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" FD-302a Rev. 10-6-95) b @ s . : ny . . « 315E-HQ-1448534 : wee Continuation of ED-302 of ~ Ali Hasan Al-matid ~ - " ,0n 04/09/2004 »Page-_ 7: a result of the bombing, including the family of Kamal Haji Khidr Agha, thé commander of the 12th [PUK] Division..." (The copy of this document was obtained from the HRW report titled "Bureaucracy of Repression: The Iraqi Government in Its Own Words," dated February, 1994. It appears on pages 62-63 of the report.) Al-Majid denied knowledge of this. document or the events ‘described in it. He stated, "I have no idea about this." Al-mMajid added that he does not think this document is genuine. He noted that security directors would not normally write about military matters such as those discussed in this document. Al-Majid further noted that Shaqlawa was subordinate to Erbil. In his opinion, it would have been more logical for a subordinate unit such as Shaglawa to be communicating this information to a higher. one such as Erbil. However, the opposite direction of communication is shown in this document. Al-Majid noted other discrepancies he perceived in this letter including the lack of use of state letterhead, the lack of a Top Secret classification on information this important, and the discussion of a matter in paragraph two which does not fall. within the Scope of the duties of the Director of General Security of Erbil. According to Al-Majid, this isa Military intelligence matter. Finally, he stated that the author did not ask for: any action. The last section, paragraph four, is blank and would normally include the. action requested or any instructions. Al-Majid stated that he does not remember the name of the Director of General Security of Erbil. The interviewer told Al-Majid that one of the common side effects of a chemical weapons attack is loss. of vision. The interviewer further noted that the individual named as a victim. in the document, Agha, was contacted by independent investigators. Agha confirmed that he and his family had been: temporarily blinded in, a chemical attack on May 27, 1987. Al-Majid stated, "I have not heard of this attack, only one in the city of Halabja." . . Al-Majid was shown and read a portion of a copy of a handwritten document in Arabic appearing on official letterhead, described as a letter, dated May 10, 1988, regarding the fourth Anfal operation from the Third Shoba (branch) to the Director of the Fifth Subdirectorate of Military Iritelligence. The ‘document makes recommendations for the use of "special ammunition" against the areas "Alsamaqolyat-Balisan and the villages existing in the separate border zone between Corps 24 and Corps 23." The document also notes that on May 9, 1988 "...a direction was issued to