Your wife and children went missing during the Anfal operations that took place in the northern region in 1988

This letter, which has been translated from Arabic by KDP-Fro, is an appeal to the former President of Iraq, Saddam Hussain by a Kurdish citizens. The citizen was a soldier in the Iraqi Army and was captured in 1982 by Iran during the war. When he was released after six years and returned to his hometown, he found no one from his family waiting for him, as they had been taken by the Iraqi Army during the infamous Anfal Operations..

 

In the name of of God the Merciful

Honorable President, Commander-in-Chief Saddam Hussein (may God protect him)

President of the Republic and Chairman of the Leadership Council.

My comrade salutations, and I introduce myself as one of the loyal citizens.

I appeal to you, in the name of Ba'athist justice, to take care of my need, which made me sleepless day and night, and I was disappointed, and when I found no refuge but you, I presented this problem to you, in the hope that it might gain your attention.

Sir /

 I am the undersigned Assi Mustafa Ahmed, who returned from captivity on 9/24/1990, a reservist soldier, born in 1955. I participated in the glorious battle of Saddam’s Qadisiyah in the Shush sector, and I was captured on 3/27/1982 and remained in captivity until the decision to exchange prisoners was made, then I returned to Iraq, and kissed the soil of the beloved homeland, and knelt before the portrait of the victorious leader, Saddam Hussein. In my heart was the overwhelming eagerness to reach my family and meet them after a long absence. However, I was disappointed when I couldn’t find my family. I found my house empty from my wife and children. But to my disastrous and horra , I was informed that the whole my family fell into the hands of the Anfal forces in the Anfal operations that took place in the northern region, which led by comrade Ali Hassan al-Majid, and I do not know anything about their fate. My family members are:

1. Azima Ali Ahmed, born in 1955, my wife

2. Assi Mustafa’s puppy, born 1979, my daughter

3. Fereydoun Assi Mustafa, born 1981, my son

4. Rokhush Assi Mustafa, born 1982, my son.

Therefore, I have brought this petition to you, pleading you to have sympathy with me and to inform me of their fate.

May God bless you and protect you,

With my appreciation and respect

Returnee from captivity

Reservist soldier / Assi Mustafa Ahmed

Homeless without any shelter in Sulaymaniyah / Jam Jamal District, Bex District / Haji Ibrahim Mosque.

The Response

Iraqi Republic

Office of the Presidency

Number / st. P/B/4/16565

Date/ 10/ Rabi` al-Thani/ 1411

 29/10/1990 AD

Mr. Assi Mustafa Ahmed

Sulaymaniyah Governorate / Chamchamal District

Mahalla/Peaks/Haji Ibrahim Mosque

Your request on 4/10/1990 AD.

Your wife and children went missing during the Anfal operations that took place in the northern region in 1988

With appreciation

Saadoun Alwan Musleh

E/ Chief of the Presidential Office