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IIS

noun

The most notorious and possibly the most important arm of Iraq's security system. Synonyms: Iraqi Intelligence Service, Iraqi Mukhabarat.

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"IIS" Quotes from Famous Books

... world. The worship began among the people of Chaldea. They built the city Opis upon the [473]Tigris, and were greatly addicted to divination, and to the worship of the serpent[474]. Inventi sunt ex iis (Chaldeis) augures, et magi, divinatores, et sortilegi, et inquirentes Ob, et Ideoni. From Chaldea the worship passed into Egypt, where the serpent Deity was called Can-oph, Can-eph, and C'neph. It had also the name of Ob, or Oub, and was the same as ...

— A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) • Jacob Bryant

... the Prior; "one of those disorderly men, who, taking on them the sacred character without due cause, profane the holy rites, and endanger the souls of those who take counsel at their hands; 'lapides pro pane condonantes iis', giving them stones instead of bread as the Vulgate ...

— Ivanhoe - A Romance • Walter Scott

Words linked to "IIS" : Iraqi Mukhabarat, Republic of Iraq, Iraqi Intelligence Service, Iraq, Al-Iraq, Irak, international intelligence agency