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“SECRRTT A, U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation in Reply, Please Refer to Baghdad Operations Center File No, March 30, 2004 DECLASSIFIED BY uc/baw 60324 ON G5-21-2009 Interview Session Number: 19 Interview Conducted by: SSA_George bé SSA b7c Arabic/English Translation: LS 26) Saddam Hussein (High Value Detainee #1) was interviewed March 30, 2004 at a military detention facility at Baghdad International Airport (BIAP), Baghdad, Iraq. Hussein Provided the following information: hoped that it was "God's will" that he would return to Iraq. Upen returning, Hussein attempted to expand his own knowledge of Iraq through actual experience in areas of the country where he had never spent significant time including the mountains and the Marshes. Hussein described life in the marshes of southern Iraq as "enchanted for any human being." The summers, however, were not pleasant due to the oppressive heat and humidity as well as D4 Regarding the drainage of the marshes conducted by the Iragi government, Hussein Stated that one was faced with the choice of preserving nature at the expense of humans or Sacrificing a bit Of nature for the Sake of humans. Hussein a result, illness was prevalent including widespread bilharziasis, an intestinal disease. Life expectancy was relatively low. Hussein stated the Iraqi government could not simply "sit back and watch this misery." He added that the government decided to "bring them inside life" or to modernize the Marsh Arabs way of life. Hussein reiterated the difficult is document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. Tt is the property of the I and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.