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IIS

 Dictionary entry overview: What does IIS mean? 

IIS (noun)
  The noun IIS has 1 sense:

1. the most notorious and possibly the most important arm of Iraq's security system

  Familiarity information: IIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


IIS (noun)


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Meaning:

The most notorious and possibly the most important arm of Iraq's security system

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

IIS; Iraqi Intelligence Service; Iraqi Mukhabarat

Context example:

the Iraqi Mukhabarat has been involved in numerous terrorist activities

Hypernyms ("IIS" is a kind of...):

international intelligence agency (an intelligence agency outside the United States)

Domain region:

Al-Iraq; Irak; Iraq; Republic of Iraq (a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq)


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