00 days

00 hours

00 mins

00 secs

Special offer: -15%15% OFF your subscription

Consult our offers

Your account has been succesfully created.

EN FR

Scroll through edition

The Morning Brief
Log in

Password

Keep me logged in

Forgot your password?
Subscribe

Iraq
How Iran Plays its Hand with Shi'ites

The FBI and Abdulaziz al Hakim, the new head of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq have totally different ideas about who ordered the assassination of Shi'ite leader Mohamed Bakr al Hakim on Aug. 29 in the holy city of Najaf. [...]

Published on 14.11.2003 at 10:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

This article may be accessed by subscribers

In order to ensure high-quality and independent journalism, Intelligence Online relies solely on subscriptions from its readers, with no advertising, no events and no consulting work.

Several offers are available depending on your particular reading needs

Choose an offer

Do you want a free trial before subscribing?

Create your free account

Discover our work by making use of the following possibilities: daily newsletters, a selection of free articles, keyword alerts.

Do you want a free trial before subscribing?

create a free account

15% OFF your subscription

Special offer: Only 6d and 22h to take advantage of it

Consult our offers

This offer is open to all new subscribers and runs until 26/04/2024

Spotlight | Iraq
Political Aims Behind Iraqi Attacks

The three biggest attacks carried out amid the flurry of assaults in August throughout Iraq bore the fingerprints of Saddam Hussein and his followers. Displaying strong intelligence, logistic and planning skills, the perpetrators also had a specific political agenda in [.

Subscribers only 04.09.2003

Saudi Arabia
Split in Saudi Royal House

According to several Middle East intelligence sources, a severe split has emerged in the House of Saud

Subscribers only 10.10.2002

Spotlight | United Kingdom
Sanctuary Door Won’t Slam Shut

When Home Secretary Jack Straw issued a list of 21 terrorist organization banned from operating in the United Kingdom on Feb. 28, London’s European partners and the Arab world believed London had turned over a new leaf.

Subscribers only 08.03.2001

United States
Tenet Before Senate Panel

CIA director George Tenet spoke on Feb. 7 before the [...]

Subscribers only 08.02.2001

Spotlight | Saudi Arabia, United States
SAUDIS AND AMERICANS DIFFER OVER SECURITY

Greeted like a head of state in Washington, Saudi Arabia's defense minister, prince Sultan Ibn Abd al Aziz, nonetheless made it plain to president Bill Clinton and his new security team that the Riyadh government differs over American security policy [.

Subscribers only 13.03.1997

Spotlight | Iran
NETWORKS IN TURKEY AND GERMANY

The assassination of well-known Turkish journalist Ugur Mumcu (of the center-left daily Cumhuriyet) in a car bomb attack on 24 January in Ankara has been attributed by the Turkish intelligence services and public opinion to the terrorist networks of fundamentalist [.

Subscribers only 03.02.1993

Spotlight | Turkey
AN UNDECLARED WAR

The aggressive military push by PKK Kurd guerrillas over the past few months in south-east Anatolia has been prepared for over a year. Troops of Abdullah Ocalan, or "Apo" are no longer trained in the Heloue camp in the Bekaa [.

Subscribers only 07.10.1992

Iran
ASSASSINATION OF KURDS IN BERLIN

On 17 September four senior officials of the Iranian Kurdistan Democratic Party (IKDP), taking part in an International Socialist meeting [...]

Subscribers only 23.09.1992

Egypt
DJIHAD ON THE RISE

The Egyptian government seems to be having increasing trouble containing the violent opposition of the Islamic Djihad. The 8 June [...]

Subscribers only 08.07.1992

United States
FIGHTING IRAN FOR IRAQ

According to the ABC Nightline program on 1 July, the U.S.S. Vincennes was inside Iranian territorial waters when it shot [...]

Subscribers only 08.07.1992

Lebanon
HEZBOLLAH HARDENS ITS POSITION

The assassination of Abbas Mussawi last February during an Israeli raid in southern Lebanon precipitated an intended reorganization within in [...]

Subscribers only 27.05.1992

Spotlight | Italy
ARMS SALES: THE CASALEE MYSTERY

The trial in early 1991 in Brescia of the Valsellameccanotecnica (VSMT), the Fiat subsidiary accused of having sold nine million mines to Iraq between 1982 and 1986 (a $180 million contract), shed light on a company formerly unknown among arms [.

Subscribers only 08.04.1992

Spotlight | Iran
THE NEXT NUCLEAR POWER?

Experts appearing before the House Republican Research Committee Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare have rung the alarm bell on Iran's nuclear program. "As of late 1991," they claimed "there was a high degree of certainty that the government [.

Subscribers only 25.03.1992

Spotlight | France, Iran
SECRET AGREEMENT

By signing in a relatively discreet manner on 29 December 1991 in Teheran the documents putting an end to financial disagreements between their two countries, the Secretary General of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, François Scheer, and Iranian Vice [.

Subscribers only 15.01.1992

On our other sites

LUCRATIVE SPIN-OFF IN CARLOS AFFAIR

The Sudanese government confidently awaits a triple dividend for the services it rendered the French secret service, specifically to general [...]

Subscribers only Eastern Africa and the Horn Africa Intelligence 10.09.1994

15% OFF your subscription

Special offer: Only 6d and 22h to take advantage of it

Consult our offers

This offer is open to all new subscribers and runs until 26/04/2024

Once registered, you will be notified by a short message on your computer or mobile phone as soon as a new edition of our publication or an alert is published. Stay informed anytime, anywhere!

China, Philippines, United States
The great US-China subsea cables race in the Pacific

China, Europe, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, United States
The geopolitical power plays in Earth observation

Hungary
Viktor Orban's new security entourage

Ukraine
Jamming wars

Armenia, Azerbaijan, France
Information wars in the Caucasus

Insiders | China
Security, propaganda and the PLA: Xi Jinping forges new networks of influence

Insiders | Qatar
Barzan Holdings, Qatar's defence industry giant springing up out of the desert

Iraq
How Iran Plays its Hand with Shi'ites

This article may be accessed by subscribers

Do you want a free trial before subscribing?

Create your free account

create a free account

Spotlight | Iraq
Political Aims Behind Iraqi Attacks

Saudi Arabia
Split in Saudi Royal House

Spotlight | United Kingdom
Sanctuary Door Won’t Slam Shut

United States
Tenet Before Senate Panel

Spotlight | Saudi Arabia, United States
SAUDIS AND AMERICANS DIFFER OVER SECURITY

Spotlight | Iran
NETWORKS IN TURKEY AND GERMANY

Spotlight | Turkey
AN UNDECLARED WAR

Iran
ASSASSINATION OF KURDS IN BERLIN

Egypt
DJIHAD ON THE RISE

United States
FIGHTING IRAN FOR IRAQ

Lebanon
HEZBOLLAH HARDENS ITS POSITION

Spotlight | Italy
ARMS SALES: THE CASALEE MYSTERY

Spotlight | Iran
THE NEXT NUCLEAR POWER?

Spotlight | France, Iran
SECRET AGREEMENT

LUCRATIVE SPIN-OFF IN CARLOS AFFAIR

About Intelligence Online

Subscription

Intelligence Online on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

About Intelligence Online

Subscription

Indigo Publications' websites

China, Philippines, United States The great US-China subsea cables race in the Pacific

China, Europe, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, United States The geopolitical power plays in Earth observation

Hungary Viktor Orban's new security entourage

Ukraine Jamming wars

Armenia, Azerbaijan, France Information wars in the Caucasus

Insiders | China Security, propaganda and the PLA: Xi Jinping forges new networks of influence

Insiders | Qatar Barzan Holdings, Qatar's defence industry giant springing up out of the desert

Iraq How Iran Plays its Hand with Shi'ites

This article may be accessed by subscribers

Do you want a free trial before subscribing?

Create your free account

create a free account

Spotlight | Iraq Political Aims Behind Iraqi Attacks

Saudi Arabia Split in Saudi Royal House

Spotlight | United Kingdom Sanctuary Door Won’t Slam Shut

United States Tenet Before Senate Panel

Spotlight | Saudi Arabia, United States SAUDIS AND AMERICANS DIFFER OVER SECURITY

Spotlight | Iran NETWORKS IN TURKEY AND GERMANY

Spotlight | Turkey AN UNDECLARED WAR

Iran ASSASSINATION OF KURDS IN BERLIN

Egypt DJIHAD ON THE RISE

United States FIGHTING IRAN FOR IRAQ

Lebanon HEZBOLLAH HARDENS ITS POSITION

Spotlight | Italy ARMS SALES: THE CASALEE MYSTERY

Spotlight | Iran THE NEXT NUCLEAR POWER?

Spotlight | France, Iran SECRET AGREEMENT

LUCRATIVE SPIN-OFF IN CARLOS AFFAIR

About Intelligence Online

Subscription

Intelligence Online on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

China, Philippines, United States
The great US-China subsea cables race in the Pacific

China, Europe, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, United States
The geopolitical power plays in Earth observation

Hungary
Viktor Orban's new security entourage

Ukraine
Jamming wars

Armenia, Azerbaijan, France
Information wars in the Caucasus

Insiders | China
Security, propaganda and the PLA: Xi Jinping forges new networks of influence

Insiders | Qatar
Barzan Holdings, Qatar's defence industry giant springing up out of the desert

Iraq
How Iran Plays its Hand with Shi'ites

Spotlight | Iraq
Political Aims Behind Iraqi Attacks

Saudi Arabia
Split in Saudi Royal House

Spotlight | United Kingdom
Sanctuary Door Won’t Slam Shut

United States
Tenet Before Senate Panel

Spotlight | Saudi Arabia, United States
SAUDIS AND AMERICANS DIFFER OVER SECURITY

Spotlight | Iran
NETWORKS IN TURKEY AND GERMANY

Spotlight | Turkey
AN UNDECLARED WAR

Iran
ASSASSINATION OF KURDS IN BERLIN

Egypt
DJIHAD ON THE RISE

United States
FIGHTING IRAN FOR IRAQ

Lebanon
HEZBOLLAH HARDENS ITS POSITION

Spotlight | Italy
ARMS SALES: THE CASALEE MYSTERY

Spotlight | Iran
THE NEXT NUCLEAR POWER?

Spotlight | France, Iran
SECRET AGREEMENT