The Challenge Project was an insurgency plan orchestrated by Directorate 14.
Special Operations, a branch of Iraqi Intelligence Service.
The Challenge Project was Saddam Hussein's pre-US invasion (see Iraq War) backup plan for establishing a long-term insurgency designed to inhibit the American occupation of Iraq.
On the eve of the US-led invasion of Iraq, Directorate 14.
These agents were instructed to wait until the American military was fully entrenched in the occupation of Iraq before starting insurgent activities.