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163I-HQ-1462938 TARIQ AZIZ stated that on March 4, 1991, two days after the Gulf War cease-fire, the RCC signed and released RCC Resolution #64 which gave governors control of military forces in their territories. All of the RCC members except AZIZ, who remained in Baghdad, were in the south of Iraq or outside of Baghdad at this time. AZIZ was working on implementing UN Resolutions 687 and 688 which involved the repatriation of POWs. He met with HUSSEIN on occasion, but spent most of his time with the Director of Military Intelligence, General SABIR AL-DURI. AZIZ believed that in actuality, the RCC was not consulted on Resolution #64 although they may have heard of it. AZIZ believed that it made sense to give authority and power to the governors in a time of crisis, but there would have been no voting or feedback, only HUSSEIN’s order. [AZIZ interview, May 6, 2004]. AL-ZUBAYDI stated after the United States liberated Kuwait in 1991, HUSSEIN telephoned him and directed him to travel and take charge of the southern city of Nasiriyah. AL-ZUBAYDI believed HUSSEIN chose him to resolve the 1991 Shia Intifada (Uprising) in a peaceful manner because he was a Shia. Even though he is a Shia, AL-ZUBAYDI considered himself a Ba'thist and an Iraqi first. He believed that Shia's from Iran caused the 1991 Intifada, and learned that they were revolting against the government. According to AL-ZUBAYDI, there was wide-spread looting and violence aimed at Iraqi government officials and Ba'ath Party members in Nasiriyah. AL-ZUBAYDI maintained that Iran started the 1991 uprising because they wanted to invade and occupy Iraq. The Republican Guard and Special Forces were already in Nasiriyah trying to quell the uprising when AL-ZUBAYDI arrived. AL-ZUBAYDI remembered conducting meetings with various tribal leaders, community leaders, and elders in Nasiriyah in an attempt to resolve the situation in a peaceful manner. KAMAL MUSTAFA ABDALLAH SULTAN AL-TIKRITI (hereinafter KAMAL MUSTAFA) was the Commander of the Republican Guard Forces and Regular Army in Nasiriyah during the 1991 uprising. The Ba'ath Party leader, AL-ZUBAYDI's assistant, was AZIZ SALIH AL- NUMAN. AL-ZUBAYDI stated that the Republican Guard Forces and Regular Army were equipped with light weapons and did not have access to or use armored tanks or helicopters. [AL-ZUBAYDI interview, May 27, 2004]. AL-ZUBAYDI adamently denied ever killing anyone, ordering executions, or witnessing any executions or atrocities during the 1991 Intifada in Nasiriyah. AL-ZUBAYDI stated that President Saddam Hussein should be held responsible for the violence that occurred during the 1991 Intifada. [AL-ZUBAYDI 75