Full Release - IRmep

OlJ1ine NewsHour: Iraqis to be Sent!he?-- May 4, J 998 0 Page 4 of5
;\ JE~REY KAYE: The detainees say t!tey are victims ofmisunderstandings
by INS investigators, as well as the,.factional in-fighting amo~g I~qi_s. D~. Adil Hadi Awac!h, Who joined
tJIe oppositi~n in 1996, after deserting from a military hospital,says Saddam Hussein fostered a culitire of
suspicion in order to undermine his foes.
DR. ADIL HADI AWADH: We've been living among the~e accusations since a
long time in Iraq. So it's a very ~xpected thing to be regarded as a traitor in Iraq
simply because ofjust the revenge purposes.
JEFFREY KAYE: The detainees say on Quam rivals unjustly fingered them. The
.refugees included men once ousted from the opposition who denounced the
detainees., according to MQhanuned Tuma, a deserter from the Iraqi army.
MOHAMMED TUMf\: (speaking through interpreter) No doubt; they were trying to get back at those who
expelled them from the opposition. And the responsible parties in Guam listened to them and~~didn't listen
to us. And I don't know why.
PAUL VIRTUE: I d011't believe that simply a disagreement or some problems between the factions would
have led to this--would have led to people continuing to.be detained in this circumstance.
JEFFREY KAYB: The decision was based on more substantive information?
PAUL VIRTUE: I believe so, yes.
~ ii' ';-$":" ~t~~~ · . . JEFFREY KAYE: But Virtue said he could not disclose that information. However,
;~• '. ".. ~~ on~man with intimate knowledge ofthe Iraqi Qpposition says at least two ofthe
~ ." mf~~~ detainees are who they claim to be. Warren Marik is a retired CIA case officer. In
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