Directorate of General Security

Directorate of General Security

al-Amn al-‘Amm
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Agency overview
Formed	1921 under the Ministry of the Interior
Dissolved	2003
Jurisdiction	Government of Iraq
Headquarters	Baghdad, Iraq
Employees	10,000 (2002)
Agency executive	Rafi Abd al-Latif Tilfah al-Tikriti (1997–2003), Director
Parent agency	Independent

The Directorate of General Security (DGS) (Arabic: مديرية الأمن العام, romanized: Mudiria al-Amn al-‘Amm, lit. 'Public Security Directorate') also known as Internal State Security was a domestic Iraqi intelligence agency.