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| Intelligence of the Jamahiriya |
| Mukhabarat el-Jamahiriya |
| Agency overview |
| Dissolved |
2011 |
| Jurisdiction |
Government of Libya |
| Headquarters |
Tripoli, Libya |
| Agency executive |
Abuzed Omar Dorda, Director |
| 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 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.
[edit] Operations
Mukhabarat el-Jamahiriya allegedly kept Libyan society under surveillance, preventing even open demonstrations[citation needed]. It also carried out murder and espionage against Libyan dissidents living abroad[citation needed] and also infiltrated attempted military coups against the Gaddafi government[citation needed].
It is publicly known[citation needed] to have carried out these three operations against the West:
- 1986 Berlin discotheque bombing - On 5 April 1986, Libyan agents detonated a bomb a discotheque popular with U.S. soldiers in West Berlin, killing three soldiers, a Turkish woman, and wounding 50 soldiers and 180 civilians.
- Pan Am Flight 103 - On 21 December 1988, Libyan agents detonated a bomb aboard a Pan American Airlines jet over Lockerbie, Scotland. A total of 270 people were killed, eleven of them on the ground. This was in retaliation to British support of the United States during air strikes on Libya.[citation needed]
[edit] Successor
The Intelligence Community under Interim Government[citation needed]:
- External Security Service
- Internal Security Service
- General Directorate of Military Intelligence
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