New Sources for the Study of Iraqi Intelligence during the Saddam Era

The US Department of Defense (DOD) has made available to scholars a significant collection of documents captured from the files of the Saddam-era Iraqi intelligence services. DOD is also studying ways in which further such documents can be released. These documents paint a picture in many ways remin...

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Published in:Intelligence and national security 2010-08, Vol.25 (4), p.547-587
Main Authors: Woods, Kevin M., Stout, Mark E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Armed Forces
Comparative analysis
Dictatorship
Documentary research
Espionage
Intelligence
Intelligence gathering
Intelligence services
Iran
Iran-Iraq War
Iraq
Military history
National security
Services
Totalitarian systems
Totalitarianism
United States of America
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Summary:The US Department of Defense (DOD) has made available to scholars a significant collection of documents captured from the files of the Saddam-era Iraqi intelligence services. DOD is also studying ways in which further such documents can be released. These documents paint a picture in many ways reminiscent of the intelligence services of the totalitarian Soviet Union. These and forthcoming documents may enable important research on Iraq and on the role of intelligence services in totalitarian states. One newly available document gives the Iraqi General Military Intelligence Directorate's assessment of Iran on the eve of the Iran-Iraq War.
ISSN:0268-4527
1743-9019
DOI:10.1080/02684527.2010.537033