Mukhabarat el-Jamahiriya
Former Libyan national intelligence agency / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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, the agency ceased to exist when the Jamahiriya was toppled in October 2011.
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Mukhabarat el-Jamahiriya | |
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Dissolved | 2011 |
Jurisdiction | Government of Libya |
Headquarters | Tripoli, Libya |
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Parent agency | Independent |
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In 1988, the agency was accused of causing the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people.