FBI Memo Counterterrorism to Counterterrorism Tampa (Iraqi task force and SA [name redacted] re: to set lead for the Iraqi Task Force to conduct queries about the significance and/or meaning of a tattoo observed on an Iraqi POW.
SA [redacted name] (Tampa Division) requested information regarding a tattoo found on an Iraqi POW, currently being treated for serious injuries and housed on the USS Comfort. SA forwarded a hand sketched copy of the tattoo, via facsimile, to the Iraqi Watch. The sketch of the tattoo appears to be an angel with a heart-shaped body. In the heart-shaped body is an "F." The United States Central Command is attempting to determine if the tattoo is common among the Fedayeen Fighters or any other military group with ties to Iraq.
(08/28/2000)
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
03/27/2003
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From: Counterterrorism.
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ALTHU) To set lead for the Iraqi Task Force to
conduct queries about the significance and/or meaning of a
tattoo observed on an Iraqi POW.
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)-(uOn 03/27/2003, at approximately 3:05pm, SA
(Tampa Division) requested information b6 -1 regarding a tattoo found on an Traci POW currently being b7C -1 housed on the USS Comfort. SAI 'forwarded a hand
sketched copy of the tattoo, via facsimile, to the Iraqi
Watch. (attached to original EC). The sketch of the tattoo
appears to be an angel with a heart-shaped body. In the
heart-shaped body is an "F." The United States Central
Command is attempting to determine if the tattoo is common
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among the Fedayeen Fighters or any other military group
with ties to Iraq.
Limited information is available concerning the POW
due to the fact that the POW is being treated for serious
injuries and has not been interviewed.
SAI (Tampa Division, telephone number
I is currently assigned to t States
Central Command, Tampa, Florida. SA requested the
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Iraqi Watch query pertinent intelligence databases and
other sources of information that might aid in identifying b6 -1
the significance of the tattoo found on the Iraqi POW. SSA b7C -1
I(Iradi Watch) provided a copy of the tattoo
facsimile tol I assigned to the Iraqi Task
Force, for appropriate action.
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