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WHO WILL GOVERN THE IRAQI SHIA?
The fight for Najaf
Najaf
– the oldest and biggest seat of learning for Shiites
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Kufa Mosque
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Najaf
– the oldest and biggest seat of learning for Shiites
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RECENT REPORTING:
DOI:FEBRUARY 2003 SERIAL: TD-314/20227-03--
KARIM ((MAHUD)) AKA ((
ABU HATIM
)) WAS THE
HEAD OF THE
MILITARY WING OF IRAQI HIZBALLAH
; ABU HATIM ALSO STATED THAT IRAQI HIZBALLAH
CONSULTED WITH
UNNAMED “ULAMA
” FOR APPROVAL ON ASPECTS OF ITS OPERATIONAL ACTIVITY.
THE GROUP WAS SECRETIVE
ABOUT ITS
MEMBERSHIP, SUPPORT MECHANISMS, AND ITS
TIES TO IRAN.
DOI: MID MARCH 2003 TD-314/16313-03--
U.S. AND COALITION FORCES COULD FACE OPPOSITION FROM A GROUP
KNOWN AS THE
“JAMA’T MUHAMMAD SADIQ AL-SADR,”
WHICH NUMBERS IN THE THOUSANDS AND HAS MEMBERS
ALL OVER SOUTHERN IRAQ.
THE GROUP HAD ONE SCHOOL IN
AL-NAJAF
KNOWN AS THE “JAMIA’T AL-SHAHEED
AL-SADR” (UNIVERSITY OF THE MARTYR AL-SADR)…
DOI: 29 MARCH 2003 TD-314/18452-03--
AT 2030 ZULU ON 29 MARCH 2003,
A SHI'A RESISTANCE LEADER
IN
AL-'AMARAH
REPORTED
THAT HE
EXPECTED
A POPULAR
UPRISING
TO BREAK OUT AGAINST THE REGIME
IN
AL-'AMARAH
AT ANY POINT FROM THE NIGHT OF 29/30 MARCH ONWARD. THE ((
ABU HATIM)) GROUP WOULD BE
TAKING ACTION
….
DOI: MARCH 2003 TD-314/20920-03
IRANIAN
SUPREME LEADER ALI HOSEINI-((
KHAMENEI
))
ORDERED (SCIRI
) LEADER
MUHAMMAD BAQR AL-((HAKIM))
NOT TO JOIN THE COALITION ATTACKS AGAINST THE IRAQI REGIME
….,
KHAMENEI’
S OFFICE
SENT A MESSAGE TO
AYATOLLAH MUHAMMAD ALI HUSAYNI-((
SISTANI
)). SISTANI WAS TOLD
THAT HE WOULD HAVE
TO ACCEPT THE ARRIVAL OF SCIRI
AND BAQR AL-HAKIM
FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF
HOSTILITIES IN IRAQ
. HE WAS TOLD THAT BAQR AL-HAKIM HAD THE FUNDING AND A NETWORK OF IRANIAN
CLERICS TO SUPPORT HIM AND THAT SISTANI DID NOT HAVE A CHOICE IN THE MATTER.
31MAR03 TD-314/19524-03
--–
LEBANESE HIZBALLAH SEEN IN AL KUT
(J-18366)
31MAR03 TD-314/19524-03
-- –
HIZBALLAH FIGHTERS ARRIVE
IN NAJAF
AND KARBALA
(J-18366)
TD-314/22521-03 01APR03
–
IRAQI HIZBALLAH CHOSEN FROM BADR CORPS; CONTROLLED BY IRANIAN
INTELLIGENCE
SECRET// REL MCFI
04APR03 TD 314/20336-03
–
ABU HATIM SPENT TWO MONTHS IN IRAN FUNDRAISING
08APR03 CIR-TFT-CIHOC-03-006
–
SAYEED ALI “LIBERATES” AL KUT WITH “HIZBALLAH” (
J-24616)
DOI: MID-APRIL 2003 TD-314/21653-03
PROMINENT SHI’A SAYYID ‘ABD AL-MAJID
AL-KHO’I WAS ATTACKED
BY A CROWD
THAT HAD GATHERED IN THE
MOSQUE
IN NAJAF.
THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE BELIEVED BY THE MEMBERS OF KHO’I’S ENTOURAGE TO BE
AFFILIATED WITH MUQTADAH ((SADR)).
THEY SHOUTED ANGRILY AT DR. RIFA’I, CALLING HIM “A SPY FOR
((SADDAM)) HUSAYN.”
DOI: MID-APRIL 2003 TD-314/22031-03
AS OF 12 APRIL 2003,
IRAQI HIZBALLAH LEADER
KARIM MAHUD AL-((MUHAMMADAWI)), AKA
ABU HATIM,
CLAIMED TO BE PROVIDING ALL OF THE SECURITY FOR THE AL-AMARAH CITY CENTER
. HE EXPRESSED SOME
FRUSTRATION THAT OTHER OPPOSITION LEADERS, SUCH AS SHAYKH MUHAMMAD ALI AL-SHARIF AL-((‘IBADI)),
WERE TRYING TO CLAIM THAT THEY HAD LED THE OPPOSITIONIST EFFORT IN THE CITY.
MUHAMMADAWI
EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE FACT THAT AL-‘IBADI WAS AN “OUTSIDER,” WHO HAD ONLY RECENTLY
RETURNED TO AL-AMARAH AFTER OVER 10 YEARS IN IRAN
. MUHAMMADAWI BELIEVED THAT AL-‘IBADI HAD
SOME KIND OF EXTERNAL BACKING FROM IRAN,
DOI: MID-APRIL 2003 TD-314/22672-03
ABU HATIM, WAS TAKING SUCH A LARGE ROLE IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE CITY OF AL AMARAH.
DOI: 12 Apr 03 MX REPORT 205
AN IRAQI SHIA OPPOSITION GROUP IS LOCATED IN THE MARSHLAND EAST OF AL-AMARAH, KNOWN AS THE
KHAWR AL HUWAZA. THE LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION GROUP IS
KARIM MAHUD. MAHUD IS REPORTED TO
HAVE BEEN IN IRAN DURING THE 1980S. THE OPPOSITION GROUP MAY HAVE TIES TO THE IRANIAN BADR
CORPS
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DOI: 12 Apr 03 MX REPORT 205
AN IRAQI SHIA OPPOSITION GROUP IS LOCATED IN THE MARSHLAND EAST OF AL-AMARAH, KNOWN AS THE
KHAWR AL HUWAZA. THE LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION GROUP IS
KARIM MAHUD. MAHUD IS REPORTED TO
HAVE BEEN IN IRAN DURING THE 1980S. THE OPPOSITION GROUP MAY HAVE TIES TO THE IRANIAN BADR
CORPS
MX REPORT 150
ABU HATIM GROUP MAY HAVE BEEN CONNECTED WITH ELEMENTS OF THE IRAQI
NATIONAL CONGRESS (INC) ATTEMPTING TO INFILTRATE BACK INTO IRAQ
15APR03 TACREP N107-022
– “
SADR PROBLEM IS FIXED
” (J-26403)
15APR03 TD-314/24229-03
–
HIZBALLAH BUYING WEAPONS FROM SADR
(J-28483)
151745ZAPR03 CIA WASHINGTON DC-
AS OF EARLY APRIL 2003, IRAQI HIZBALLAH WAS A SHI’A MUSLIM
ORGANIZATION WHOSE GOAL WAS THE DEFEAT OF THE IRAQI REGIME AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN
ISLAMIC REPUBLIC IN IRAQ.
IRAQI HIZBALLAH WAS PART OF THE BADR CORPS AND MOST OF ITS MEMBERS
WERE STUDENTS FROM THE SHI’A ISLAMIC INSTITUTE,
AL-HAWZA, IN AL-NAJAF
, IRAQ. IRAQI HIZBALLAH
MAINTAINED CONTACT WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO IRAQI HIZBALLAH
MEMBERS. IN ADDITION,
THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT USED IRAQI HIZBALLAH TO CONFRONT THE IRAQI-
SPONSORED MUJAHADIN E-KHALQ (MEK) TERRORIST GROUP
. MEMBERSHIP IN IRAQI HIZBALLAH WAS
CAREFULLY COORDINATED WITH IRANIAN INTELLIGENCE. ALTHOUGH THE
MEMBERS WERE EXTREMISTS
,
MANY WERE
ATTRACTED BY THE FINANCIAL MOTIVATIONS
, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO WERE REFUGEES IN
IRAN. THE
NATURE OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN IRAQI HIZBALLAH AND LEBANESE HIZBALLAH WAS
NOT CLEAR BUT THERE WERE OFFICES FOR IRAQI HIZBALLAH IN LEBANON, DAMASCUS, SYRIA, AND
TEHRAN, IRAN.
THE
IRAQI RESISTANCE ISLAMIC LABOR ORGANIZATION WAS DIRECTED BY IRAN AND WAS LOCATED IN
DAMASCUS. THIS ORGANIZATION FORMED AN ALLIANCE IN SYRIA WITH IRAQI HIZBALLAH THAT WAS LED BY
ABU HATIM
AL-((MAHMADAWI)). THE ALLIANCE INCLUDED A NUMBER OF RETIRED SHI’A MILITARY
OFFICERS.
IRAN INFILTRATED THOUSANDS OF IRAQI HIZBALLAH MEMBERS FROM THE BADR CORPS INTO
POSITIONS IN NORTHERN IRAQ
BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR
THROUGH THE AREAS CONTROLLED
BY JALAL AL-((TALIBANI)).
20APR03 TACREP N111-018
–
KAZEEM AL HA’IRI IS TO CONTROL SADR
(J-27486)
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23APR03 2547-03-
- SHI'A CLERIC ABU MUSTAFA
SHEIBANI RETURNED TO BAGHDAD FROM TEHRAN ON APRIL
22, 2003. SHEIBANI REPORTEDLY PLANNED TO DEPART BAGHDAD LATER THAT SAME DAY, AND WOULD
LIKELY TRAVEL TO EITHER KARBALA OR
AN NAJAF.
(J-27951)
232000ZAPR03_1 UK ARMD DIV_INTSUM 126.DOC 220738ZAPR03)
SHI'A CLERIC TO CONFRONT
SAYYED
MUQTADAH AL-
SADR.
SHI'A CLERIC ABU ZEINAB WAS DETERMINED IN LATE APRIL 2003 TO CONFRONT
SAYYED MUQTADAH AL-SADR
FOLLOWING ANOTHER BOLD STATEMENT THAT ALLEGEDLY ANNOUNCED THE
FORMATION OF A COMMITTEE FOR THE LEADERSHIP OF IRAQ THAT NAMED ABU HATIM AS ITS LEADER
.
SAYYED MUQTADAH
AL-SADR'S OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUÉ REPORTEDLY ALSO NAMED IRAQI HIZBALLAH
SPIRITUAL LEADER AYATOLLAH KAZEM AL-HA'ERI AS THE SPIRITUAL LEADER
.
ABU HATIM HAD MET
PREVIOUSLY WITH AZIZ HAKIM WHEN HAKIM CAME INTO IRAQ TO GO TO KARBALA (MB 0910) ON 19 APR 03.
THERE ARE
THREE DISTINCT POWER GROUPINGS WITHIN THE AL AMARAH
(QA 0325) AREA. THESE ARE THE
BADR CORPS
, THE AL HAW'ZA AL-EL MEYYA MOVEMENT AND THE POPULARITY MOVEMENT.
THE
POPULARITY MOVEMENT
IS BELIEVED TO BE
LED BY KARIM MAHOD AND THE AL HAW'ZA AL-EL MEYYA
GROUP IS APPARENTLY LED BY ALI AL SISTANI
, THOUGH IT IS REPORTED THAT MOQ'TADA MOHAMMED BAQR
AL-SADR IS MAKING A CONCERTED POWER PLAY FOR LEADERSHIP. MOQ'TADA ADVOCATES A POLICY OF
NON CO-OPERATION WITH COALITION FORCES AND IT IS ALSO ALLEGED THAT MOQ'TADA MAY HAVE BEEN
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATH OF THE PRO-CF LEADER, AL KHO'IE, IN AN NAJAF (MA 3740).
THE BADR CORPS
AND THE AL HAW'ZA MOVEMENT SHARE A SHIA
,
ISLAMIC BASIS AND IT IS BELIEVED THAT SOME CO-
OPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO EXISTS. MUQTADA SADR IS BELIEVED TO NO LONGER BE THE LEADER FOR
THE SADR GROUP AND HAS BEEN USURPED BY IRAQI HIZBALLAH SPIRITUAL LEADER AYATOLLAH KAZEM AL-
HA'ERI WHO HAS BEEN SENT TO KEEP SADR IN CHECK BY IRAQI HIZBALLAH.
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