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Iraqi Mukhabarat

Iraqi Mukhabarat

9.9
A secret police force in Iraq under Saddam Hussein, feared for human rights abuses
  • proper noun
translation icon : Mukhabarat iraquí
  • International reports have accused the Iraqi Mukhabarat of various human rights abuses during the 1980s and 1990s.

Examples

  • After the fall of Saddam Hussein, documents from the Iraqi Mukhabarat were made public.

  • The Iraqi Mukhabarat operated with secrecy and was feared by many citizens.

  • The Iraqi Mukhabarat was notorious for its brutality.

  • Did the Iraqi Mukhabarat operate in other countries?

  • The Iraqi Mukhabarat was responsible for espionage and surveillance under Saddam Hussein's regime.

  • Many citizens lived in fear of the Iraqi Mukhabarat due to its infamous reputation.

  • The Iraqi Mukhabarat played a significant role in maintaining state security during the dictatorship.

Synonyms

IIS
vsIraqi Mukhabarat
3 8.8

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

is the same agency but expressed as the local name rather than abbreviation
Iraqi Intelligence Service
vsIraqi Mukhabarat
1 5.8

A government group in Iraq that gathers secret information and runs secret operations to protect the country

is the same agency but referred to by a local historical name

Surface Forms

Iraqi Mukhabarat main

Morphology

Iraqi + Mukhabarat

The expression is a simple adjective + noun composition: if a learner knows 'Mukhabarat' as 'intelligence service/secret police', then 'Iraqi Mukhabarat' transparently denotes the Iraqi intelligence agency. Although 'Mukhabarat' is a loanword/proper name and may require cultural knowledge to identify the specific organisation, the meaning is directly derivable from the constituent meanings.

Etymology

Iraqi Mukhabarat comes from the Arabic word khabar, meaning 'news' or 'information'. So Mukhabarat literally means 'those who gather information', and the phrase is used for Iraq's 'intelligence service' or 'secret police', especially under Saddam Hussein.