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1631-HQ-1462938 Chief of Staff letter Number 15787, “air strikes were launched with traditional ammunition by (20) aircrafts, and with special ammunition by (44) aircrafts against the Agents’ sites mentioned in the DMI’s report, except for Shadlah Alolya, due to its nearness to the troop line.” The letter was signed by Lieutenant General HUMAID SHABAAN, Commander of the Air Force and Air Defense. (Attached as document #XxX) On May 12, 1987, the Headquarters of the Air Force and Air Defense identified for the DMI in letter Number SH/QS/707 the locations of sites struck by traditional ammunition and those struck by special ammunition. The ten sites struck by traditional ammunition on May 4 and May 8, 1987 and listed by name and grid coordinates were among the 17 sites the DMI had previously identified in report Number 9819. The sites struck by special ammunition on May 7, 1987 were identified only by grid coordinates. The letter was signed by Staff Pilot General HASSAN KHADER ALHAJ AHMED, the Director of Air Movements. (Attached as document #XX) . On May 20, 1987, the DMI summarized the strikes directed at the Iranian Agents’ sites as reported by the Air Force and Air Defense in report number M1/Sh3/Q2/11144 addressed to the Ministry of Defense. The report identified the ten sites struck with traditional ammunition and further reported: 2. As for the other targets, which were hit by air strikes (44) aircrafts using special ammunition (mentioned in the above Air Force and Air Defense letter), were groups of Iranian Agents existing North and East of Gowarta. (Attached as document #XX) A handwritten memorandum, Number 4947 (attached as document #XX), dated June 11, 1987, from the Director of General Security of the Erbil Governate to the Security Directorate of Shaqlawa, provided information about attacks on "saboteurs" that resulted in their blindness. The document stated, in part: On 5/27/87, our aircraft attacked the villages of Malakan, Talinan, Kandor, Bileh Aliya and Bileh Sufla in the Khalifan subdistrict, which harbor some saboteurs. As b6 a result of the bombing, ..lost b7c his eyesight....A number of saboteurs were killed and about 30 people lost their eyesight as a result of the bombing, 29