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. _ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED i . HEREIN,[5 UNCLASSIFIED ~ FD-302 (Rev. 10-6-95) @ . DATE -2009 BY 60324 uc haw/sab/rs 7 lye FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of transcription 06/15/2004 ‘Sabir Abd Al Aziz Husayn Al Duri, (Black List #205), date of birth May 19, 1949, was interviewed at a detention facility located at the Baghdad International Airport (BIAP), Baghdad, Iraq. Interviewing Agents identified themselves as representatives of the United States Government. from Washington, DC. FBI Language b6 Seeis provday The Toll wireations ten translation. DIC Sabir provided the following information: In 1987, Sabir was the Director of Military Intelligence (Istikhbarat) . The Istikhbarat was. responsible for collecting intelligence from all available sources, The collection effort was done through spies, technical resources involving specialized equipment, human sources, interrogations of arrestees, and aerial reconnaissance. During Sabir's tenure as the Director, the Istikhbarat was divided into the following five sections: Section I + responsible for.gathering intelligence on all. countries except Iran.: Séction II - responsible for gathering intélligence only on Iran. Section III - responsible for general security and the military. Section III was divided during the Anfal Campaign and was moved from Section I to Section II. The individual in charge of Section III during the Anfal Campaign was General Walid. Khalid (phonetic). Section IV - technical resources section.. Section V - administrative section. Sabir provided a historical account of the events that eventually led up to the Anfal Campaign. The Iraq-Iran War was - ongoing, and a four month battle just concluded in Basra in which the Iragi military was victorious. After the battle, the Iranian military continued’ to shell the city of Basra. This caused the Igaqi military to draw forces from other battle fronts to assist in defending the city. Iran discovered a lack of Iraqi troops in the Northern Region of Iraq, particularly in the area of Sulayminiyah. Iran took advantage of the lack of Iraqi troops in the Northern - Region and conspired with the Kurdish opposition groups led by Barzani and Talabani. The balance of the war shifted toward Iran which prompted the Iraqi government officials to develop a new strategy. According to Sabir, President Hussein, Ali Hasan Al Majid, the Minister of Defense - Adnan Khairallah (phonetic), and the Army Chief of Staff —:Nizar Al Khazraji (phonetic), developed the strategy. for the Northern Region. Sabir advised his role as the Director of the Istikhbarat was to gather intelligence, and Investigation on 06/11/2004 at Baghdad, Iraq - 30 ‘File # 31SE-HQ-1448534 Date dictated’ 06/15/2004 . 3 b6 bIc 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. SABIR. 362. Tray, OCN 2004