Mukhabarat el-Jamahiriya
Former Libyan national intelligence agency
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Mukhabarat el-Jamahiriya (Arabic: مخابرات الجماهيرية) [1] (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, and the agency ceased to exist when the Jamahiriya was toppled in October 2011.
Dissolved2011
JurisdictionGovernment of Libya
Headquarters
- Tripoli, Libya
Agency executive
- Ali Itbigah, Head of the agency
| Mukhabarat el-Jamahiriya | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Dissolved | 2011 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Libya |
| Headquarters |
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Agency executive |
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Parent agency | Independent |
The agency is believed to have been involved in the 1986 West Berlin discotheque bombing, alongside the Libyan embassy.[2]
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:[citation needed]
- External Security Service
- Internal Security Service
- General Directorate of Military Intelligence
