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1631-HO-1462938 the results of the DMI study and its recommendation of which bases to strike, and advised that the DMI had Presidential authority to proceed. [attached as document #XX] On April 5, 1987, in response to DMI Memorandum 7371, the Army Chief of Staff, Staff General SA’AD AL-DIN AZIZ MUSTAFA (hereinafter MUSTAFA), drafted Memorandum 3656 titled "Using Special Ammunition" which directed the First Corps and Special Corps to conduct counter-operations against saboteurs, Iranian agents, and Khomeini Guards by using "special ammunition" against Iranian agents' bases in the region of Balisan Basin (Balisan villages, Tutemeh, Khatti, and Sheikh Wasan), located near the main road between Chuwa’r Qurna-Khalifan and in Qaradagh Basin villages (Tekyah, Belkjar, and Siosenan). [attached as document #XX] The Army Chief of Staff MUSTAFA instructed the First Corps to prepare a joint plan to complete the strikes against the first group of targets and forward the plan to him by courier for approval and coordination. MUSTAFA also ordered the preparation of a plan regarding the second group of targets listed above, to be presented during a visit to the First Corps Headquarters on April 9, 1987. This memo was also gent to the Presidential Office and advised that the Army Chief of Staff MUSTAFA would inform the Presidential Office of the plan in detail and would “exploit” the results. Additionally, this memo was forwarded to the Operations Department of the Ministry of Defense. The memo referenced a previously-convened meeting on April 5, 1987, and asked that the Special Ammunition Group be sent to the First Corps Headquarters on April 7, 1987 to consult with the Corps and put in place an executable plan. SABIR reviewed, in Arabic, the above-described series of memorandums between HUSSEIN and the various military entities regarding the use of "special ammunition" in the Northern Region of Iraq. SABIR admitted that "special ammunition" was a term used by HUSSEIN and the Iraq Government to mean chemical weapons. SABIR did not remember each and every document; however, he did verify his signature on the bottom of several previously identified documents, and thus concluded they were authentic. While examining the copies and verifying his signature, interviewing agents observed the following physical changes in SABIR; he started to perspire profusely, his facial characteristics dramatically changed, and his lower lip began to 10