The Mukhabarat

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" The Mukhabarat "
Tammy Moharram

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	53076
Doc. No	:	TL23030
Call number	:	‭MR13481‬
Main Entry	:	Tammy Moharram
Title & Author	:	The Mukhabarat\ Tammy Moharram
College	:	University of Calgary (Canada)
Date	:	2006
Degree	:	M.S.S.
student score	:	2006
Page No	:	103
Abstract	:	The Mukhabarat are the agencies in Arab states that are in charge of intelligence gathering and state security. These states often have many such agencies which are extremely efficient, have their own armed forces, are well structured, and enjoy wide-ranging power and freedom in their actions. These agencies are designed to protect the state. Yet they are also a significant internal threat to their governments. This thesis explores the nature of the Mukhabarat, why they are a threat to their governments, how they came to be so powerful, and highlight various examples of the threat they pose. Jordan, Syria, and Saddam Hussein's Iraq are used as case studies, but the Mukhabarat threat can be found in most Arab states. Should their potential ever be realized, they have the power and means to remove their state leadership. The case of the Mukhabarat begs the question: who guards against the guardians?
Subject	:	Social sciences; Iraq; Jordan; Syria; Middle Eastern history; 0333:Middle Eastern history
Added Entry	:	University of Calgary (Canada)