# Presentation: 863026

## Multi-National Force - Iraq
28 Nov 2004

**Multi-National Force - Iraq**
**28 Nov 2004**

**Operation Al Fajr****Roll Up**

***(Note:  These slides are accurate as of the date annotated and are subject to change as more details are determined from operations in theater)***

**Notes:**
On 7 November 2004, Iraqi Security Forces and Coalition Forces launched Operation AL FAJR, entering the city of Fallujah in order to liberate it from insurgents.  The following series of vignettes and storyboards detail the atrocities, weapons caches, and other instances of insurgent activities that took place in Fallujah and uncovered by Iraqi and Coalition forces while clearing the city.  This compilation chronicles these events. 

(Note:  These slides are accurate as of the date annotated and are subject to change as more details are determined from operations in theater)

## Fallujah Facts Based upon IMEF Reporting

|  | Total Number |
| --- | --- |
| Mosques / Prayer Centers in Fallujah | 133 |
| Mosques Used as Fighting Positions / Weapons Caches | 26 |
| Hospitals Used as Fighting Positions | 3 |
| Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device / Improvised Explosive Device Factories | 26 |
| Hostage / Torture Locations | 8 |
| Major Weapons Storage Areas in City | 354 |
| Cases of Foreign Fighter Involvement | 24 |

**Notes:**
Fallujah Urban Area Roughly 20 Sq Kilometers In Size
Average Number of Fallujah City Blocks = 1000
Of the 133 recognized mosques in Fallujah, at least 66 contained significant weapons caches and/or AIF fighting positions.  
From July to October, an average of 772 IEDs per month were found &/or detonated nationwide.  653 have been found and detonated in Fallujah alone.  
From June to October, an average of 103 weapons caches per month were found nationwide.  346 have been found in Fallujah alone.
26 IED/VBIED Factories were found.
8 hostage houses/torture chambers were found.
24 separate cases demonstrate direct evidence of foreign fighter involvement.  There are currently 28 third country nationals confirmed in detention; 6 – Egyptian, 6 – Syrian, 3 – Saudi Arabian, 2 – Jordanian, 1 – Libyan, 1 – Kurd, 2 – Turkmen, 1 – Yugoslavian, 1 – British, 3 – Sudanese, 1 – Palestinian, 1 – Tunisian.

## Mosques as Fighting Positions and Weapons Caches

**Notes:**
Mosques exploited by AIF
Total = 26 mosques
Red w/ purple = Multiple uses
Blue = Small arms fire
Yellow = Command and Control node
Sniper = Sniper
Weapons cache = Weapons cache

## Slide 5

**Notes:**
FALLUJAH VIGNETTE #5 - Mosque Desecration
Mosque as a Fighting Position and Weapons Cache #1 - Part 1

The Hadhrah Al-Muhammdaiyah Mosque was desecrated by insurgents
 Insurgents used the mosque:
 As a fighting position
 To store weapons
 Weapons found include:
 AK47s and other automatic/assault weapons
 RPGs
 Bomb making equipment

Insurgents used mosques throughout Fallujah to carry out their crimes  
Insurgents endanger Iraqi worshippers through their heinous acts

## Slide 6

**Notes:**
Mosque as a Fighting Position and Weapons Cache #1 - Part 3
Where: Hadhrah Al-Muhammdaiyah Mosque in Fallujah
When: Discovered during Operation Al Fajr - Nov 10, 04
What: Weapons staged for military operations
Who: Iraqi Security Forces supported by Multi-National Forces

Under international law the improper use of privileged buildings to include churches and mosques, is a war crime

## Slide 7

**Notes:**
Mosque as a Fighting Position and Weapons Cache #2 - Part 1

Where: Fallujah Mosque
When: 10 Nov 04
What: Weapons staged for military operations
Who: Discovered by Iraqi Security Forces supported by Multi-National Forces

Mosques used for military purposes lose protected status according to the Law of War

## Slide 8

**Notes:**
Mosque as a Fighting Position and Weapons Cache #2 - Part 2

Where: Fallujah Mosque
When: 10 Nov 04
What: Weapons staged for military operations
Who: Discovered by Iraqi Security Forces supported by Multi-National Forces

Iraqi Emergency Response Unit discovered several rifles and a bomb vest in mosque

## Slide 9

**Notes:**
Cemetery as a Fighting Position and Weapons Cache - Part 1

Where: Fallujah Cemetery
When: 11 Nov 04
What: Weapons staged for military operations
Who: Discovered by Iraqi Security Forces supported by Multi-National Forces

Cemeteries used for military purposes lose protected status according to the Law of War

## Slide 10

**Notes:**
Cemetery as a Fighting Position and Weapons Cache - Part 2

Where: Fallujah Cemetery
When: 11 Nov 04
What: Weapons staged for military operations
Who: Discovered by Iraqi Security Forces supported by Multi-National Forces

Pictures:  AK-47s, 7.62mm ammunition in boxes, RPG rounds

Cemeteries used for military purposes lose protected status according to the Law of War

## Slide 11

**Notes:**
Mosque as a Fighting Position and Weapons Cache - Ar Ramadi - Part 1

Where: Bediyah Al Samawat Mosque, 
Ar Ramadi
When: 4 Nov 04
What: Weapons staged for military operations
Who: Discovered by Iraqi Security Forces supported by Multi-National Forces

Using mosques as a storage facility for military equipment or weapons or as a fortress to initiate attacks, causes the mosque to lose its protected status under the Law of War

## Slide 12

**Notes:**
Mosque as a Fighting Position and Weapons Cache - Ar Ramadi - Part 2

Where: Bediyah Al Samawat Mosque, Ar Ramadi
When: 4 Nov 04
What: Weapons staged for military operations
Who: Discovered by Iraqi Security Forces supported by Multi-National Forces

Left picture:  weapons cache in yard of the mosque
Right pictures:  IED materials buried in the yard of the mosque

## Slide 13

**Notes:**
Mosque as a Fighting Position and Weapons Cache - Ar Ramadi - Part 3

Where: Bediyah Al Samawat Mosque, Ar Ramadi
When: 4 Nov 04
What: Weapons staged for military operations
Who: Discovered by Iraqi Security Forces supported by Multi-National Forces

Left picture: IED bomb making materials found in the mosque
Right picture:  Spools of detonation cord found inside bags of rice

Under international law the improper use of privileged buildings to include churches and mosques, is a war crime

## Slide 14

**Notes:**
FALLUJAH VIGNETTE #10
Mosque Weapons Cache

Insurgents used the Said Ibn Ab Waqas Mosque as a weapons and ammunition cache
The weapons and munitions cache found in the mosque is one of the largest found to date in Fallujah
The insurgents also used an ice cream truck to store IED making materials

Insurgents have routinely violated the sanctity of mosques for their evil purposes
Weapons and other items found include:
155 mm projectiles
Cases of ammunition
RPGs
IED making materials

## Slide 15

**Notes:**
Mosque as a Fighting Position and Weapons Cache #3 - Part 2

Where: Said Ibn Ab Waqas Mosque in Hey Al Shorta District of Fallujah
When: 22 Nov 04
What: Weapons staged for military operations
Who: Discovered by Iraqi Security Forces supported by Multi-National Forces

Upper left picture: RPG under couch
Upper right picture: Bag of grenades
Lower left picture: Weapons hidden under couch
Lower right picture:  Weapons hidden in the corner under bedding

## Slide 16

**Notes:**
Mosque as a Fighting Position and Weapons Cache #3 - Part 3

Where: Said Ibn Ab Waqas Mosque in Hey Al Shorta District of Fallujah
When: 22 Nov 04
What: Weapons staged for military operations
Who: Discovered by Iraqi Security Forces supported by Multi-National Forces

Upper left picture:  IED-making materials, switches, and battery pack
Lower left picture: Bag of electrical blasting caps and fuses 
Right picture:  V

## Slide 17

**Notes:**
Mosque as a Fighting Position and Weapons Cache #3 - Part 4

Where: Said Ibn Ab Waqas Mosque in Hey Al Shorta District of Fallujah
When: 22 Nov 04
What: Weapons staged for military operations
Who: Discovered by Iraqi Security Forces supported by Multi-National Forces

Picture:  This shed, used to house the A/C unit for the mosque was piled high with munitions and weapons

## Slide 18

**Notes:**
Mosque as a Fighting Position and Weapons Cache #3 - Part 5

Where: Said Ibn Ab Waqas Mosque in Fallujah
When: 22 Nov 04
What: Weapons staged for military operations
Who: Discovered by Iraqi Security Forces supported by Multi-National Forces

Photo:  Ice cream truck located on the back side of the compound. Minaret in background.

## Slide 19

**Notes:**
Mosque as a Fighting Position and Weapons Cache #3 - Part 6

Where: Said Ibn Ab Waqas Mosque in Hey Al Shorta District of Fallujah
When: 22 Nov 04
What: Weapons staged for military operations
Who: Discovered by Iraqi Security Forces supported by Multi-National Forces

Photos: Weapons and munitions found inside the Ice Cream Truck

## Items found:

- The exploitation of the mosque revealed one of the largest weapons and munitions cache’s exploited to date.
- There were weapons and/or munitions found in all buildings within the mosque compound to include a rectory, which is the Imam’s sleeping quarters and office space.
- Buildings within the mosque compound contained munitions and ordinance to include:
-  AT mines, 155mm projectiles, a large covered weapon system believed to be a 12.5mm machinegun.
- (1) RPG and (2) 60mm mortars
- (5) additional RPG 7’s, (1) PKC machinegun, (2) RPK machineguns, IED making material, (3) AKM’s, (1) Egyptian made H&K G3 knockoff, (1) 32 caliber pistol w/ (3) magazines loaded, a brand new Draganov scope, grenades, and ammunition too abundant to mention in this presentation.
- A  57mm Recoilless Rifle in excellent condition, along with a large cache of ammunition still packed in its manufacturer’s containers.
- An Anti-Aircraft weapon, possibly a ZSU 23-2.

**Mosque as a Fighting Position and Weapons Cache**

**Notes:**
Mosque as a Fighting Position and Weapons Cache #3 - Part 7

Items found:
The exploitation of the mosque revealed one of the largest weapons and munitions cache’s exploited to date.
There were weapons and/or munitions found in all buildings within the mosque compound to include a rectory, which is the Imam’s sleeping quarters and office space.
Buildings within the mosque compound contained munitions and ordinance to include:
 AT mines, 155mm projectiles, a large covered weapon system believed to be a 12.5mm machinegun.
(1) RPG and (2) 60mm mortars
(5) additional RPG 7’s, (1) PKC machinegun, (2) RPK machineguns, IED making material, (3) AKM’s, (1) Egyptian made H&K G3 knockoff, (1) 32 caliber pistol w/ (3) magazines loaded, a brand new Draganov scope, grenades, and ammunition too abundant to mention in this presentation.
A  57mm Recoilless Rifle in excellent condition, along with a large cache of ammunition still packed in its manufacturer’s containers.
An Anti-Aircraft weapon, possibly a ZSU 23-2.

## Items found continued:

(1) RPG-7, (1) 12.5mm machinegun (broken down) and loose ammunition.
Small shed that housed the A/C unit for the mosque, with so much ordinance and munitions wedged into the shed, the decision was made not to unload it for fear of booby traps.  Also, just outside the shed was a bag of rockets.
(5) additional RPG 7’s, (1) PKC machinegun, (2) RPK machineguns, IED making material, (3) AKM’s, (1) Egyptian made H&K G3 knockoff, (1) 32 caliber pistol w/ (3) magazines loaded, a brand new Draganov scope, grenades, and ammunition too abundant to mention in this presentation.
Imam’s room also contained documents detailing interrogation notes.
Ice Cream contained PE-4 explosive, Anti-Tank mines, RPG rounds, AK-47’s, RPK machineguns, gas masks, grenades, 120mm mortar rounds, rockets and other munitions and ordinance.
In an ISO shipping container were substantial caches of weapons and munitions.

- (1) RPG-7, (1) 12.5mm machinegun (broken down) and loose ammunition.
- Small shed that housed the A/C unit for the mosque, with so much ordinance and munitions wedged into the shed, the decision was made not to unload it for fear of booby traps.  Also, just outside the shed was a bag of rockets.
- (5) additional RPG 7’s, (1) PKC machinegun, (2) RPK machineguns, IED making material, (3) AKM’s, (1) Egyptian made H&K G3 knockoff, (1) 32 caliber pistol w/ (3) magazines loaded, a brand new Draganov scope, grenades, and ammunition too abundant to mention in this presentation.
- Imam’s room also contained documents detailing interrogation notes.
- Ice Cream contained PE-4 explosive, Anti-Tank mines, RPG rounds, AK-47’s, RPK machineguns, gas masks, grenades, 120mm mortar rounds, rockets and other munitions and ordinance.
- In an ISO shipping container were substantial caches of weapons and munitions.

**Notes:**
Mosque as a Fighting Position and Weapons Cache #3 - Part 8

Items found continued:

(1) RPG-7, (1) 12.5mm machinegun (broken down) and loose ammunition.
Small shed that housed the A/C unit for the mosque, with so much ordinance and munitions wedged into the shed, the decision was made not to unload it for fear of booby traps.  Also, just outside the shed was a bag of rockets.
(5) additional RPG 7’s, (1) PKC machinegun, (2) RPK machineguns, IED making material, (3) AKM’s, (1) Egyptian made H&K G3 knockoff, (1) 32 caliber pistol w/ (3) magazines loaded, a brand new Draganov scope, grenades, and ammunition too abundant to mention in this presentation.
Imam’s room also contained documents detailing interrogation notes.
Ice Cream contained PE-4 explosive, Anti-Tank mines, RPG rounds, AK-47’s, RPK machineguns, gas masks, grenades, 120mm mortar rounds, rockets and other munitions and ordinance.
In an ISO shipping container were substantial caches of weapons and munitions.

## Improvised Explosive Device Factories

## Slide 23

**Notes:**
IED/VBIED Factories
Total # 24 IED
Total # 2 VBIED

Red = IED factories
Green = VBIED factories

## Slide 24

**Notes:**
IED Evidence - Part 1

Where: Central Jolan District of Fallujah
When: During Operation Al Fajr - Nov 14, 04
What: Insurgent IED factory
Who: Discovered by Iraqi Security Forces supported by Multi-National Forces

Picture:  Entrance to the IED factory, facing North up the alley

## Slide 25

**Notes:**
IED Evidence - Part 2

Where: Central Jolan District of Fallujah
When: During Operation Al Fajr - Nov 14, 04
What: Insurgent IED factory
Who: Discovered by Iraqi Security Forces supported by Multi-National Forces

Pictures: This almost complete IED was found just inside the doorway when entering the room. The IED under construction appeared to be a type of padded armrest similar to those found in local Iraqi vehicles.

The ISF captured IED/VBIED making materials, the insurgents principle instrument of attack on innocent civilians

## Slide 26

**Notes:**
IED Evidence - Part 3

Where: Central Jolan District of Fallujah
When: During Operation Al Fajr - Nov 14, 04
What: Insurgent IED factory
Who: Discovered by Iraqi Security Forces supported by Multi-National Forces

Upper left picture:  The tackle box contained transistors, diodes and switches used in the construction of circuit boards.
Upper right picture: These two circuit boards are in various stages of construction.
Bottom pictures:  These small plastic boxes had already been wired for their intended purpose

**Notes:**
IED Evidence - Part 4

Where: Central Jolan District of Fallujah
When: During Operation Al Fajr - Nov 14, 04
What: Insurgent IED factory
Who: Discovered by Iraqi Security Forces supported by Multi-National Forces

Left picture: Different types of radios as remote triggering devices for future IED’s.
Right picture: This box contained an Improved Thermal Battery for an SA-7 shoulder-fired missile as well as two additional handheld radios

The material used to create IED munitions do not discriminate between killing ISF soldiers or innocent children

## Slide 28

**Notes:**
IED Factory - Part 1

Where: Near the Shaki Mahmud Mosque, Western Fallujah
When: 14 Nov 04, during Operation Al Fajr
What: IED materials 
Who: Iraqi Security Forces supported by Multi-National Forces

## Slide 29

**Notes:**
IED Factory - Part 2

Where: Near the Shaki Mahmud Mosque, Western Fallujah
When: 14 Nov 04, during Operation Al Fajr
What: IED materials 
Who: Iraqi Security Forces supported by Multi-National Forces

Pictures:  PE-4A (plastic explosives) were found with cylinders of TNT

## Slide 30

**Notes:**
IED Factory - Part 3

Where: Near the Shaki Mahmud Mosque, Western Fallujah
When: 14 Nov 04, during Operation Al Fajr
What: IED materials 
Who: Iraqi Security Forces supported by Multi-National Forces

Upper left picture: Cell phones
Lower left picture: Electronic components
Right picture: Miscellaneous IED-making materials

## Slide 31

**Notes:**
IED Factory - Part 4

Where: Near the Shaki Mahmud Mosque, Western Fallujah
When: 14 Nov 04, during Operation Al Fajr
What: IED materials 
Who: Iraqi Security Forces supported by Multi-National Forces

Left picture: Milan missile, 122mm rocket and assembled homemade missile launchers
Upper right picture:  Wooden handles for homemade shoulder fired missiles

Lower right picture:  Pre-cut tubes for shoulder fired missiles

## Slide 32

**Notes:**
IED Factory - Part 5

Where: Near the Shaki Mahmud Mosque, Western Fallujah
When: 14 Nov 04, during Operation Al Fajr
What: IED materials 
Who: Iraqi Security Forces supported by Multi-National Forces

Handheld radios and transceivers

## Slide 33

**Notes:**
IED Factory - Part 6

Where: Near the Shaki Mahmud Mosque, Western Fallujah
When: 14 Nov 04, during Operation Al Fajr
What: IED materials 
Who: Iraqi Security Forces supported by Multi- National Forces

Upper left picture: 120mm and 72mm rockets
Lower left picture:  Approximately 60lbs of TNT

Right picture: Rocket Propelled Grenades

## Slide 34

**Notes:**
FALLUJAH VIGNETTE
IED Factories
Insurgents using residential homes to store weapons and build IEDs.  One home up for sale used to plan attacks against Iraqi civilians
This house was located near the Shaki Mahmud Mosque from which insurgents fought

Inset pictures:  
Top:  A hidden room reveals weapons cache and bomb factory.  Other rooms contain additional caches to include:
 RPG rounds
 TOW missile
 Computer equipment

Bottom: Entry team discovers hidden room which includes:
 Explosives
 IED making material
 Rucksack belonging to a pair of missing Czech journalists

ISF and MNF forces continue to find IED factories and IED-making material.  To date ISF/MNF have found 653 IEDs

## Slide 35

**Notes:**
VBIED Under Construction
Where: Central Fallujah
When: 18 Nov 04, during Operation Al Fajr
What: VBIED under construction 
Who: Iraqi Security Forces supported by Multi-National Forces

Pictures:  The back seats and side panels of the vehicle were removed and filled with PE-4. 

## Slide 36

**Notes:**
IED Training Materials

Where: Northeast Fallujah
When: During Operation Al Fajr - Nov 14, 04
What: Training Material in an IED making factory
Who: Discovered by Iraqi Security Forces supported by Multi-National Forces

Upper left:  Death Letter
Upper right:  Magazine Transcript on Martyr Operations
Lower left:
Lower right:  

## Atrocities

## Slide 38

**Notes:**
Atrocities Committed at National Islamic Resistance HQ
 ISF/MNF forces enter building on 11 Nov 04
 Building assessed to have been used to plan and coordinate attacks
 Used for abductions of individuals working with Coalition forces

Computer lab on upper floor documented:
 Beheading videos of four different individuals
 Military training videos

Building’s basement used to torture kidnapped Iraqi hostages
Evidence includes:
 Blood stained walls and floors
 Distinctive bloody handprints from the victims
 Bags of blood-soaked sand to soak up the enormous amounts of blood from the victims

## Slide 39

**Notes:**
Atrocities - NIROC - Part 1

Where: National Islamic Resistance Operational Center
When: During Operation Al Fajr - Nov 11, 04
What: Evidence of Atrocities
Who: Iraqi Security Forces supported by Multi-National Forces

Left photo:  blood stained basement
Right photo: Blood-stained hand prints

The AIF committed heinous crimes against the people of Fallujah to include murder and torture of honorable citizens.

## Slide 40

**Notes:**
Atrocities - NIROC - Part 3

Where: National Islamic Resistance Operational Center
When: During Operation Al Fajr - Nov 11, 04
What: Evidence of Atrocities
Who: Iraqi Security Forces supported by Multi-National Forces

Left picture: Blood covering the walls
Right picture: Blood-soaked sand used to clean floor and walls

## Slide 41

**Notes:**
Beheadings
ISF and MNF forces discover facility containing evidence of beheadings 
A laptop hard drive, owned by an insurgent that participated in the beheading, revealed:
Unaltered (original) pictures of Ken Bigley’s beheading
Pictures came from two different Sony digital cameras
Additional AIF propaganda evidence found at the facility

## Slide 42

**Notes:**
Atrocities – Beheadings

Where: Southern Fallujah
When: Discovered during Operation Al Fajr
What: Evidence of Atrocities - Beheadings
Who: Civilian hostages

Photo files extracted from laptop discovered at location
Upper left: Insurgent group symbol
Center: Insurgent propaganda
Right: AIF photo

Laptop computer: 1 60GB hard drive, 1 512MB thumb drive, 1 128MB & 1 256MB memory sticks
Hard drive from a laptop apparently owned by an insurgent who participated in beheadings, because of the following found on it:
Unaltered (original) pictures of Ken Bigley beheading that came from two different Sony digital cameras
Evidence batch contained power cables and remote controls for Sony cameras
Picture of the laptop was taken the day before the beheading pictures (according to forensic data)

## Slide 43

**Notes:**
Atrocities

Total = 8 Hostage locations
Total = 26 Atrocity sites

Hostage Locations = Red circle with H in middle

Event:
 Human Corpse IED
 Hostage found chained to wall
 SVBIED attack on MedEvac
 IDF attack on Hospital
 Released hostages told to kill self
 Mosque broadcast telling civilians to leave homes
 Sniper incident during HA
 Mutilated body of woman found
 Mosque used in attack
 Video equipment exploited
 Blackwater contractors ID found
 Incident of insurgent killing civilians
 Insurgent fakes surrender
 SAF on ambulance
 Recording of female in distress used to lure MNF
 Insurgents use school to attack MNF
 Insurgents using Red Crescent ambulances
 Suspected hostage holding facility
 5 Iraqi males found summarily executed 
 Iraqi male found in hidden room with weapon cache severely mistreated 
 Suicide vests worn by insurgents as new TTP 
 New TTP Insurgents pretend they are dead
 Fighting in a cemeteries   
 Body found was booby trapped with grenades 
Chemical lab found
 Chemical lab found

## Slide 44

**Notes:**
Atrocities - NIROC - Part 4

Where: National Islamic Resistance Operational Center
When: During Operation Al Fajr - Nov 11, 04
What: Evidence of Atrocities
Who: Iraqi Security Forces supported by Multi-National Forces

Found at NIROC building
Beheading videos of 4 different individuals
Training videos (small arms, grenades, map reading, range/direction finding for mortar/rocket employment)
Jihadist videos of ‘martyrs’ being buried, attacks against Coalition Forces (IED’s, rockets, mortars)
Jihadist documents, letters and correspondence

## Slide 45

**Notes:**
Atrocities - Slaughterhouse Hostage

Where: Western Fallujah, near the Euphrates River
When: Discovered during Operation Al Fajr - Nov 11, 04
What: Weapons Cache
Who: Iraqi Security Forces supported by Multi-National Forces

The hostage was found with a tray of rotting food lying on the floor next to him.

The IIG is committed to upholding the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by liberating the citizens of Fallujah who were subjected to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment

## Weapons Caches

**Notes:**
Weapons Cache Locations 
Total caches found as of this date = 346

## Slide 48

**Notes:**
Weapons Caches - Location 1

Where: Fallujah
When: During Operation Al Fajr Nov 10, 04
What: Numerous caches
Who: Iraqi Security Forces supported by the Multi-National Forces

Weapons caches found during Operation Al Fajr demonstrate the AIF’s plan and intent to execute acts of terrorism and violence 

## Slide 49

**Notes:**
Weapons Caches - Location 2

Where: Fallujah 
When: During Operation Al Fajr
What: Numerous caches 
Who: Iraqi Security Forces supported by the Multi- National Forces
Why: Possessing these weapons is a violation of Article 17 of the Transitional Administrative Law and further violates the IIG’s declaration of Emergency Law

The Anti Iraqi Forces took hostage the city of Fallujah and projected terrorism across all of Iraq 

## Slide 50

**Notes:**
Weapons Cache - Location 3 - Part 1

Where: Western Fallujah, near the Euphrates River
When: Discovered during Operation Al Fajr - Nov 11, 04
What: Weapons Cache
Who: Iraqi Security Forces supported by Multi-National Forces

Left photo:  122mm mortar system
Right photo: Anti-Aircraft guns

## Slide 51

**Notes:**
Weapons Cache - Location 3 - Part 2

Where: Western Fallujah, near the Euphrates River
When: Discovered during Operation Al Fajr - Nov 11, 04
What: Weapons Cache
Who: Iraqi Security Forces supported by Multi-National Forces

Photos:  Fighting positions

## Slide 52

**Notes:**
Weapons Cache - Location 3 - Part 3

Where: Western Fallujah, near the Euphrates River
When: Discovered during Operation Al Fajr - Nov 11, 04
What: Weapons Cache
Who: Iraqi Security Forces supported by Multi-National Forces

Left photo: Artillery sighting system
Right Photo:  Assorted grenades and munitions

## Slide 53

**Notes:**
Weapons Cache - Location 3 - Part 4

Where: Western Fallujah, near the Euphrates River
When: Discovered during Operation Al Fajr - Nov 11, 04
What: Weapons Cache
Who: Iraqi Security Forces supported by Multi-National Forces

Photos:  Under a pile of debris, IEDs and mortars were discovered

## Slide 54

**Notes:**
Weapons Cache - Location 3 - Part 5

Where: Western Fallujah, near the Euphrates River
When: Discovered during Operation Al Fajr - Nov 11, 04
What: Weapons Cache
Who: Iraqi Security Forces supported by Multi-National Forces

Left photo: IED’s, note wires coming out of nose of round
Right photo:  Ordnance, note the 57mm Recoilless Rifle

## Slide 55

**Notes:**
Weapons Cache - Location 3 - Part 6

Where: Western Fallujah, near the Euphrates River
When: Discovered during Operation Al Fajr - Nov 11, 04
What: Weapons Cache
Who: Iraqi Security Forces supported by Multi-National Forces

Photos:  Abundance of munitions of various types, mortar rounds, rockets, artillery shells, etc.

## Slide 56

**Notes:**
Weapons Cache - Location 3 - Part 7

Where: Western Fallujah, near the Euphrates River
When: Discovered during Operation Al Fajr - Nov 11, 04
What: Weapons Cache
Who: Iraqi Security Forces supported by Multi-National Forces

Left photo: 57mm Recoilless Rifle
Right photo: Mortar rounds

## Slide 57

**Notes:**
Weapons Cache - Location 3 - Part 8

Where: Western Fallujah, near the Euphrates River
When: Discovered during Operation Al Fajr - Nov 11, 04
What: Weapons Cache
Who: Iraqi Security Forces supported by Multi-National Forces

Left photo: Silencers
Right photo:  Note makeshift shoulder-fired rocket launchers in lower right corner

The black banner on the back wall resembles the one that has appeared in videos of beheadings

## Slide 58

**Notes:**
Weapons Cache - Location 4

Where: Central Fallujah
When: Discovered during Operation Al Fajr - Nov 18, 04
What: Weapons Cache
Who: Iraqi Security Forces supported by Multi-National Forces

Upper left photo:  ARABIC WRITING IN YELLOW LETTERING ON THE FLAG.  THE TRANSLATION WAS “THERE IS NO GOD EXCEPT ALLAH, AND MOHAMMED IS HIS PROPHET, THE JIHAD AND UNIFICATION GROUP.” 
Right photo:  (10) 60mm, (28) 82mm, (44) 120mm, (1) 90mm HEAT, (1) 100mm Heat, Fuses, RPG parts, (3) M60 Grenades, (6) Iranian Rifle Grenades, (1) OG-9 Rocket, (27) Solid Rocket Propellant- 3-ft lengths

## Confirmed Number and Type of Weapons found

| Weapon Type | Number Found |
| --- | --- |
| 155mm Artillery Rounds | 8+ |
| 152mm Artillery Rounds | 1 |
| 130mm Artillery Rounds | 10 |
| 122mm Artillery Rounds | 6 |
| 122mm Rockets | 23 |
| 120mm Mortar Rounds | 275 |
| 120mm Illumination Mortar rounds | 15 |
| 107mm Rockets | 64 |
| 82mm Mortar Rounds | 167 |
| 60mm Mortar Rounds | 400+ |
| 57mm Projectiles | 20 |
| 57mm Rockets | 25+ |
| 55mm Rockets | 7 |
| 50mm Rockets | 27+ |
| 2.75in Rocket | 1 |
| Bomb (size unknown) | 1 |

*As of 19 Nov, 2004*

| Weapon Type | Number Found |
| --- | --- |
| C4 Explosive (in Pounds) | 15 |
| Grenades | 239 |
| CS Grenades | 32 |
| Detonation Cord (In Feet) | 3000 |
| Anti-Tank Mines | 596+ |
| Anti-Personnel Mines | 12+ |
| Mines (Unknown) | 268+ |
| Anti-Tank Guided Missiles | 86 |
| RPG | 280 |
| Recoilless Rifle Rounds | 328 |
| Propellant (in Pounds) | 630 |
| Surface to air missiles | 10 |
| Fuses (artillery and mortar) | 6039 |
| Radios | 3 |
| Car alarms | 3 |
| Improvised Bombs (propane tanks, gas cans) | 6 |
| Firefighting equipment | 1 |
| X-Ray Machine | 1 |
| Electrical Caps | 97 |

## Chemical Lab

## Slide 61

**Notes:**
FALLUJAH VIGNETTE
Chemical Lab

Insurgents have attempted to develop chemical weapons
Insurgents set up a laboratory in Fallujah to research chemical weapons development
Lab was also used to develop IEDs
These chemicals were among evidence found at the chemical lab.
Chemicals and other paraphernalia found include:
Sodium cyanide
Ammonium nitrate
Hydrochloric acid
Chemical and biological “cookbooks”

Hydrochloric Acid
+ Sodium Cyanide
Hydrogen Cyanide (blood agent)

## Slide 62

**Notes:**
Chemical Laboratory

Where: Fallujah
When: Discovered during Operation Al Fajr 
What: Chemical Laboratory
Who: Iraqi Security Forces supported by Multi-National Forces

## Slide 63

**Notes:**
Chemical Laboratory

Where: Fallujah
When: Discovered during Operation Al Fajr 
What: Chemical Laboratory
Who: Iraqi Security Forces supported by Multi-National Forces

Photos:  Mujahadeen “How to cook book” 
Anthrax Formulas 
Chemical Blood Agent Formulas 
Explosive Formulas

## Slide 64

**Notes:**
Chemical Laboratory

Where: Fallujah
When: Discovered during Operation Al Fajr 
What: Chemical Laboratory
Who: Iraqi Security Forces supported by Multi-National Forces
Left photo: Sodium cyanide
Upper right photo:  Hydrochloric acid
Lower right photo:  measuring equipment

Significance:  
 HYDROCHLORIC ACID
+ SODIUM CYANIDE
   HYDROGEN CYANIDE (BLOOD AGENT)

## Foreign Fighter Involvement

**Notes:**
General Information
Abu Hamza’s Group
Total names: 27
Text found on 14 Nov 04.
Numerous other documents and other media
Site was used to build IEDs

Document details
Names/nicknames
Background info
Training/Weapons
Nationalities:
Saudi Arabian: 5
Syrian: 4
Iraqi: 3
Sudanese: 1
Moroccan: 1
Algerian: 1
Unknown: 12

Weapons training:
AK-47
G3 Rifle
PKM
Hawn 60 rocket
RPG
Bazooka
9mm pistol
RPK rocket
Sniper
Layout of mines
Urban war
MB5 rifle

Abu Hamza’s Bio:
Sudani National Defense Camp (training)
Islamic Jihad Movement Camp (training)
(National) Public Defense Camp (training)
Physical Stamina training x2
Tae-Kwan-Do training
Military training periods of 45 days and 6 months 
AK-47, G3, PKM, Grenade, Hawn 60 rocket, RPG, Bazooka, and 9mm Pistol training

## Slide 66

**Notes:**
FALLUJAH VIGNETTE #7
Foreign Fighters

Ledger 

Where: East Fallujah 
When: Discovered during Operation Al Fajr 
What: Evidence of Foreign Fighter Involvement - Ledger
Who: Iraqi Security Forces, supported by Multi-National Forces

Ledger documents fighter involvement from Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Morocco, Algeria, other countries
Ledger provides background on foreign fighters to include:
Names
Background 
Training
 Foreign Fighters continue attempts to interfere with Iraqi sovereignty

Evidence of the external influences to the security of Iraq and foreign fighter determination to interfere with Iraq’s sovereignty

## Slide 67

**Notes:**
Foreign Fighter Involvement – Passports

Where: Fallujah 
When: Discovered during Operation Al Fajr 
What: Evidence of Foreign Fighter Involvement - Passports
Who: Iraqi Security Forces, supported by Multi-National Forces

Passports recovered from deceased AIF insurgents: 14 Jordanian, 3 Sudanese, 2, Kuwaiti, 2 Libyan, 1 Yemeni, 1 Syrian, and 1 Saudi Arabian

## Slide 68

**Notes:**
Insurgent Forgery Equipment

Insurgents used a residence in northwest Fallujah to forge official documents
Blank Iraqi identification forms were used to make forgeries, possibly for foreign fighters
Foreign fighters typically receive forged documentation to appear to be Iraqi
Document forging paraphernalia found includes:
Blank passport forms
Forged document stamps
Blank power of attorney forms
Vehicle registration forms

## Slide 69

**Notes:**
Foreign Fighter Involvement - ID Forging Equipment

Where: Southwest Fallujah
When: 22 Nov 04
What: Document forging paraphernalia
Who: Discovered by Iraqi Security Forces supported by MNF

Items Recovered
Passport forms: blank
Forged document stamps
Blank official letterheads
Government and Private
Iraqi nationality identity certificates
Power of Attorney forms: blank
Vehicle Registration forms: blank
Random application forms: blank

Top row: 1 x blank Iraqi passport - Front and Back
Bottom row: 4 Suspected forgeries

## Slide 70

**Notes:**
Foreign Fighter Involvement - ID Forging Equipment

Where: Southwest Fallujah
When: 22 Nov 04
What: Document forging paraphernalia
Who: Discovered by Iraqi Security Forces supported by Multi-National Forces

Impressions of pencil erasers stamps

## Slide 71

**Notes:**
Foreign Fighter Involvement - ID Forging Equipment

Where: Southwest Fallujah
When: 22 Nov 04
What: Document forging paraphernalia
Who: Discovered by Iraqi Security Forces supported by MNF

Circle:  Stamps match those seized with this lot of forgery equipment

Blank Power of Attorney issued by Iraqi Ministry of Justice

## Humanitarian Assistance

## Slide 73

**Notes:**
Humanitarian Assistance - Part 1

Where: Habbaniyah, near Fallujah
When: During Operation Al Fajr - Nov 16, 04
What: Ministry of Trade food supplies distributed to over 1,000 local residents
Who: Local Iraqi Police and Iraqi National Guard

The local populace near Fallujah securely and calmly await the IIG to deliver Humanitarian Assistance donated by the Ministry of Trade 

## Slide 74

**Notes:**
Humanitarian Assistance - Part 2

Where: Habbaniyah, near Fallujah
When: During Operation Al Fajr - Nov 16, 04
What: Ministry of Trade food supplies distributed to over 1,000 local residents
Who: Local Iraqi Police and Iraqi National Guard

The IIG, in coordination with the ING, and the local IPS, deliver Humanitarian Assistance and demonstrate the IIG’s commitment to liberate and reconstruct Fallujah

## Slide 75

**Notes:**
Humanitarian Assistance - Part 3

Where: Habbaniyah, near Fallujah
When: During Operation Al Fajr - Nov 16, 04
What: Ministry of Trade food supplies distributed to over 1,000 local residents
Who: Local Iraqi Police and Iraqi National Guard

The IIG effectively delivers Humanitarian Assistance donated by the Ministry of Trade to the respected people of Fallujah

## Slide 76

**Notes:**
Humanitarian Assistance - Part 4

Where: Habbaniyah, near Fallujah
When: During Operation Al Fajr - Nov 16, 04
What: Ministry of Trade food supplies distributed to over 1,000 local residents
Who: Local Iraqi Police and Iraqi National Guard

The IIG effectively delivers Humanitarian Assistance donated by the Ministry of Trade to the respected people of Fallujah