Across the globe, spies gather in inconspicuous dens where they meet contacts and hold discreet conversations. This week, Intelligence Online visits the heavily guarded Erbil Rotana hotel in Iraqi Kurdistan where the region's key players cross paths and rub shoulders.
The luxury Erbil Rotana is the only hotel in Iraqi Kurdistan to offer the levels of protection required by its regular clientele of spies, diplomats, contractors and officials. Surrounded by tall concrete T walls, barbed wire, security entrances, a system of checks on people and vehicles that cross its threshold and armed guards with guard dogs, the
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