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| FD-302a (Rev. 10-698) @ r ) 315E-HQ-1448534_. QY Continuation of FD-302 of j d 1 Azi.- a i Duri ,On 06/11/2004 __, Page 2 disseminate that intelligence to the high level Iragi Government officials which consisted of President Hussein, the Minister of Defense, Army Chief of Staff, and the Presidential Secretary. The intelligence was studied, and a recommendation for a plan of action was discussed and subsequently implemented. The deployment of Chemical Weapons. (CW) during the Anfal Campaign was at the sole direction of President Hussein. The chain of communications to utilize CW during the Anfal Campaign would flow. from President Hussein to the Presidential Secretary, and then to the Army Chief of Staff or Minister of Defense depending on the delivery method for the CW. If the CW were to be deployed via the Air Force, the orders would have ‘been passed through the Minister of Defense. If the CW were to be deployed via artillery or other conventional means, the orders would have been passed through the Army Chief of Staff to the Corps Commander. Sabir advised there was a special division within the Iraqi Army, known as the Chemical Disbursement Division, who were responsible for manufacturing, housing, and distributing the CW. The Army Chief of Staff, or the Deputy Chief of Staff were. responsible for the Chemical Disbursement Division which was located at the Al Bakr Base. Sabir advised a CW advisor was attached to the I Corps of the Iraqi Army during the Anfal Campaign. Sabir described the events that eventually led to the CW ‘attack on Halabja. Sabir remembers that Halabja fell under Iranian control, and the city of Sulayminiyah’ was being threatened. Sabir and his Deputy, Wafiq Al Samarai (phonetic), were traveling to the Sulayminiyah area to check’on their military positions, when an intelligence officer advised them of the CW attack on Halabja. Once he learned of the CW attack, Sabir traveled to the city of Kirkuk and met with Army Chief of Staff, Nizar Al Khazraji. During . this meeting, Khazraji told Sabir that Adnan Khairallah ~- Minister ~ of Defense (phonetic), who was in Kirkuk with Khazraji, had just received orders from President Hussein to launch a CW attack on Halabja. Once Khairallah received the orders from President . Hussein he telephonically contacted the Commander of the Air Force, Hameed Sha'abin Al Tikriti (phonetic), and ordered him to launch the CW attack on Halabja. Sabir advised the Air Force planes that conducted the CW attack on Halabja were from the Al Bakr Base. Recently, Sabir has learned from other detainees at Camp Cropper that detainee, Hamid Raja Shalah Al Tikriti (phonetic) (Black List ~ #17), was the Air Force Squadron Commander stationed at the Al Bakr Base, who led the Air Force planes that conducted the CW attack on Halabja.