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Mukhabarat el-Jamahiriya (Arabic: مخابرات الجماهيرية) [1] (Intelligence of the Jamahiriya) was the national intelligence service of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi. During the First Libyan Civil War, agency director Abuzed Omar Dorda was captured by anti-Gaddafi forces, the agency ceased to exist when the Jamahiriya was toppled in October 2011.
Mukhabarat el-Jamahiriya | |
Agency overview | |
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Dissolved | 2011 |
Jurisdiction | Government of Libya |
Hauptsitz | Tripoli, Libya |
Agency executive |
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Parent agency | Independent |
In 1988, the agency was accused of causing the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people.
Successor
editThe Intelligence Community under Interim Government:[citation needed]
- External Security Service
- Internal Security Service
- General Directorate of Military Intelligence
References
edit- ^ Simons, Geoffrey (2003). Libya and the West: from independence to Lockerbie. United Kingdom: I. B. Tauris. p. 106. ISBN 1-86064-988-2. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
External links
edit- Libyan Intelligence from GlobalSecurity.org