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HEREIN UNCLASSIFIED 7 ¢ : ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED ‘s DATE OM@@ME}2009 BY 60324 uc baw/gab/rs -1- , FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of transcription _047/10/2004 On April 9, 2004, Ali Hasan Al-Majid (Black List #5) was interviewed at a military detention facility at Baghdad International Airport (BIAP), Baghdad, Iraq. The interview was monitored by a representative of the military Joint _Interro ation Detainee Cell (JIDC).. FBI Language Specialist ie) Iptovided Arabic/English translation. Al-Majid provided the ‘ollowing information: The interviewer played a portion of a copy of an audiotape of Al-Majid's voice in Arabic. The segment played is from approximately 11:20 to 12:19 of the tape. The coy of this audiotape was obtained by the interviewer fro United Kingdom Liaison on Transitional Justice, ice of Human Rights & Transitional Justice, Coalition Provisional Authority, Baghdad, Iraq. Per FBI | a translation of this audiotape closely approximates the transIation provided in the Human Rights Watch Report (HRW) report titled "Genocide in Iraq: The Anfal Campaign Against the Kurds," dated July, 1993, Appendix A, The Ali. Hasan Al-Majid Tapes. According to the HRW report, this recording documents a meeting Al-Majid held with members of the Northern Bureau and directors of the Ba'ath Party headquarters in the northern governates. Also according to the HRW report, the tape is dated May 26, 1988, but from context appears to be 1987.) Al-Majid. acknowledged that the audiotape played is a recording of his voice and his words. He’added that he believes this tape recorded a meetirig which occurred some time during the first half of 1988. Attendees included officials of the Northern Bureau-who were the Secretary Generals of the Sections of the northern provinces. They were sometimes called the Directors of the provinces. These individuals included Nazar Yunis of Mosul, Tariq Kafi of Dohuk, Soubhi Ali-Al-Khalaf of. Erbil, Khidhir Abdelaziz of Kirkuk, and Sayyed Aswad Ali of Suleimaniyeh. Al-Majid acknowledged that he is discussing the success of the. deportation campaign in northern Iraq during this taped session. He stated that the "gathering" of the people in the north brought them physically closer to the Iraqi government authorities, \ Investigation on 04/09/2004 at a Iraq File # 315R-HO-1448534_ 75) Date dictated’ 04/10/2004 "b6 ‘This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its’contents are not to be.distributed outside your agency.