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1631-HQ-1462938 that perhaps this procedure was meant to minimize the "blood on the hands" of AL-MAJID and others, AL-MAJID offered no reply. AL-MAJID noted saboteurs and first-degree relatives were Given one month to decide whether they wanted to stay or leave. If they decided to remain in government housing complexes, they were required to pledge not to commit acts of sabotage against the Iraq Government. [al-MAJID interview, April 4, 2004]. AMN repeatedly referred to this Directive 4008 throughout 1988. For example, a letter from Amn Suleimaniyeh, dated October 29, 1988, referenced the directive as the basis for "the execution of 19 accused, executed by this directorate because of their presence in the security-prohibited villages." This document is referenced on page 15 of the HRW report dated July, 1993, "Prelude to Anfal" section, and paces 1-2 of "The Camps" section. The Iraq Government's plan is further corroborated by AL-MAJID's own words as he discussed the Iraq Government's campaigns in the Northern Region in 1987 and 1988. On April 15, 1988, AL-MAJID attended a meeting with members of the Northern Bureau and governors of the Autonomous Region of Iragi Kurdistan during which he discussed Kurdish territory and prohibited areas. According to audiotapes of that meeting, AL-MAJID stated, in pertinent part: I will prohibit large areas; I will prohibit any presence in them. ..-Now you can't go from Kirkuk to Erbil any more without an armored vehicle. All of this basin, from Koysinjag to here (Kirkuk)...I'm going to evacuate it. I will evacuate it as far as Gweir and Mosul. No human beings except on the main roads. For five years, I won't allow any human existence there. ...If we don't act in this way, the saboteurs' activities will never end, not for a million years. ...In the summer, nothing will be left. [reference audiotape #xx]. On July 22, 1987, TAHER AL-ANI (hereinafter AL-ANI), Secretary of the Northern Affairs Committee, sent letter Number 5083 to the First Corps Headquarters, entitled, "Executing Criminals." The letter stated: 38