Asayesh

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Asayesh or Asayish (Kurdish for security^[1]) is a Kurdish organization, created in September 1993^[2]. It is referred to as "intelligence agency" [1], "security force",^[3] "security service",^[4] "security police",^[5] "secret service",^[6] "secret police",^[7] or just "Kurdish police".^[8] It is related to Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iraq.^[9] It is also funded by the CIA^[10] and acts under the command of the Kurdish National Assembly and the Kurdistan Regional Government^[11].

Its official goals according to the kurdish authority are:

• Counter-Drug trafficking
• Counter-Terrorism
• Counter-Espionage
• Gathering intelligence
• Assessing threats to Iraq’s national security

The organization has jurisdiction over:

• Economic crimes
• Smuggling
• Political crimes
• Espionage
• Sabotage
• Terrorism

[edit] See also

• Kurdistan
• Peshmerga

[edit] Reference

1. ^ Iraq Accused: A Case of Genocide - New York Times
2. ^ Mew
3. ^ Iraq Accused: A Case of Genocide - New York Times
4. ^ Gary Trotter: My Life In Media - Media, News - The Independent
5. ^ Mounting social crisis in Kurdish Iraq
6. ^ Militias Wresting Control Across Iraq's North and South
7. ^ A detour with Kurdish secret police | The Agonist
8. ^ Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)
9. ^ A detour with Kurdish secret police | The Agonist
10. ^ A detour with Kurdish secret police | The Agonist
11. ^ Mew