of an intelligence officer in the Mansour area, west of Baghdad.[7]

According to Iraqi sources, the assassinations come as a "reaction" from the militias towards the restrictions imposed on them by the Al-Kadhimi government in several areas, including changing military and security leaders, removing members affiliated with Iran-backed militas from sensitive areas such as Karrada area near the Green Zone and the airport, and arresting leaders and people affiliated with them such as Hussam Al-Azerjawi, Qassem Musleh and the leader of the assassination squad in Basra during the 2019-21 protests.[8][9][10]

Mission

According to CPA Order 69, which established the INIS, it is tasked to collect intelligence and perform intelligence activities with regard to:[11]

  • Threats to the national security of Iraq.
  • Terrorism and Insurgency.
  • Proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, narcotics production and trafficking, and serious organized crime.
  • Espionage and other acts threatening to Iraqi democracy.

References

  1. ^ "Phoenix Rising". The American Prospect. 1 January 2004. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017.
  2. ^ Parker, Ned (14 October 2004). "Iraq's spy chief accuses Badr militia of killing agents". Archived from the original on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2008.
  3. Washington Post. Archived from the original
    on 20 August 2018.
  4. ^ Priest, Dana; Wright, Robin (2003-12-11). "Iraq Spy Service Planned by U.S. To Stem Attacks: CIA Said to Be Enlisting Hussein Agents". The Washington Post.[dead link]
  5. ^ Phoenix Rising, The American Prospect, January 1, 2004
  6. ^ Parker, Ned (2004-10-14). "Iraq's spy chief accuses Badr militia of killing agents". Archived from the original on 2017-10-10. Retrieved 2008-01-24.
  7. ^ "اغتيال ضابط كبير شرق بغداد.. والكاظمي يأمر بالتحقيق". العربية (in Arabic). 2021-06-07. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  8. ^ ""ردة فعل" وتهديد لحكومة الكاظمي.. تفاصيل عن اغتيال ضابط المخابرات العراقي | الحرة". www.alhurra.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  9. ^ "البرلمان يتحرك بشأن ضباط المخابرات المنقولين للمنافذ الحدودية". البرلمان يتحرك بشأن ضباط المخابرات المنقولين للمنافذ الحدودية. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  10. ^ rima.khalil. "شهر على التحقيق مع عناصر "فرقة الموت" في البصرة: تكتم على النتائج". www.alaraby.co.uk/ (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  11. ^ "Coalition Provisional Authority Order Number 69: Delegation of Authority to Establish the Iraqi National Intelligence Service" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2004-07-01. Retrieved 2008-01-24.

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