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Initially formed to curb the insurgency and maintain law and order the force became involved in numerous charges of human rights abuse including political killings,shooting by death squads, and rape. It was seen as the armed wing of the ruling Awami League and it swore an oath of loyalty to Sheikh
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The U.S. Government and the Vietnam War: Executive and Legislative Roles and Relationships, Part IV: July 1965-January 1968 (Princeton Legacy Library)
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Glickson, Roger C.; Sinai, Joshua (1994). "The Intelligence Apparatus and Security Forces". In Meditz, Sandra W.; Merrill, Tim (eds.).
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Abbott, Elizabeth (1988). Haiti: An insider's history of the rise and fall of the Duvaliers. Simon & Schuster. p. 116
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Polícia de Vigilância Política e Social (Political and Social Surveillance Police): 1933, active during the
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Polícia de Segurança do Estado (State Security Police): 1919, active in the First Portuguese Republic
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Polícia de Defesa Social (Social Defense Police): 1919–1926, active in the First Portuguese Republic
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Novo, Andrew (2019). "Birth of the Cold War: irregular warfare first blood in Greece".
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Kalyvas, Stathis N. (2015). "Rebel Governance During the Greek Civil War, 1942–1949".
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following the August 15th 1975 coup which dislodged Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from power.
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Polícia de Informações (Informations Police): 1926–1931, active during the
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that investigated and engaged in counterintelligence activities against
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Departamento de Operações Internas-Centro de Operações de Defesa Interna
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Polícia Preventiva (Preventive Police): 1918–1919, active in the
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División de Investigaciones para la Prevención de la Delincuencia
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List of fictional secret police and intelligence organizations
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Mujibur Rahman. The Force was disbanded and merged with the
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Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad (DAS) (1960–2011)
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Dotood Yam (Ministry of Internal Affairs), active in the
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Organizzazione di Vigilanza Repressione dell'Antifascismo
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Organization for the Protection of the People's Struggle
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Force spéciale de défense des institutions républicaines
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Third Section of His Imperial Majesty's Own Chancellery
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Organismo Coordinador de Actividades Anti-Subversivas
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chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines
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Cambridge University Press. pp. 119–137. 1846:Service National d'Intelligence et de Protection 1586:(BIS) (Social Investigation Brigade), active in 730:Centro de Servicios Especiales de la Presidencia 466: 137:División de Información Política Antidemocrática 2237:People's Commissariat for State Security (NKGB) 347:Direction de la Documentation et de la Sécurité 131:Special Section for the Repression of Communism 74:(Directorate of State Security), active in the 2009:AliciaPatterson.org. Accessed on May 29, 2008. 1899:Historical Dictionary of Republic of the Congo 1567:(Military Information Service), active in the 1037:(DGSE) (Directorate-General of State Security) 755:Milice de Volontaires de la Sécurité Nationale 446: 141:Political Anti-democratic Information Division 90:Département du Renseignement et de la Sécurité 2143: 2087: 1407:(ORDEN) (Nationalist Democratic Organization) 1271: 1109:Departamento de Investigaciones de la Policía 693:, active as a secret police force during the 479:Glavno ravnateljstvo za javni red i sigurnost 1602:Servicio de Inteligencia de la Guardia Civil 1152:National Intelligence and Security Authority 1148:, active during the rule of Ferdinand Marcos 621:(Gestapo) (Secret State Police) – active in 578:(Valpo) (1937–1949) (transl. "State police") 539:(SIM) – Military Intelligence Service under 521:(StB / ŠtB) (State Security), active in the 109:Direcção de Informação e Segurança de Angola 2000:"Mozambique: Six Months After Independence" 1631: 1232:Polícia de Vigilância e de Defesa do Estado 1096:División Técnica de Represión del Comunismo 835:Komando Pemulihan Keamanan dan Ketertiban ( 460:Direction Générale de la Sécurité de l'État 307: 2150: 2136: 1646:that included operations directed against 1524:People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs 732:(Centre for Special Presidential Services) 328:Office central de répression du banditisme 127:Sección Especial de Represión al Comunismo 2383:Department of State Security (Securitate) 2232:Main Directorate of State Security (GUGB) 1035:Dirección General de Seguridad del Estado 783:(DNI) (National Investigation Department) 595:(Prussian Secret Police) – active in the 351:Directorate of Documentation and Security 92:(Department of Intelligence and Security) 2265:Directorate of State Security (Sigurimi) 2222:Joint State Political Directorate (OGPU) 1799:Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1714:Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission 1536:People's Commissariat for State Security 1324:Direcția Poliției și Siguranței Generale 1146:Metrocom Intelligence and Security Group 781:Departamento Nacional de Investigaciones 454:General Directorate for State Security ( 1945: 1765:Social and Political Research Service ( 1606:Intelligence Service of the Civil Guard 971:, duties later assumed by the Kenpeitai 859:Sazeman-i Ettelaat va Amniyat-i Keshvar 759:Militia of National Security Volunteers 318:(FORSIDIR) (The Presidential Lifeguard) 297:Centre National d'Étude et de Recherche 224:Departamento de Ordem Política e Social 14: 2424: 2401:Department of National Security (OZNA) 708:Cuerpo de Detectives (Detectives Corp) 475:Ravnateljstvo za javni red i sigurnost 421:Bureau of Investigation and Statistics 301:National Centre for Study and Research 76:People's Socialist Republic of Albania 40: 2406:Directorate for State Security (UDBA) 2184:Telephone tapping in the Eastern Bloc 2131: 1864:List of defunct intelligence agencies 1753:(DSN, Directory of National Security) 1405:Organización Democrática Nacionalista 1043:(MSI) (Ministry of Internal Security) 555:State Security Investigations Service 528: 519:Státní bezpečnost / Štátna bezpečnosť 440:Administrative Department of Security 332:Central Office of Banditry Repression 2360:Ministry of Public Security (UB/MBP) 1910: 1506:All-Russian Extraordinary Commission 1413:(FDN) (Nationalist Democratic Front) 1020:National Service of Popular Security 986:(DFS) (Federal Security Directorate) 2319:Ministry for State Security (Stasi) 1869:List of secret police organizations 1582:(BPS) (Political-Social Brigade) / 1392:(SCR) (Central Information Service) 1377:(Okhrannoye otdeleniye) (1866–1917) 1342: 1154:or NISA, active during the rule of 879:(The Shurṭa), secret police of the 817:(ÁVO) (State Protection Department) 487:(UNS) (Ustaše Surveillance Service) 24: 2247:Committee for State Security (KGB) 2094:(4th ed.). Washington, D.C.: 2081: 1901:, Fourth Edition (2012), page 134. 1786:Department for People's Protection 1530:Main Directorate of State Security 1333:Departamentul Securităţii statului 1088:(Between 1814 and 1840, nicknamed 823:(ÁVH) (State Protection Authority) 366:Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional 58:Democratic Republic of Afghanistan 25: 2458: 2432:Lists of law enforcement agencies 2411:Counterintelligence Service (KOS) 2283:Committee for State Security (DS) 2217:State Political Directorate (GPU) 1897:John F. Clark and Samuel Decalo, 1840:Agence Nationale de Documentation 1834:Centre Nationale de Documentation 1797:(UDBA, 1946–1991), active in the 1594:Servicio Central de Documentación 1518:Joint State Political Directorate 1390:Service Central de Renseignements 1062: 908:Criminal Investigation Department 510: 379:Central Nacional de Informaciones 2342:Ministry of Internal Affairs III 2337:State Protection Authority (ÁVH) 2242:Ministry of State Security (MGB) 2212:Extraordinary Commission (Cheka) 1812:(SDB, 1991–2002), active in the 1757: 1179:Urząd Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego 1041:Ministerio de Seguridad Interior 653:Ministerium für Staatssicherheit 557:(Mabahith Amn al-Dawla al-'Ulya) 322:Unité de sécurité présidentielle 261:The Committee for State Security 2076:Area Handbook for South Vietnam 2068: 1751:Dirección de Seguridad Nacional 1644:Federal Bureau of Investigation 1598:(Central Documentation Service) 1584:Brigada de Investigación Social 1564:Servicio de Información Militar 1492: 1473: 1411:Frente Democrático Nacionalista 1286: 951:(Tokkō) (Special Higher Police) 523:Czechoslovak Socialist Republic 2442:Lists of defunct organizations 2055: 2023: 2012: 1993: 1977: 1964: 1939: 1904: 1891: 1814:Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1767:So Nghien Cuu Xa Hoi Chinh Tri 1396: 1137: 1056:Nigerian Security Organization 984:Dirección Federal de Seguridad 720:(PMA) (Mobile Military Police) 205:Servicio Especial de Seguridad 54:Khedamat-e Etelea'at-e Dawlati 45: 13: 1: 2447:Defunct intelligence agencies 1948:Rebel Governance in Civil War 1925:10.1080/09592318.2018.1554338 1913:Small Wars & Insurgencies 1884: 1795:State Security Administration 1790:Democratic Federal Yugoslavia 1788:(OZNA, 1944–1946), active in 1777: 1337:Socialist Republic of Romania 1011: 537:Servicio Inteligencia Militar 468:Croatia, Independent State of 265:People's Republic of Bulgaria 257:Komitet za dǎržavna sigurnost 169: 1742: 1548:Committee for State Security 1538:(NKGB, Feb Jul-1941/1943–46) 1417: 1026: 827: 787: 700: 630:(Secret Field Police) – The 118: 7: 1852: 1804:Counterintelligence Service 1542:Ministry for State Security 1512:State Political Directorate 1369:Separate Corps of Gendarmes 1258:Direcção-Geral de Segurança 1253:António de Oliveira Salazar 1240:António de Oliveira Salazar 1197: 1077: 1006:Mongolian People's Republic 996: 890:Jihaz Al-Mukhabarat Al-A'ma 772: 448:Congo, People's Republic of 431: 288: 281:– secret police during the 270: 248: 113:People's Republic of Angola 10: 2463: 1972:Guatemala: A Country Study 1727: 1716:, largely confined to the 1484:(BOSS), active during the 1444:Somali Democratic Republic 1431: 1315: 1047: 899: 806: 657:German Democratic Republic 605:North German Confederation 582: 561: 196: 147: 81: 63: 2391: 2373: 2350: 2327: 2309: 2291: 2273: 2255: 2202: 2169: 2096:Federal Research Division 2061:Gibbons, William Conrad, 1970:Nyrop, Richard F. (ed.). 1612: 1440:National Security Service 1381: 1264:regime under the rule of 1251:regime under the rule of 1238:regime under the rule of 1207:First Portuguese Republic 1170: 975: 961:, later the army and navy 666: 634:'s version of the Gestapo 215: 96: 1825: 1769:) (during the regime of 1633:United States of America 1554: 1482:Bureau of State Security 1192:Polish People's Republic 1183:Polish People's Republic 940: 914: 736: 718:Policía Militar Ambulate 592:Preußische Geheimpolizei 546: 392: 357: 309:Central African Republic 209:Special Security Service 111:) (DISA), active in the 1819:Security Administration 1579:Brigada Político-Social 1569:Second Spanish Republic 1281:Taiwan Garrison Command 1122: 949:Tokubetsu Kōtō Keisatsu 931:Italian Social Republic 868: 850: 615:; merged in the Gestapo 491: 485:Ustaška nadzorna služba 338: 2091:Zaire: a country study 1810:State Security Service 1073:(Special Organization) 863:Imperial State of Iran 761:, better known as the 182:National Defense Force 2365:Security Service (SB) 2074:Smith, Harvey Henry, 1626:State Research Bureau 1188:Służba Bezpieczeństwa 965:Tokubetsu Keisatsutai 765:), active during the 745:Service d'Information 691:Greek Military Police 619:Geheime Staatspolizei 242:military dictatorship 232:military dictatorship 156:Geheime Staatspolizei 2301:State Security (StB) 1718:State of Mississippi 1501:Soviet secret police 1364:Nicholas I of Russia 1131:Seguridad del Estado 821:Államvédelmi Hatóság 815:Államvédelmi Osztály 695:Greek military junta 684:People's Civil Guard 679:National Civil Guard 639:SS-Sicherheitsdienst 601:German Confederation 576:Valtiollinen poliisi 570:Etsivä keskuspoliisi 230:(1937-1946) and the 178:Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini 160:Secret State Police) 2194:Inner German border 2100:Library of Congress 1688:, a program of the 1670:movements, and the 1642:, a program of the 749:Information Service 724:Guardia de Hacienda 628:Geheime Feldpolizei 41:Agencies by country 31:list of historical 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Praetoria 1295:Agentes in rebus 1156:Ferdinand Marcos 1133:(State Security) 935:Benito Mussolini 767:Duvalier dynasty 712:Policía Judicial 387:Augusto Pinochet 374:Augusto Pinochet 162:, active in the 21: 2462: 2461: 2457: 2456: 2455: 2453: 2452: 2451: 2422: 2421: 2420: 2415: 2387: 2369: 2346: 2323: 2305: 2287: 2269: 2251: 2198: 2165: 2156: 2126: 2125: 2110: 2102:. p. 319. 2086: 2082: 2073: 2069: 2060: 2056: 2047: 2045: 2029: 2028: 2024: 2017: 2013: 2007:Wayback Machine 1998: 1994: 1982: 1978: 1969: 1965: 1958: 1944: 1940: 1909: 1905: 1896: 1892: 1887: 1855: 1830: 1782: 1762: 1747: 1732: 1666:organizations, 1636: 1617: 1588:Francoist Spain 1559: 1520:(OGPU, 1923–34) 1497: 1478: 1436: 1422: 1401: 1386: 1347: 1320: 1291: 1277: 1266:Marcelo Caetano 1202: 1175: 1142: 1127: 1082: 1067: 1052: 1031: 1016: 1001: 980: 945: 919: 904: 881:Abbasid caliphs 873: 855: 832: 811: 792: 777: 763:Tonton Macoutes 741: 705: 669: 613:Weimar Republic 587: 566: 551: 541:Rafael Trujillo 533: 515: 496: 471: 451: 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Index

Soviet intelligence
secret police
Afghanistan
Khedamat-e Etelea'at-e Dawlati
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
Albania
Sigurimi
People's Socialist Republic of Albania
Algeria
Département du Renseignement et de la Sécurité
Angola
Directorate of Information and Security of Angola
People's Republic of Angola
Argentina
Sección Especial de Represión al Comunismo
División de Información Política Antidemocrática
Austria
Geheime Staatspolizei
Austrian Empire
Bangladesh
Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini
Bangladesh Army
Bolivia
Servicio Especial de Seguridad
Brazil
Departamento de Ordem Política e Social
Estado Novo
military dictatorship
Departamento de Operações Internas-Centro de Operações de Defesa Interna
military dictatorship

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