Army Presentation: Al Qaim Current Situation Summary

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CURRENT HUM/NT SUMMARY
18NOV03
• AS OF MID-NOVEMBER 2003, AN UNNAMED ANTI-COALITION GROUP IN AL-QA'IM
HUSAYBAH, lftAQ, WAS PLANNING TO ATTACK A 1/3 ARMOR CAVALRY REGIMENT
COMMAND POST (TIGER BASE) AND COALITION FORCES AT THE AL-QA'IM RAILROAD
STATION.
• WHILE THE TIME AND DATE FOR THE ATTACK WERE NOT KNOWN, THE·
ATTACK WAS CONSIDERED IMMINENT. AN UNNAMED ANTI-COALITION GROUP IN
. AL-QA'IMIHUSAYBAH HAD ARRANGED FOR THE TRANSPORT OF ROCKETS OR
MISSILES, DESCRIBED AS THREE TO FOUR~METERS IN LENGTH. THE MISSILES WERE
ORIGINATING FROM ABU GHURA YB AND WOULD BE SENT TO FALLUJAH,
BEFORE MOVING ON TO AL-QA'IM/HUSAYBAH .. AN UNIDENTIFIED FORMER IRAQI.
ARMY OFFICER WAS PLANNING ON TRAVELING TO AL-QA'IMIHUSAYBAH TO MET
WITH THE UNNAMED ANTI-COALITION GROUP. THIS OFFICER WAS TO PROVIDE
TRAINING ON THE EMPLOYMENT AND FIRING OF THE ROCKETS/MISSILES. THE
GROUP INTENDED TO ACQUIRE A WEAPON SYSTEM CAPABLE OF REACHING THE
U.S. COMMAND POST AND THE AL-QA'IM RAILROAD STATION. THE GROUP WAS ALSO
LOOKING FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE TRANSPORTATION AND DEPLOYMENT OF
THE ROCKETS/MISSILES
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CURRENT HUM/NT SUMMARY
18NOV03
• AS OF MID-NOVEMBER 2003, AN UNNAMED ANTI-COALITION GROUP IN AL-QA'IM
HUSAYBAH, lftAQ, WAS PLANNING TO ATTACK A 1/3 ARMOR CAVALRY REGIMENT
COMMAND POST (TIGER BASE) AND COALITION FORCES AT THE AL-QA'IM RAILROAD
STATION.
• WHILE THE TIME AND DATE FOR THE ATTACK WERE NOT KNOWN, THE·
ATTACK WAS CONSIDERED IMMINENT. AN UNNAMED ANTI-COALITION GROUP IN
. AL-QA'IMIHUSAYBAH HAD ARRANGED FOR THE TRANSPORT OF ROCKETS OR
MISSILES, DESCRIBED AS THREE TO FOUR~METERS IN LENGTH. THE MISSILES WERE
ORIGINATING FROM ABU GHURA YB AND WOULD BE SENT TO FALLUJAH,
BEFORE MOVING ON TO AL-QA'IM/HUSAYBAH .. AN UNIDENTIFIED FORMER IRAQI.
ARMY OFFICER WAS PLANNING ON TRAVELING TO AL-QA'IMIHUSAYBAH TO MET
WITH THE UNNAMED ANTI-COALITION GROUP. THIS OFFICER WAS TO PROVIDE
TRAINING ON THE EMPLOYMENT AND FIRING OF THE ROCKETS/MISSILES. THE
GROUP INTENDED TO ACQUIRE A WEAPON SYSTEM CAPABLE OF REACHING THE
U.S. COMMAND POST AND THE AL-QA'IM RAILROAD STATION. THE GROUP WAS ALSO
LOOKING FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE TRANSPORTATION AND DEPLOYMENT OF
THE ROCKETS/MISSILES
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ON 13 NOVEMBER 2003QURING THE AFTERNOON PRAYER, THE MUJAHADEEN USI;D THE MAIN MOSQUE
IN AL UBAYDI//MGRSCOORD:37S.GU0512// TO CALL FOR A JIHAD AGAINST US FORCES. SINCE THAT
TIME, THE MUJAHADEEN HAVE BEEN PATROLLING THE STREETS OF AL UBAYDI ON FOOT AND IN
NEWER WHITE NISSANS 2400 WITH RED STRIPS ON THE SIDES. THE TRUCKS ARE BOTH TWO AND FOUR
DOORS. THEY SWITCH TRUCKS, BUT THEY ARE ALWAYS THE SAME COLORS. THERE ARE TWO WHITE
PICKUPS WITH RED STRIPPING THAT ARE TRANSPORTING WEAPONS FOR MUJAHADEEN UNDER A LOAD
OF HAY OR ANIMAL.FEED, NFI. THE PICKUPS ARE LINED WITH EXPLOSIVES WITH A HAND DETONATOR.
THE DRIVERS WILL DETONATE THE EXPLOSIVES IF EVER STOPPED AND SEARCHED.
• THERE IS A NEW HIZ'B ISLAMI OFFICE DIRECTLY BEHIND THE POLICE OFFICE IN AL UBAYDI
//MGRSCOORD:37SGU0512//. THE BUILDING USES A ONE BY THREE FOOT SIGN WITH WHITE
BACKGROUND AND BLACK OR DARK BLUE LETTERING TO IDENTIFY THE BUILDING
• Mayor RAJAH MAWAF has a strong connection with Hizzbillah, and is one of the biggest Terrorists in AIQaim.
A while back Co~lition Forces gave him an amount of money for him to distribute among the poor, but
he gave half of the money to Fedayeen and bought weapons for them, as well as grenades. He has a house in
Baghdad that he uses for these purposes, and now he uses cars from his administration at night to move
Fedayeen from one place to another, as well as any operations they might have on the way, and he supports
them with money and arms, and he thinks it would be just to kill the leader of Coalition Forces in ·AI-Qaim,
. and a wl)ile ago he sent two people to Falujah that are connected to AI-Queda
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MG Abid Hamid Mahaush is a member of the Mahajowi tribe and his Sheik is Sabah Sattam Aftan.
Abid remains in detention in the Holding Facility in al Qaim. He had been in an isolated area, sharing
one room with one other detainee. Previous interrogations were strictly non-threatening; Abid was
being treated 'Very well. Not anymore. I suspected that Abid was involved with anal Quds subelement
called the Golden Division; an organization composed of very trusted loyalists and armed
with mortars, RPGs, sniper rifles, machine guns, and various other small arms. These weapons
resemble the types of weapons used on anti-Coalition attacks. .
Golden Division. Abid admitted right away that he was the commander of the al Quds Golden
Division. The previous commander was Atta Nimr Sadoon who now lives in Basrah. The Division
headquarters was in Amara. Abid stated he became the commander in January 2003 and was
commander until Baghdad fell to Coalition forces. He claims that at the time, he issued the command
to disband and not fight the Coalition Forces. I believe no such order ever happened. The Golden
Division mission's was to maintain internal security and protect the Regime. As such, why disband
the Division when it was needed the most.
Connection to al Qaim activities. The interrogation session.lasted several hours and I took the
gloves off because Abid refused to play ball. From the detainee holding area, the detainees could
watch the entire interrogation; just not hear the conversation. Prior to a stress position, the
detainees stood and watched with rapt attention. After the stress position, the entire ·population
stood with heads bowed and solemn looks on .their faces. It was obvious that everyone knew who
was in the interrogation booth. I asked Abid If he was strong enough a leader to put an end to the
attacks that I believed he was behind. He did not ·deny he was behind the attacks as he had denied
previously, he simply said because I had humiliated him,. he would.not be able to stop the attacks. 1
take this as an admission of guilt.
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D Company reports observing 4 illegal border crossers attempting to go from Iraq to Syria at vicinity
FU81 060724. D Company fired warning shots with small anns and sent a 2 tank QRF to apprehend the
suspects. N Troop was on the scene providing aerial observation. They detained 6 individuals and
found a large quantity of Syrian money, Saudi Arabian passports, and airline tickets to Saudi Arabia
upon searching them. 1 of the detainees attempted to charge a soldier as they were trying to zip-tie
him. Another soldier threw sand in his face and knocked him back down onto the ground. The
detainee got up again arid attempted to to charge the D Company soldier for a second time. The
soldier noticed he had a knife in his hand and shot the detainee, killing him. The detainees are being
transported to the border crossing point where they will be interrogated by Cl assets located there.
The KIA will be handed over to local police.
All men were dressed In dark clothing and were wearing running shoes.
Out of the 5 living personnel still living, there was 1 x Yemenis, 1 x Jordanian, 3 Saudis
Items confiscated from the individuals:.
- 1 x Nokia. Cell phone w/ a list of numbers In the address book
-1 x paper list of names and numbers
-Airline Tickets paid in cash- though BEIRUT I JETTA (could be JENNA (NFI)). The plane tickets had a
return flight of
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- Mujahadeen Story Book (NFI)
There were passports to:
The Yemelils passport has a stamp for Iraq from APR
The Jordanian passport has a stamp for Iraq from JUL
The Saudis passport had no stamps for Iraq
THREAT ASSESSMENT
18NOV03
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Islamic
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Foreign Fighters
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Intelligence
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