New Sources for the Study of Iraqi Intelligence during the Saddam Era

2010/08/01 by Kevin M. Woods, Mark Stout · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Intelligence analysis #Intelligence, Security, War Strategy #Law #Military History and Strategy #Military intelligence #Political science #Politics #Soviet union

paper · doi:10.1080/02684527.2010.537033

openalex publication_date 2010/08/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29

Abstract

The US Department of Defense (DOD) has made available to scholars a significant collection of documents captured from the files of the Saddam-era Iraqi intelligence services. DOD is also studying ways in which further such documents can be released. These documents paint a picture in many ways reminiscent of the intelligence services of the totalitarian Soviet Union. These and forthcoming documents may enable important research on Iraq and on the role of intelligence services in totalitarian states. One newly available document gives the Iraqi General Military Intelligence Directorate's assessment of Iran on the eve of the Iran–Iraq War.

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