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The INA consists mainly of military and security personnel who have defected from the Iraqi army under Saddam Hussein's rule. Because of the perceived connections between INA members and the security forces protecting Saddam Hussein, the INA drew American interest as an alternative ally to the Iraqi National Congress.
Following Allawis recruitment by the CIA in 1992, INA organised terrorist attacks in Iraq between 1992 and 1995 to demonstrate its capacities as a militant group. According to former CIA officers, these attacks included the bombing of a cinema as well as a school bus that killed school children. [1] [2]
In August of 1995, Saddam's son-in-law, Hussein Kamel Majid authorised the INA to operate from Jordan after he defected to there. The INA has close ties to the CIA, and was involved in the failed 1996 coup against Saddam. However, INA had been infiltrated by agents loyal to Saddam, and in June, 1996, 30 Iraqi military officers were executed and 100 others were arrested for alleged ties to the INA. [3]
Allawi, declared the Prime Minister of Iraq on 2004-05-28 , claimed the INA was still active in Iraq as of March, 19981998 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Ocean''. Events January January 1998 A massive ice storm, caused by El Nino, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting.
INA has had a history of recruiting former members of Saddam Hussein's political, military and secret polic apparatus. After the 2003 invasion, the party and its leader were deeply involved in setting up the new domestic secret serviceThe General Security Directorate Mudiriyat al-Amn al-Amma is a domestic intelligence service of Iraq. It was announced by interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi at a press conference in July 2004, in a climate of widespread violence by terrorist groups and th with the support of the CIA. The new agency recruited members of the MukhabaratMukhabarat is the Arabic term for intelligence, as in intelligence agency. Organisations using the name include: Iraq: Da'irat al-Mukhabarat al-Amah or Jihaz al-Mukhabarat al-Amma, the Iraqi Intelligence Service (IIS) or General Intelligence Directorate (, leading to concern about the old repressive apparatus being restored.