Mukhabarat el-Jamahiriya explained

Agency Name:Intelligence of the Jamahiriya
Nativename:Mukhabarat el-Jamahiriya
Dissolved:2011
Jurisdiction:Government of Libya
Headquarters:Tripoli, Libya
Chief1 Name:Ali Itbigah
Chief1 Position:Head of the agency
Parent Agency:Independent

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.

In 1988, the agency was accused of causing the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people.

Successor

The Intelligence Community under Interim Government:

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Simons, Geoffrey . Libya and the West: from independence to Lockerbie . 2003 . I. B. Tauris . United Kingdom . 1-86064-988-2 . 106 . 10 September 2009.