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“SECRETVJEi_ U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation In Reply, Please Refer to Baghdad Operations Center File No. ; March 23, 2004 DECLASSIFIED BY uc/baw 60324 ON 05-21-2009 Interview Session Number: 17 Interview Conducted by: SSA George L. Pir bé SSA b7c Arabic/English Translation: LS PK Saddam Hussein (High Value Detainee #1) was interviewed March 23, 2004 at a military detention facility at Baghdad International Airport (BIAP), Baghdad, Iraq. Hussein provided the following information: PK Prior to the Start of the interview, Hussein was advised that today's discussion would be a continuation of the previous meeting. He was informed this discussion would include the viewing of the remaining portion of a documentary regarding the situation in southern Iraq in 1991 in the aftermath of the first Gulf war. Made in 1993, the film is titled "Saddam Hussein's Latest war" and is narrated by British commentator Michael Wood. The interviewer began today's viewing of the 2S The film depicted scenes of Iraqi government actions against the Marsh Arabs in southern Iraq including the poisoning of water resulting in the killing of fish, the destruction of villages, and the draining of the marshes. Hussein commented that some of the scenes shown did not appear to have been filmed at the site of the marshes. As the documentary continued, one scene Showed a Marsh Arab female commenting on the This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. it is the Property of the FBI and is 1 caned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed Outside your agency. ,? fet .