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163I-HQ-1462938 the letter. He asked what items or materials were taken from Kuwait after this letter was published. When questioned whether members of the Iraqi leadership were allowed to issue letters in the name of the President without his knowledge, HUSSEIN Stated, "There are bad elements everywhere. He (KAMIL) is dead now." HUSSEIN denied knowledge of other members of the Iraqi leadership who might have acted on authority of the President without actually having power delegated to them by HUSSEIN. HUSSEIN acknowledged the referenced letter was not conveyed in an official manner. He orders from HUSSEIN, would have been to send a communication from the Presidential Diwan to, in this case, AL-MAJID. This letter would have specifically enumerated the powers being delegated to the recipient, in this case, KAMIL. [HUSSEIN interview, March 3, 2004]. HUSSEIN was questioned about the 45 coalition POWs and the purpose of the apparent compulsory appearance of two British pilot POWs on Iraqi television. The interviewer noted the pilots appeared to have been physically abused and that featuring them on television violated the Geneva Convention. HUSSEIN stated the POWs, especially the pilots, would likely have provided different details about their capture. Some would say they were captured by farmers or villagers while others would say by a "group of people." These Iraqis might have celebrated the capture of the coalition combatants by hitting and pushing them around. The Iraqi military was not always in control or aware of circumstances regarding captured individuals because communications between military units had been knocked out by coalition forces. Regarding coalition POWs captured in 1991, HUSSEIN claimed not to know that the POWs had been abused by anyone in the Iraqi military or the Iraq Government. But admitted that others may have "behaved in a bad manner" and that he was speaking only about his personal knowledge of the matter. HUSSEIN added he would provide such information if he were aware of it. He stated he subscribes to the Koran, a document much older than the Geneva Convention. The Koran and Arab tradition teach that it is "noble" to treat a prisoner well. HUSSEIN HUSSEIN neither confirmed nor denied that all coalition 70