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1631-HQ-1462938 "and hit them with the special ammunition" have been inserted into this tape. The remainder of the tape is a threat or scare tactic AL-MAJID used against the saboteurs in Dohuk. According to AL-MAJID, when the Iraq Government lost control of the cities of Suleimaniyeh, Dohuk, Erbil, and Kirkuk in 1991, HUSSEIN tasked AL-MAJID with "liberating" Dohuk. He invited ABD JAWAD THANNOON, Governor of Dohuk, NASIR SAID (hereinafter SAID), Fifth Corps Commander, and all state and Party officials to a "reception" at the Mosul Hotel in Mosul. There, AL-MAJID gave a speech declaring, "Whoever has a friend in Dohuk, I will attack with chemical weapons tomorrow." SAID attempted to interrupt AL-MAJID because he did not want the timing of the operation to be revealed. AL-MAJID directed him to communicate this information to those in Dohuk. He wanted "the illusion" of a chemical weapons attack to be imprinted in the minds of those controlling Dohuk. AL-MAJID stated the Irag Government was weak in 1991. Thus, he used the chemical weapons "threat" as a "scare tactic" to control the saboteurs in Dohuk. AL-MAJID directed the military to procure bags of flour or cement and attach them to helicopters. The helicopters were then used the following morning to spread the material over Dohuk to further "illusion" of a chemical weapons attack. AL-MAJID used this "scare tactic" to reduce losses on "our side and their Side." AL-MAJID walked into Dohuk at 9:30 a.m. the same morning. Some Iraqi military members would not enter the city however, thinking that it had been contaminated with chemical weapons. According to AL-MAJID, NIZAR AL-KHAZRAJI (hereinafter AL-KHAZRAJI), Army Chief of Staff, once told ABBAS MAHMOUD (NFT) or RASOOL MAHMOUD (NFI) that AL-MAJID ordered the chemical weapon attack on Halabja which was not true. L-MAJID is know as "Chemical Ali" because of the events at Dohuk and not at Halabja. During his interview, TARIQ AZIZ confirmed that HUSSEIN's decision to deploy chemical weapons against the Kurds was a unilateral one; that is, HUSSEIN did not convene a meeting of the RCC, National Assembly, or any other Iraqi or Ba'ath Party government entity to discuss the use of chemical weapons in the April, 1987 attacks. Moreover, HUSSEIN gave no official written or verbal notification to these entities that he had authorized, or that chemical weapons had been used, in the attacks. AZIZ Stated the RCC was "informed" and "it was mentioned." He added it was "common knowledge" through the media that chemical weapons had been used. No RCC member protested their use for fear of reprisals from HUSSEIN and fear that Iraq would lose the war 23