◆ SpookStack

1631-HQ-1462938 either personally authorized or delegated the power to authorize the use of chemical weapons. The April, 1988, monthly report for the Northern Region, Number 9879, dated May 18, 1988, from Brigadier General (signature illegible), Deputy Director, General DMI to the Subdirectorate of Military Intelligence, Eastern Sector, referenced special strikes and “special ammunition.” Paragraph c of the report states, After the special strikes against the villages where the headquarters and bases of the agents were, their organization distributed a quantity of medical supplies against chemical strikes (injections and pills) among the inhabitants of those villages as well as neighboring villages. [attached as document #XxX] The report also provided a number of reasons for the defeat of the agents and/or saboteurs by Iraqi forces including "the intensity of the artillery bombardment by our forces and the use of 'special ammunition' led to heavy losses among them." On April 26, 1988, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) issued letter Number D/A/51 to the Army Chief of Staff Headquarters entitled, "Procedure." The letter, by Staff Navy General ABED MOHAMMAD ABDULLAH (hereinafter ABDULLAH), the Secretary General of the MoD, noted: The Deputy to the General Commander Minister of Defense has read the DMI letter, marked Secret, personal and Immediate, #8368, dated April 23, 1988, and commented as follows: 1. To create more of a psychological impact than what has been established, no objection regarding directing special ammunition strikes if there is a target which deserves punishment. 2. It is requested that operations be renewed, and I believe it is being discussed now with Comrade ALI HASAN, today April 26, 1988. [attached as document #XxX] On May 12, 1988, the DMI submitted report Number M5/Sh3/Q2/9540 to the Army Chief of Staff Headquarters 48