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Political Clout of Iraqi Dissidents

With the U.S. apparently moving towards military action in Iraq, the many opponents of Saddam Hussein's regime who live abroad are lining up to take over the country's leadership.

Subscribers only 29.08.2002

Naufal Mahjoum Al Takriti

The new strongman of Sadden Hussein's regime in Baghdad - apart from the boss, that is - is col. Naufal [...]

Subscribers only 11.04.2002

Iraqi Oil: Between War and Peace

Saddam Hussein is preparing for war by increasing clandestine oil deliveries to governments which could potentially back him. And there is speculation in oil circles over the future of the Majnun fields once operations are over.

Subscribers only 28.03.2002

How long will Russia's foreign intelligence service SVR pretend to know nothing about visits by Iraqi military officials to nearby Belarus?

According to diplomatic sources in Moscow, 20 senior Iraqi officers [...]

Subscribers only 14.03.2002

Ex Saudi Secret Service Boss Calls for Restraint on Iraq

For the first time on Feb. 3, prince Turki al Faisal , former head of Saudi Arabia’s General Intelligence Directorate [...]

Subscribers only 11.02.2002

Assault of Iraq Shaping Up

Military and Turkish military sources have confirmed to Intelligence Online that preparations for military operations against Iraq have reached an "advanced" stage. Elsewhere, Ankara and Tehran are stepping up contacts.

Subscribers only 03.01.2002

Hussein Sharstani

An Iraqi nuclear engineer who defected to London in 1991, Hussein Sharstani tends to undermine claims by Western intelligence agencies [...]

Subscribers only 23.05.2001

Ali Hassan Al Majid

President Saddam Hussein has renewed the mandate of his cousin, Ali Hassan Al Majid, as military governor in southern Iraq. [...]

Subscribers only 22.03.2001

Rihab Taha Al Azoui

Scott Ritter, a former UNSCOM inspector tasked with controlling Iraqi weapon stocks, believes there’s no point in trying to find [...]

Subscribers only 08.03.2001

Aras Karim

A 44-year-old Iraqi Kurd and Shi’ite, Aras Karim is the new man Washington has chosen to prepare the overthrow of [...]

Subscribers only 22.02.2001

Diplomacy
Who Will Overthrow Saddam Hussein?

A tight endgame is being played out in London, Washington and Paris at present to plan the overthrow of Iraq’s [...]

Subscribers only 22.02.2001

Najib Al Salhi

Often described variously as the CIA's most loyal ally or a Trojan Horse for the Americans or as a special [...]

Subscribers only 14.09.2000

Saddam Hussein Picks Son as Successor

According to several Arab diplomats on post in Baghdad, president [...]

Subscribers only 31.08.2000

Iraqis Could Unleash Kurdistan Assault

President Saddam Hussein held a special meeting on May 30 to examine the situation in Iraqi Kurdistan, an area that [...]

Subscribers only 15.06.2000

Ghassan Al-Attie

Iraqi opposition circles in Jordan and the United Kingdom were highly alarmed to hear of the fatwa pronounced by Saddam [...]

Subscribers only 18.05.2000

Ali Hassan Al Majid

Former Iraqi defense minister Ali Hassan Al Majid looks set to emerge as a new strongman in the regime. Considered [...]

Subscribers only 13.04.2000

Iraq-Iran: Scenario for New Conflict

According to Intelligence Newsletter sources in Baghdad, a mortar attack in a residential neighborhood of Baghdad on March 22 was [...]

Subscribers only 30.03.2000

Mohammed Baqer Al Nassiri

Considered one of the new leaders of Iraqi's Shi'ite opposition, Mohammed Baqer Al Nassiri has just started up an Association [...]

Subscribers only 16.03.2000

IBRAHIM ABDULSATTAR

President Saddam Hussein named gen. Ibrahim Abdulsattar as new armed forces chief-of-staff on Dec. 10 in succession to gen. Abdulwahed [...]

Subscribers only 16.12.1999

FATE OF IRAQI OPPONENTS SEALED IN U.S.

A meeting of the Iraqi National Congress (INC) held in the Sheraton hotel in New York between Oct. 29-31 was [...]

Subscribers only 04.11.1999

RAFI ABDULATIF TALFAH

Iraqi president Saddam Hussein named Rafi Abdulatif Talfah as head of Iraq's General Security Service on Oct. 15. He replaces [...]

Subscribers only 04.11.1999

DOWNFALL OF AN INTELLIGENCE CZAR

To the surprise of many diplomats on post in Baghdad, president Saddam Hussein has just named gen. Taher Jalil Haboosh [...]

Subscribers only 21.10.1999

SECURITY TIGHTENED IN SOUTH

An outbreak of unrest in southern Iraq has forced president Saddam Hussein to beef up the security and intelligence services [...]

Subscribers only 09.09.1999

HASSAN AL NAKIB

Born in 1930 in Samarra north of Baghdad, Hassan al Nakib, a former Iraqi general of Sunni origin who lives [...]

Subscribers only 24.06.1999

SADDAM CHANGES HIS SECURITY TEAM

Probably concerned about new CIA plans to overthrow him, Saddam Hussein has just made major changes in his intelligence and [...]

Subscribers only 10.06.1999

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All articles - Iraq

Political Clout of Iraqi Dissidents

Naufal Mahjoum Al Takriti

Iraqi Oil: Between War and Peace

How long will Russia's foreign intelligence service SVR pretend to know nothing about visits by Iraqi military officials to nearby Belarus?

Ex Saudi Secret Service Boss Calls for Restraint on Iraq

Assault of Iraq Shaping Up

Hussein Sharstani

Ali Hassan Al Majid

Rihab Taha Al Azoui

Aras Karim

Diplomacy
Who Will Overthrow Saddam Hussein?

Najib Al Salhi

Saddam Hussein Picks Son as Successor

Iraqis Could Unleash Kurdistan Assault

Ghassan Al-Attie

Ali Hassan Al Majid

Iraq-Iran: Scenario for New Conflict

Mohammed Baqer Al Nassiri

IBRAHIM ABDULSATTAR

FATE OF IRAQI OPPONENTS SEALED IN U.S.

RAFI ABDULATIF TALFAH

DOWNFALL OF AN INTELLIGENCE CZAR

SECURITY TIGHTENED IN SOUTH

HASSAN AL NAKIB

SADDAM CHANGES HIS SECURITY TEAM

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All articles - Iraq

Political Clout of Iraqi Dissidents

Naufal Mahjoum Al Takriti

Iraqi Oil: Between War and Peace

How long will Russia's foreign intelligence service SVR pretend to know nothing about visits by Iraqi military officials to nearby Belarus?

Ex Saudi Secret Service Boss Calls for Restraint on Iraq

Assault of Iraq Shaping Up

Hussein Sharstani

Ali Hassan Al Majid

Rihab Taha Al Azoui

Aras Karim

Diplomacy Who Will Overthrow Saddam Hussein?

Najib Al Salhi

Saddam Hussein Picks Son as Successor

Iraqis Could Unleash Kurdistan Assault

Ghassan Al-Attie

Ali Hassan Al Majid

Iraq-Iran: Scenario for New Conflict

Mohammed Baqer Al Nassiri

IBRAHIM ABDULSATTAR

FATE OF IRAQI OPPONENTS SEALED IN U.S.

RAFI ABDULATIF TALFAH

DOWNFALL OF AN INTELLIGENCE CZAR

SECURITY TIGHTENED IN SOUTH

HASSAN AL NAKIB

SADDAM CHANGES HIS SECURITY TEAM

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