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1631-HQ-1462938 no one was allowed in those areas as it was a theater of operations. Anyone caught in those areas, including women and children, was to be killed. AL-MAJID denied issuing the orders listed as items four and five. AL-MAJID acknowledged the authenticity of the copy of this document and confirmed the authenticity of his signature on the last page. [AL-MAJID interview, March 21, 2004]. When questioned about his orders to execute first- degree relatives of saboteurs and wounded civilians, AL-MAJID Stated he did not issue an order to execute first-degree relatives of saboteurs. He admitted, however, that in July/August 1987 he did order the "deportation" of first-degree relatives of saboteurs from prohibited areas. AL-MAJID issued this order to ensure the security of the cities. He was responsible for the security of the cities and areas within five kilometers of the cities. First-degree relatives included only the fathers of saboteurs. It did not include the female relatives such as an individual's mother, sister, or daughter. AL-MAJID reiterated that prohibited areas were those regions from which the Iraq Government had removed the citizens and relocated them to government housing complexes. The order regarding deportation of first-degree relatives was intended to force fathers to control the actions of their sons. After the "gathering of people" into Iraq Government housing complexes, AL- MAJID stated that any acts of sabotage against the government would result in implementation of this order. AL-MAJID wanted the consequences of the actions of the sons who were saboteurs to be a "pressuring factor" on their fathers. AL-MAJID ordered only first-degree relatives be deported from prohibited areas so that the security committees did not expand the order to include other relatives. He acknowledged other relatives, including mothers, Sisters, and daughters, could have elected to join relatives who had been ordered "deported" from prohibited areas. AL-MAJID admitted that Directive 4008 which he issued effective June 22, 1987, was still in effect at the time of his issuance of the order regarding first-degree relatives. AL- MAJID reiterated that anyone caught in the prohibited areas after June 22, 1987, including women and children, was to be killed. Directive 4008 was modified in September, 1987 to allow farming in certain areas. When questioned whether deportation of first- degree relatives to prohibited areas was tantamount to sentencing them to death because of Directive 4008, AL-MAJID stated, "Why would we deport them to a prohibited area [so that they would be killed] when we could kill them?" When the interviewer suggested 37