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This paper analyzes Iraq’s intelligence structures and argues that, considering the dominant role played by the Shiites in the post-2003 Iraqi administration, the Iraqi special services are bound to face problems manufactured by Tehran. The paper addresses the Iraqi intelligence departments covering Iran and Syria which began operating in 2003 as well as the decades-lasting silent war between the Iraqi and Iranian special services. The author reviews the special services of Iraq’s neighboring countries and the role played by Iraq for the intelligence communities of the US, the Soviet Union, Russia, France, Germany (West, East and United), the UK, Turkey, Jordan and Syria.