General Security Directorate (Iraq)

The General Security Directorate (GSD) (مديرية الامن العامة, Mudiriyat al-Amn al-Amma) was the intelligence agency of Iraq. Although details on its organisation were not made clear at the time, the General Security Directorate's designated mission was to "infiltrate and annihilate Iraq's tenacious insurgency".

For the previous Iraqi domestic intelligence agency, see Directorate of General Security.
General Security Directorate
Mudiriyat al-Amn al-Amma
مديرية الامن العامة
Agency overview
FormedJanuary 2004
Preceding agencies
Superseding agency
JurisdictionGovernment of Iraq
HeadquartersBaghdad, Iraq
Employees500–2,000
Agency executive
  • Zuheir Fadel Abbas al-Ghirbawi
Parent agencyIndependent

The GSD was eventually replaced by the Iraqi National Intelligence Service.

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