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1631 -HQ-1462938 SABIR, President HUSSEIN, AL-MAJID, ADNAN KHATRALLAH (hereinafter KHATRALLAH), and KHAZRAJT, developed the strategy for the Northern Region. SABIR stated that his role as Director of the DMI. was to gather intelligence and disseminate that intelligence to high-level Iraq Government officials consisting of President HUSSEIN, the Minister of Defense, Army Chief of Staff, and the Presidential Secretary. The intelligence was studied by these officials and a recommendation for a plan of action was subsequently implemented. The deployment of chemical weapons during the Anfal Campaign was at the sole direction of President HUSSFIN. The chain of communication to utilize chemical weapons during the Anfal Campaign flowed from President HUSSEIN to the Presidential Secretary and then to the Army Chief of Staff or Minister of Defense, depending on the delivery method of the chemical weapons. If the chemical weapons was to be deployed via the Air Force, orders would have been passed through the Minister of Defense. If the CW was to be deployed via artillery or other conventional means, orders would have been passed through the Army Chief of Staff to the Corps Commander. SABIR admitted that there was a special division within the Iraqi Army known as the Chemical Disbursement Division (CDD) which was responsible for manufacturing, housing, and distributing the chemical weapons. The Army Chief of Staff or the Deputy Chief of Staff was responsible for the CDD which was located at the Al Bakr Base. SABIR stated that a chemical weapons advisor was attached to the I Corps of the Iraqi Army during the Anfal Campaign. SABIR understood that the Anfal Campaign had an announced purpose and a hidden purpose. The announced purpose was to relocate the Kurds from the Northern Region of Iraq, provide them adequate housing, and improve their quality of life. The hidden purpose of the Anfal Campaign was to relocate the Kurds toward the interior of Iraq, away from the border of Iran, and clear the Northern Region of the opposition groups that were led by BARZANI and TALABANI. There was concern the Kurds were going to conspire with these Opposition groups and this was why Kurdish villages were razed. The Iraq Government believed destruction of the Kurdish villages would deter and prevent Kurds from returning to the area. SABIR concluded the interview by stating HUSSEIN did not care about anybody and would have done anything to stay in power. In addition, SABIR that stated that HUSSEIN destroyed Iraq, and that he does not want HUSSEIN put to death, but wants him to suffer. [SABIR interview, June 11, 2004]. 61