Volume 1 - Iraq Watch

Regime StrategicIntentThe Scientific andTechnical Intelligence Department,headed by Muthanna Muhammad Ahmad Al Bayattiaided MIC’s “Special Office” to facilitate the procurementof sensitive items and material through foreignchannels (see Regime Finance and Procurementchapter for additional information).M5, Directorate of CounterintelligenceM5 conducted domestic monitoring and counterintelligenceoperations within Iraq. Five divisions withinM5 focused on specific regions of interest—similarto M4, its sister directorate. Muhammad ‘Abd-al-Wahhab Fada’am was the M5 Director from 2000until the fall of the former Regime; he was precededby Ma’ad Ibrahim Al Duri (1996-2000) and KhalilIbrahim ‘Abdullah Nasiri (1994-1996).Section M5/4/14 monitored all international organizationsoperating within Iraq, including the UN.As stated by a former manager within the M5 Directorate,“It [M5/4/14] monitored the UN inspectorsbecause that was its mission.” Shakir Karhut headedthis section until OIF and worked under Mu’ayyid‘Abd-al-Jalil, the head of M5/4. According to highlevel officials within the former Regime, these twowere heavily involved in collection efforts against theUN.The IIS General Affairs Division (M5/5) is themost recent sub-directorate. It was specificallycreated to act as the “catch-all” for M5 operationswithin Iraq. Section 18 operated morethan 40 domestic businesses within Iraq, suchas restaurants, hotels, travel services, souvenirshops, and truck service centers, in orderto collect information on foreigners routinelyentering Iraq. Other sections reportedly monitoredforeign journalists, the media, and foreignstudents within Iraq.75