Falcons Intelligence Cell

Falcons Intelligence Cell
خلية الصقور الاستخبارية‎
Common nameFalcons
Agency overview
Formed8 February 2006; 18 years ago (2006-02-08)
EmployeesClassified
Jurisdictional structure
National agencyIraq
Operations jurisdictionIraq
Governing bodyPrime Minister’s Office
Operational structure
Agency executive

The Falcons Intelligence Cell of Iraq (FIC) (Arabic: خلية الصقور الاستخبارية) is a military intelligence unit with law-enforcement officers, intelligence officers, and others in specialized intelligence capacities. The Falcons Intelligence Cell has been dubbed "the most dangerous spy network" in Iraq and is trained by the CIA and the MI6, and have carried out hundreds of successful operations against militants, rivaling other Iraqi intelligence services in Iraq in terms of scope and prowess.[1][2][3]

Officials stated that the Falcons are responsible for foiling hundreds of attacks on important cities in Iraq during the War in Iraq (2013-2017)[4]

  1. ^ "ميدل إيست آي: بعد تفجير بغداد.. الكاظمي ينتزع السيطرة على خلية الصقور الاستخبارية للتقوّي على خصومه". www.aljazeera.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  2. ^ "The ISIS Spy Who Saved Baghdad from 30 Terrorist Bombings". Homeland Security Today. March 25, 2019.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Coker, Margaret (August 12, 2018). "The Iraqi Spy Who Infiltrated ISIS". The New York Times.