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Lemar a - . - - ALL INFORHATION CONTAINED HEREIN I5 UNCLASSIFIED DATE 05-07-2009 BY 60324 uc baw/sab/nd FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of transcription © 03/21/2004 ; On 03/21/2004, Ali Hasan Al-Majid (Black List #5) was interviewed at a military detention facility at Baghdad International Airport (BIAP), Baghdad, Iraq. Al-Majid was advised the interviewing agents were representatives of the United States Government. The interview was monitored by a representative of the military Joint Interrogation D inee Cell (JIDC). FBI Language b6 Specialist as) dprovided Arabic/English " bIc . translation. AI-Majid provided the following information: , During the years 1987 through 1989, Al-Majid served as Secretary General of the Ba’ath Party’s Northern Bureau Conrimand with responsibility over northern Iraq including Kurdish territory. Iraq was divided into the Northern, Central, Euphrates, and Southern Sectors. Al-Majid replaced Mohammad Hamza Zubaydi’ (Black List #9), former Secretary General. Saddam Hussein appointed Al-Majid to this position during a meeting of the Revolutionary Command Council (RCC). At the meeting, Hussein informed Al-Majid ‘of his new responsibilities while simultaneously appointing Zubaydi F as Iraqi Minister of Transportation. Al-Majid's appointment was made personally by Hussein, as he was clearly in charge, and no vote was taken by the RCC. Prior to this appointment, Al-Majid was the Deputy Commander of the Ba’ath Party’s Military Organization. Al-Majid was shown and read a copy of a document written in Arabic, described as RCC decree number 160, dated March 29, 1987, signed by Saddam Hussein, which sets forth details regarding Al-Majid's appointment as. the representative of the Ba'ath Party for the northern région of Iraq, including the Autonomous Region of Kurdistan. Al-Majid acknowledged that this-decree was i'ssued and that it spelled out his authority over-all civilian, military -and security agencies in the region. He stated a decree is issued at the conclusion of an RCC meeting which details issues addressed by the RCC. Al-Majid denied, however, having authority over the military forces or security services in the region, as the security services are never subordinate to anyone in the government except Hussein. The security services, Fedayeen Saddam, and Saddam’s Cubs answered to Hussein only and took their instructions only from . Hussein. Al-Majid received a copy of dectee number 160 in writing at a later time. Immediately after issuance of the decree, he also ‘Investigation on 03/20/2004 at Baghdad, Traq b6 File # AL SEED ~, 34} -- Date dictated 03/21/2004 DIC. This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; : it and.its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.