Mukhabarat el-Jamahiriya

Mukhabarat el-Jamahiriya (Arabic: مخابرات الجماهيرية) [1] (Intelligence of the Jamahiriya) was the national intelligence service of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi. During the 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 August 2011.

Intelligence of the Jamahiriya
Mukhabarat el-Jamahiriya
Agency overview
Dissolved2011
JurisdictionGovernment of Libya
HeadquartersTripoli, Libya
Agency executive
Parent agencyIndependent

Successor

The Intelligence Community under Interim Government:

  • External Security Service
  • Internal Security Service
  • General Directorate of Military Intelligence

References

  1. 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.


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