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1631I-HQ-1462938 summarizing the results of Anfal operations from February 26, 1988, to May 10, 1988. The report detailed casualties sustained by the sabotage groups, and identified the Iranian agent group, PUK, as sustaining the heaviest casualties because operations where focused in their territories. According to the report, an estimated 1,200 agents were killed or wounded. That estimate included casualties resulting from Special Strikes. The report also listed sites and bases of the sabotage groups, infiltration routes of the sabotage groups within their territories, and results of a meeting between representatives of the sabotage groups in which they agreed to integrate their offices. The report was signed by AL-DURI. [attached as document #XX]. On May 15, 1998, HUSSEIN responded to the DMI via Office of the President report #9540 which stated, “It is necessary to keep momentum and chasing them, and not allowing them to reorganize themselves.” [attached as document #XX |] The report was addressed to the Chief of Staff of the Army, and Signed by Presidential Secretary AL-HUMMADI. Copies were forwarded to the MoD, the Northern Bureau Headquarters, and the DMI. The DMI began to document measures the Peshmergas took to defend against chemical weapons strikes. These Iragi reports not only confirm Iraqi’s use of chemical weapons, but also document the measures the Iraqi military took to increase the effectiveness of its chemical weapons strikes. On March 7, 1988, the DMI submitted letter #M5/Sh3/Q2/4797 to the Special Security Organization (SSO) which noted the instructions Iranian agents' leadership gave to “saboteurs” when exposed to chemical weapons. [attached as document #XX] On April 28, 1988, the Presidential Secretary forwarded a memo from the Military Industrialization Institution (MII) to the DMI regarding the Peshmerga’s activities, and requesting the DMI’s opinion on the subject. The MII had obtained the following information on the net of the 21° Turkish Border Brigade: 2. The Iraqi military units will attack the Site of the First Branch in the next two or three coming days with chemical weapons. 3. Peshmerga members are attempting to move closer to Iraqi military units in the zone, to protect themselves against chemical attacks. [attached as document #Xx] 49