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14-598: The most important section of the IIS was Directorate 4: the Secret Service. One of the well known Directors was Rafi Daham al-Tikriti ( Arabic : رافع دحام مجول التكريتي ) the former Iraqi Ambassador to Turkey and the last Chief of the Iraqi Intelligence Service. The Secret Service was tasked with infiltrating both foreign and domestic governments, unions, embassies, and opposition groups. IIS often worked closely with

28-555: A result of the Gulf War (1991), the department dealing with external affairs was reduced to less than half of its pre-1990 size, while the department dealing with internal affairs was enlarged to deal with increasing anti-Saddam activities within Iraq. On 13 April 1993, the IIS planned and executed an assassination attempt against former US President George H. W. Bush and the Emir of Kuwait through

42-963: The Iraqi General Security Directorate (the Iraqi equivalent of the FBI ) when conducting domestic activities. IIS is alleged to be responsible for a number of assassinations and attempted assassinations abroad. These include the assassinations of former Iraqi prime minister Abdul Razzaq an-Naif in London (July 1978), Salih Mahdi Ammash in Helsinki (January 1985), Sheikh Talib al-Suhail al-Tamimi in Beirut (April 1994), Ayatollah Mehdi al-Hakim in Sudan (January 1988) and Ayad Habashi in Rome (October 1986), as well as

56-476: The US deck of most-wanted Iraqi playing cards , and number 36 of the top 55 most-wanted Iraqis list. He was suspected of being behind explosions and killings that took place after the collapse of the former Iraqi regime, and a one-million dollar reward was offered for information leading to his capture or death. Syria had captured Sawabi and turned him over to Iraqi forces, who in turn handed him over to U.S. forces. Syria

70-485: The IIS principal command and control complex in Baghdad. 16 of the 23 missiles hit their target; three struck a residential area, killing nine civilians and wounding 12. Four of the missiles were unaccounted for. In June 1995, Saddam Hussein dismissed his stepbrother Sabawi Ibrahim al-Tikriti from his role as head of the IIS, due to his failure to increase domestic security within Iraq. Brigadier General Ali Hasan al-Majid

84-596: The Iraqi Intelligence Service, the former Iraqi Ambassador to Turkey, and former Head of the Iraqi Secret Services, which is equivalent to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States when conducting domestic activities. He was one of the well known political figures in Iraq. The former Iraqi Government during Saddam Hussein era announced his official death date as 11 October 1999, whereupon he

98-563: The attempted assassinations of President George H. W. Bush , the Emir of Kuwait and the former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi . IIS was organised as a number of Bureaus , which oversaw the individual directorates. The following list gives the directorates divided by bureau, and a brief description of the directorate: Following an unsuccessful assassination attempt by the Ba'ath Party on Iraq's ruler Abdul Karim Qasim in October 1959, Saddam Hussein

112-670: The use of a large car bomb driven by two Iraqis. However the plan was foiled and Kuwaiti officials arrested 16 persons suspected of carrying out the plot after a car bomb was found. Two Iraqi nationals, during the FBI interviews in Kuwait, admitted to attempting to carry out an attack under direction of the IIS. On 26 June of that year, in response to an attempted assassination by IIS on former US President George H. W. Bush, US President Bill Clinton ordered two U.S. warships, namely USS Peterson and USS Chancellorsville , to fire Tomahawk cruise missiles on

126-690: Was buried in Tikrit , Salah ad Din , which is the home town of many senior members of the Iraqi government during the Saddam era. What follows is a list of Directors of the well known Iraqi Intelligence Service Directors. This article about an Iraqi writer is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about an Iraqi politician is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sabawi Ibrahim al-Tikriti Sabawi Ibrahim al-Tikriti ( Arabic : سبعاوي إبراهيم التكريتي ; 27 February 1947 – 8 July 2013), half-brother of Saddam Hussein ,

140-658: Was named as his successor. The IIS was officially dissolved on 23 May 2003 by the Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority of Iraq, L. Paul Bremer , per CPA Order Number 2 . Rafi Daham al-Tikriti Rafi' Dahham Mejwel Al-Hazza Al-Tikriti ( Arabic : رافع دحام مجول الهزاع التكريتي ; 24 April 1937 – 11 October 1999) was Saddam Hussein ’s second cousin, Member of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council, Director of

154-590: Was placed in charge of Jihaz al Khas (Special Apparatus), sometime between 1964 and 1966. Codenamed Jihaz al-Haneen (Instrument of Yearning), the organisation concentrated on security and intelligence work. After the Ba'ath Party seized power on 17 July 1968, Saddam expanded the Special Apparatus and took control of the Amn ( State Internal Security Department ). Following the failed coup attempt led by Director of Internal Security Nadhim Kzar in 1973, Jihaz

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168-508: Was repeatedly accused of protecting former Iraqi officials, a charge the Syrian government consistently denied. In March 2009, Sabawi was sentenced to death by hanging by a court in Baghdad . As his death sentence was read out, he stood up and proclaimed "God is great" and that he was proud to be a martyr. On 8 July 2013, Sabawi died of cancer. His son, Ayman , also arrested by the U.S., was serving

182-565: Was the leader of the Iraqi secret service, the Mukhabarat , at the time of the 1991 Gulf War . He was the head of the Directorate of General Security from 1991 to 1996, and later served as a presidential advisor to Hussein. After the 2003 invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition , Sabawi went into hiding. On 27 February 2005, his arrest was made public. Sabawi was the "six of Diamonds" in

196-593: Was transformed into Da'irat al Mukhabarat al Amah (The General Intelligence Department or the GID). In 1983, under the leadership of Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti , the GID organized the massacres of the villagers of Dujail and Jezan Al Chol, the disappearance of the Barzanis from the Qushtapa camp, and the assassination of 18 members of Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim 's family. As

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