IRAQI GOVERNMENT CONCERNS ABOUT IRAQI OPPOSITION INFLUENCES IN KIRKUK; PLANS OF SADDAM HUSAYN TO DISRUPT IRAQI NATIONAL CONGRESS MEETINGS

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06768278
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• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: August 18, 2020
• Case Number: F-2017-02412
• Publication Date: October 24, 1992

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/IOC/NF) SUBJ: IRAQI GOVERNMENT CONCERNS ABOUT
IRAQI OPPOSITION INFLUENCES IN KIRKUK; PLANS OF
SADDAM HUSAYN TO DISRUPT IRAQI NATIONAL-CONGRESS
MEETINGS
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Date Published: 24-Oct-1992 14:32:00
Date Received: 24-Oct-1992 15:35:26
Coverage:
CIA Country Code: IRQ
Region: MIDDLEEAST, IRAQ
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Agency Acronym: CIA
Office Name: NCS
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IRAQI MINISTER OF DEFENSE 'AL-H-IASSAN AL-((MAJID)) VISITED -T-HE-NORTHERN IRAQI
CITY OF KIRKUK IN LATE SUMMER 1992 TO MEET PROVINCIAL AND MUNICIPAL
AUTHORITIES, MILITARY COMMANDERS AND BA'ATH PARTY REPRESENTATIVES TO
IMPLORE THEM TO DEFEND THE CITY TO THE UTMOST AGAINST ANY FUTURE ATTACKS
FROM KURDISH GROUPS. MAJID ALSO SOUGHT SIMILAR ASSURANCES FROM REGIONAL
TRIBAL LEADERS THAT THEY WOULD HELP DEFEND KIRKUK. MAJID THREATENED TO
HANG ANY MAN WHO FAILED TO ASSIST THE GOVERNMENT AGAINST THE KURDS.
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MAJID SAID HE PLANNED TO SEND TO KIRKUK A NEW SECURITY DETACHMENT
COMPOSED OF ELEMENTS OF THE IRAQI SECURITY FORCES AND AN INTELLIGENCE
APPARATUS TO HELP KIRKUK OFFICIALS BETTER MONITOR THE ACTIVITIES OF THE
CITY'S INHABITANTS, PARTICULARLY THOSE FAMILIES WHICH HAD RELATIVES LIVING IN
T14E-KURDISH REGIONS OF NORTHERN IRAQ.
(1//0C/NF) 2. SUBSEQUENT TO MAJID'S
VISIT, THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT SENT APPROXIMATELY SEVENTY PERSONS TO IRBIL
AND SULAYMANIYAH PROVINCES UNDER THE DIRECTION OF 'AZIZ ((KHOCHNOW)) TO
RECRUIT MEMBERS OF THE VARIOUS KURDISH GROUPS. KHOCHNOW APPEARED
PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE PRESENT ACTIVITIES AND
'FUTURE PLANS OF THE KURDISH DEMOCRATIC PARTY (KDP) AND THE PATRIOTIC
UNION OF KURDISTAN (PUK). HE SPENT LARGE SUMS OF MONEY TRYING TO SEEK OUT
KURDS WHO COULD PROVIDE INFORMATION ON KDP AND PUK ACTIVITIES.
0//0C/NF) 3. IN ADDITION TO MONITORING KURDISH ACTIVITIES, KHOCHNOW'S IRAQI
SECURITY ELEMENT IN KIRKUK WAS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR TRYING TO PREVENT
UNITED NATIONS INSPECTION TEAMS FROM SUCCESSFULLY CARRYING OUT
INVESTIGATIVE ACTIVITIES IN AND AROUND KIRKUK.
KHOCHNOW'S SECURITY ELEMENT ATTEMPTED TO PLANT TWO
BOMBS UNDER UNITED NATIONS VEHICLES IN KIRKUK AND IRBIL IN LATE AUGUST. THE
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IRAQI SECURITY SERVICE SERVICE TEAMS PLANNED TO TRAVEL TO
SALAH AD DIN IN LATE OCTOBER TO TRY TO DISRUPT THE THIRD SERIES OF IRAQI
NATIONAL CONGRESS (INC) MEETINGS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE IN LATE OCTOBER.
RAQI-LEADER ((SADDAM)) HUSAYN OFFERED TO (b)(1)
PAY 500,000 IRAQI DINARS TO ANYONE WHO COULD "ELIMINATE SENIOR CONFERENCE (b)(3)
PARTICIPANTS" OR SABOTAGE THE CONFERENCE LOCATION.)
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