Mukhabarat el-Jamahiriya
Mukhabarat el-Jamahiriya (Arabic: مخابرات الجماهيرية) (Intelligence of the Jamahiriya) was the national intelligence service of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi. During the First 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 October 2011.
In 1988, the agency was accused of causing the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people.
Successor
The Intelligence Community under Interim Government:
- External Security Service
- Internal Security Service
- General Directorate of Military Intelligence
References
External links
- Libyan Intelligence from GlobalSecurity.org