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; @ + FD-302a (Rev. 10-6-95) + ‘315B-HQ-1448534 Continuation of FD-302 of . Ali Hasan Al—Majid ,On 04/04/2004 Page _ 7 - Al-Majid acknowledged that the audiotape played is a recording of his voice and his words. He added that he believes this meeting took place in April, 1987 rather than in 1988. Al-Majid stated that those present included the governors and Ba'ath Party secretary generals of each province of the Autonomous Region of Iraqi Kurdistan. These provinces included Irbil, Dohuk, Suleimaniyeh, Kirkuk, and Mosul. , ; Al-Majid stated that in the audiotape he is speaking about the "gathering of villages" in the northern Kurdish region of Iraq. Inthe audiotape, he éxplains the difficulty with moving safely between cities in the north and the numbers of "martyrs". suffered at the hands of saboteurs. Al-Majid is encouraging those present to "speed up the process" of gathering or collectivizing the villages in the north. The interviewer played a portion of a copy of an audiotape of Al~Majid's voice in Arabic. The segment played is from approximately 3:28 to 4:25 of the tape and states the following, "If you remember, when I was placed in charge of the Northern Bureau, I was also tasked with additional responsibilities [including] administration, the relevant Special Services, the Security and Intelligence ones, and the Army, and the civilian wing - of the Party, and the military wing of the Party. These were my responsibilities, that's all. So, I was to work as I wished. Therefore, we started making our own decisions and in some instances, even in violation of the Leadership's instructions. But a Comrades, this was three months ago." co of this audiotape was obtained by the interviewer roa previously described. Per FBI LS the copy of this audiotape appears to be. a portion of a méeting detailed in the previously described HRW report dated July, 1993; Appendix A, The Ali Hasan Al-Majid bE Tapes. According to the HRW report, a recording documents a bic Northern Bureau meeting to review the campaigns of 1987 and 1988. Also according to the report, the audiotape is undated but is ina batch dated January 21 and 22, 1989. Per LS[_._| the HRW translation of the audiotape of this meeting appears to begin at approximately 6:15. The recording referenced here appears to be from the same meeting and precedes the HRW translation.) Al-Majid acknowledged that the audiotape played is a recording of his voice and his words. “He added that this audiotape recorded a meeting held by Al-Majid with Nazar Khazraji, Iraqi Army Chief of Staff, Kamil Sajid, the Army First Corps Commander, Sultan Hashem, the Commander of the Anfal Operation, Tali'ta Al-Duri,