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Iraqi Intelligence Service

Iraqi Intelligence Service

1 5.8
A government group in Iraq that gathers secret information and runs secret operations to protect the country
  • proper noun
translation icon : Servicio de Inteligencia Iraquí
  • During the Gulf War, the Iraqi Intelligence Service played a crucial role.

Examples

  • The Iraqi Intelligence Service was established in the early 1950s.

  • The Iraqi Intelligence Service was widely feared during the 1980s and 1990s for its covert operations.

  • According to reports, the Iraqi Intelligence Service played a key role in monitoring dissidents.

  • Many officials of the Iraqi Intelligence Service faced prosecution after the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime.

  • The international community condemned the actions taken by the Iraqi Intelligence Service during the regime of Saddam Hussein.

  • During the early stages of the war, many reports focused on the missions conducted by the Iraqi Intelligence Service in maintaining national security.

  • Numerous covert operations were attributed to the Iraqi Intelligence Service in the years leading up to the conflict.

Synonyms

IIS
vsIraqi Intelligence Service
3 8.8

A former Iraqi government agency that gathered secret information and ran spies for Saddam Hussein

is the full formal name rather than the abbreviation
Iraqi Mukhabarat
vsIraqi Intelligence Service
9.9

A secret police force in Iraq under Saddam Hussein, feared for human rights abuses

emphasizes the main intelligence agency role rather than policing functions

Surface Forms

Iraqi Intelligence Service main

Morphology

Iraqi + intelligence + service

The phrase is fully compositional: 'Iraqi' (pertaining to Iraq) + 'intelligence' (secret/security information) + 'service' (an organization) clearly denotes an intelligence organization of Iraq. This is a literal, standard naming pattern for government agencies and has no idiomatic or metaphorical shift, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Iraqi Intelligence Service tells its job: Iraqi means from Iraq, Intelligence means 'secret information', and Service means a government group for a special job. So the name refers to the main agency in Iraq that collected secrets and did secret work for the government.