WEBVTT 00:00.040 --> 00:03.370 some of the Iranian ambassador and also 00:03.380 --> 00:06.760 gave them some statements to study such 00:06.770 --> 00:09.290 plundering the oil . And also question 00:09.290 --> 00:12.590 to uh major general history . It's been 00:12.600 --> 00:15.030 a year since operation for the started 00:15.030 --> 00:18.560 and we know well that Al Qaeda and the 00:18.560 --> 00:21.710 armed groups uh still 00:21.720 --> 00:24.300 everyday renewing their tactics and 00:24.300 --> 00:27.180 their operations . So we want 00:27.230 --> 00:30.380 you to know that we want you 00:30.380 --> 00:33.640 to stop them and change your tactics as 00:33.640 --> 00:36.290 well . When we passed through the trees , 00:36.300 --> 00:40.220 we could see that uh cars backed 00:40.220 --> 00:42.590 up checkpoints and then , you know very 00:42.590 --> 00:46.370 well that this could attract a suicide 00:46.370 --> 00:49.680 bombers . And as we have seen uh the 00:49.680 --> 00:52.670 videotape , the first career question 00:52.670 --> 00:54.892 and had a couple parts to it . But I'll 00:54.892 --> 00:57.114 try to address in terms of Al Qaeda and 00:57.114 --> 00:59.003 uh their financing efforts in the 00:59.003 --> 01:00.948 hydrocarbon areas and stealing oil 01:00.948 --> 01:02.948 dropped out of pipelines called oil 01:02.948 --> 01:05.340 bunkering . Um where you essentially a 01:05.350 --> 01:08.120 bunch of holes , drill pipe uh siphoned 01:08.120 --> 01:10.290 off into trucks and sell on the black 01:10.290 --> 01:12.700 market . That's clearly been a means by 01:12.700 --> 01:14.811 which Al Qaeda is used to finance its 01:14.811 --> 01:18.480 operations as well as uh opening up uh 01:18.490 --> 01:21.450 legitimate gas stations and uh and 01:21.460 --> 01:23.890 skimming funds off that as well as just 01:23.890 --> 01:26.260 do the extortion of the hydrocarbon 01:26.270 --> 01:29.500 industry via truckers or gas stations 01:29.500 --> 01:31.600 as well . Uh The second point , I 01:31.610 --> 01:33.666 certainly wouldn't mail address from 01:33.666 --> 01:35.777 here as the Mnf I spokesman regarding 01:35.777 --> 01:38.590 Iran's alleged horizontal drilling into 01:38.590 --> 01:40.534 oil fields in the south and the uh 01:40.870 --> 01:42.960 Oscar to address that issue . 01:43.340 --> 01:46.760 Uh well , before answering this 01:46.760 --> 01:48.816 question , this is left to the Iraqi 01:48.816 --> 01:51.060 government . And uh this is a security 01:51.060 --> 01:53.410 conference . we talked about certain 01:53.410 --> 01:56.470 subjects like uh like the policy of the 01:56.470 --> 01:58.526 government , that's why this is left 01:58.526 --> 02:00.990 for the Iraqi government and uh and any 02:00.990 --> 02:04.730 political uh ask your question 02:04.740 --> 02:06.860 the changing the tactics of Al Qaeda 02:06.870 --> 02:10.400 uh intelligent 02:10.410 --> 02:14.190 information and uh pursuing the 02:14.200 --> 02:16.920 criminals . All these two really uh big 02:16.920 --> 02:19.870 and you're saying there are people that 02:19.870 --> 02:21.981 are working day and night and all the 02:21.981 --> 02:23.440 Iraqi ministries . And 02:23.450 --> 02:27.310 uh the best thing is the best 02:27.310 --> 02:29.254 thing that you cannot fight if you 02:29.254 --> 02:32.130 don't fight the regular army because 02:32.130 --> 02:34.297 you're dealing with a terrorist groups 02:34.297 --> 02:36.352 that are being trained in a good way 02:36.352 --> 02:38.380 and they're using the locals , you 02:38.380 --> 02:41.730 machines and also using the the ground 02:41.740 --> 02:45.210 so that they will hide . Uh Let me just 02:45.210 --> 02:47.590 answer the question that we always 02:47.600 --> 02:51.200 change our uh method is that you use 02:51.210 --> 02:53.630 the same methods , You cannot get a 02:53.640 --> 02:57.240 uh plan just like you're fighting 02:57.250 --> 03:00.590 a regular army uh because those are 03:00.600 --> 03:03.980 just spectacular attack uh done by 03:03.990 --> 03:07.400 uh criminals . Let me just remind you 03:07.400 --> 03:09.980 of one thing and just remind all of you 03:09.990 --> 03:13.860 uh operations 03:13.870 --> 03:17.370 in uh Al Qaeda in 676 03:17.380 --> 03:19.960 2007 . And compare that with the 03:19.960 --> 03:20.980 operations 03:20.990 --> 03:24.870 uh ever since 03:24.870 --> 03:27.340 operations started . So you just make 03:27.350 --> 03:29.628 go back and make a comparison yourself . 03:29.628 --> 03:31.794 Of course we have techniques , we have 03:31.794 --> 03:33.906 methods , we have a coordination with 03:33.906 --> 03:36.320 the multinational , we managed to 03:36.330 --> 03:40.070 uh well managed to eliminate some 03:40.070 --> 03:42.740 operations . They happen , but we can 03:42.740 --> 03:45.710 talk about the uh all the operations , 03:45.720 --> 03:48.230 the think of uh matter of removing a 03:48.230 --> 03:52.030 checkpoint uh or putting it uh every 03:52.030 --> 03:55.240 time demanded to set a checkpoint . Yes , 03:55.240 --> 03:57.240 there could be some mistakes in the 03:57.240 --> 03:59.518 checkpoints that you can overcome them . 03:59.518 --> 04:02.940 Uh sometimes there's a uh we're 04:02.940 --> 04:05.162 studying all this , you should remember 04:05.162 --> 04:07.570 that we should get , sometimes you 04:07.570 --> 04:09.940 should get some trying to train or army 04:09.950 --> 04:12.080 we are receding and training and 04:12.090 --> 04:15.720 fighting for a reason uh 04:15.730 --> 04:19.400 being trained uh training our soldiers 04:19.400 --> 04:21.810 and fighting the Federation . That's 04:21.810 --> 04:25.580 why we need uh more training about our 04:25.580 --> 04:27.670 soldiers on how to search and how to 04:27.670 --> 04:29.850 conduct manned checkpoints questions . 04:30.000 --> 04:37.350 Uh 04:37.360 --> 04:41.110 I'm the host of a program at 04:41.110 --> 04:44.470 the Career Channel uh Nation Alaska , 04:44.480 --> 04:47.680 could you could you or could the 04:47.680 --> 04:50.420 Ministry of Defense coordinate with the 04:50.420 --> 04:52.700 Minister of Education to educate the 04:52.700 --> 04:54.811 Children because some of the Children 04:54.811 --> 04:58.800 are students and uh they could 04:58.800 --> 05:00.967 be inside the school so he could there 05:00.967 --> 05:02.800 be any coordination with the two 05:02.800 --> 05:04.911 ministries so that the teachers could 05:04.911 --> 05:06.911 have educational courses , security 05:06.911 --> 05:10.640 educational courses to teach the 05:10.650 --> 05:12.960 teachers there to control the students 05:12.960 --> 05:14.840 and understand them because the 05:14.850 --> 05:17.270 teachers could contact and interact 05:17.270 --> 05:20.900 with the Children because the teacher 05:20.910 --> 05:23.990 could be able to do that . Uh and the 05:23.990 --> 05:27.190 second question , General smith . 05:27.200 --> 05:30.740 Uh during the direct uh phone 05:30.740 --> 05:33.040 calls during the program , Iraqi Woman 05:33.040 --> 05:36.910 called and uh while the 05:36.920 --> 05:39.620 Vice President al Hashemi , she 05:39.630 --> 05:43.250 questioned uh she witnessed her 05:43.250 --> 05:45.900 son while she with her son in the 05:45.900 --> 05:48.270 prison while she was making a tour 05:48.270 --> 05:50.760 inside the prison . And when she went 05:50.760 --> 05:54.490 and checked the name of her son , she 05:54.490 --> 05:56.950 couldn't find it in that prison . So 05:56.960 --> 05:59.071 she goes to that prison . She doesn't 05:59.071 --> 06:01.370 find her name , her son's name . And 06:01.370 --> 06:04.150 this is not the first time when uh you 06:04.150 --> 06:07.590 don't find your someone's name inside 06:07.590 --> 06:09.701 the prison where he is supposed to be 06:09.701 --> 06:13.160 uh regarding your first question uh 06:44.650 --> 06:48.570 Children . Uh I guess to answer your 06:48.570 --> 06:51.020 question , if you're referring to a 06:51.030 --> 06:52.974 Iraqi detention facility , I can't 06:52.974 --> 06:54.808 speak to that . But in coalition 06:54.808 --> 06:56.974 detention facilities , of course , all 06:56.974 --> 06:58.919 individuals are documented . Their 06:58.919 --> 07:01.197 names are taken . And and clearly , uh , 07:01.197 --> 07:03.252 there's a control for that . I can't 07:03.252 --> 07:05.363 speak specifically to that particular 07:05.363 --> 07:07.474 mother and the situation to address . 07:07.474 --> 07:10.260 Uh but we certainly do not go about any 07:10.270 --> 07:12.380 process that would involve not 07:12.390 --> 07:14.560 documenting individuals named properly 07:14.570 --> 07:16.514 and accounting for his whereabouts 07:16.514 --> 07:18.570 inside our detention facilities were 07:18.570 --> 07:21.210 expected all the time . The uh there's 07:21.210 --> 07:23.432 a clear and transparent process there . 07:23.432 --> 07:25.432 So I can't speak to the specific of 07:25.432 --> 07:27.599 that . But I assure you , we we try to 07:27.599 --> 07:29.821 be as clear in our documentation of the 07:29.821 --> 07:31.877 individuals that are in our care and 07:31.877 --> 07:35.150 custody . I'm 07:44.730 --> 07:48.160 sure Michael Howard from the Guardian . 07:48.170 --> 07:50.003 Could you give us the numbers of 07:50.003 --> 07:53.560 Children in detention ? To my knowledge , 07:53.570 --> 07:56.660 age ranges . How many Iraqi detention . 07:56.660 --> 07:59.530 How many U . S . Detention ? Let me 07:59.530 --> 08:01.752 follow up on that . I can absolutely do 08:01.752 --> 08:03.919 that . I just don't have the number at 08:03.919 --> 08:06.030 the top of my head right now that are 08:06.030 --> 08:08.141 in coalition force detention but will 08:08.141 --> 08:10.030 pop up on that and make sure that 08:10.030 --> 08:12.363 answer gets posted today on our website . 08:12.363 --> 08:15.580 We oh we 08:15.580 --> 08:17.480 oh 08:18.350 --> 08:20.790 video captured 08:21.970 --> 08:25.330 training camps have been trained 08:29.410 --> 08:30.160 evaluation 08:36.170 --> 08:39.620 through the Children . The 08:39.730 --> 08:42.410 operations like the 08:42.410 --> 08:46.250 O most of 08:46.250 --> 08:49.800 the uh the O 08:50.300 --> 08:53.470 training . And this was the 08:53.470 --> 08:56.510 oh Children 08:57.590 --> 09:00.280 just propaganda but also the 09:00.280 --> 09:02.960 O operations 09:04.630 --> 09:05.450 was captured 09:07.270 --> 09:09.850 video training 09:14.060 --> 09:16.338 the Iraqi and the multinational forces . 09:18.840 --> 09:22.190 Mhm . Uh 09:22.200 --> 09:24.690 Question from the Japanese news agency . 09:24.690 --> 09:27.830 I'd like to ask uh were you able to the 09:27.840 --> 09:29.840 documents that you found ? Were you 09:29.840 --> 09:33.820 able to know uh the Children are 09:33.820 --> 09:36.340 they uh sons of former fighters in Al 09:36.340 --> 09:38.810 Qaeda ? Or they come from poor families 09:38.820 --> 09:41.560 so that we can like you know the 09:41.570 --> 09:44.450 purpose why those people are joining al 09:44.450 --> 09:47.830 Qaeda . Are they just being impressed 09:47.840 --> 09:51.130 by the uh like movies or or it's a 09:51.140 --> 09:53.930 corrupt ideology ? Well , let me say 09:53.930 --> 09:57.740 that when the government has power 09:57.750 --> 10:01.590 and when government clear uh areas such 10:01.590 --> 10:03.960 phenomenon disappeared , how could we 10:03.960 --> 10:06.127 protect the Children ? How could we do 10:06.127 --> 10:08.071 everything ? This could be done to 10:08.071 --> 10:09.793 achieve operations And also to 10:09.793 --> 10:11.880 achieving the games from those 10:11.880 --> 10:14.660 operations . Such training such 10:14.670 --> 10:16.770 phenomenon used to happen when there 10:16.770 --> 10:20.110 was a void for the security services in 10:20.110 --> 10:22.700 those places ? That's why that's why I 10:22.710 --> 10:24.821 just made them able to generalize the 10:24.821 --> 10:28.320 people and the Children is to impress . 10:28.330 --> 10:31.090 They were so impressed when they see 10:31.090 --> 10:34.630 the Al Qaeda . Uh we uh we're going out 10:34.630 --> 10:36.970 to Diyala . You could see the opposite . 10:36.980 --> 10:40.520 The Iraqi child now has a new method of 10:40.530 --> 10:42.697 thinking . Of course , that due to the 10:42.697 --> 10:44.919 presence of the Iraqi government , that 10:44.919 --> 10:46.863 the presence of the Iraqi security 10:46.863 --> 10:49.690 forces . So when a child is the Iraqi 10:49.700 --> 10:51.756 soldier and multinational forces are 10:51.756 --> 10:54.190 protecting and you will not be 10:54.190 --> 10:56.780 impressed by such videos , 10:58.840 --> 11:02.110 uh Ramona from CNN , I've got question 11:02.120 --> 11:04.287 um , Admiral Smith regarding the video 11:04.287 --> 11:06.453 that we saw . We were wondering if you 11:06.453 --> 11:08.509 got any information these Children , 11:08.509 --> 11:10.676 were there willingly or any indication 11:10.676 --> 11:12.620 that they were kidnapped . And the 11:12.620 --> 11:14.990 question for major general Scottie . Um , 11:15.000 --> 11:16.000 you have to 11:16.000 --> 11:29.850 uh 11:29.940 --> 11:32.040 and we see all those happening . So 11:32.040 --> 11:34.373 what the government is doing about this , 11:34.373 --> 11:36.484 it would only be our assessment . But 11:36.484 --> 11:38.707 was we watched the videos and watch the 11:38.707 --> 11:40.429 interaction with adults in the 11:40.429 --> 11:42.651 neighborhood . It appears that it truly 11:42.651 --> 11:44.818 is a tribal areas of families in which 11:44.818 --> 11:46.762 the adults are participants in the 11:46.762 --> 11:48.818 training or obviously part of the Al 11:48.818 --> 11:50.929 Qaeda operations there and it's their 11:50.929 --> 11:53.096 Children is the presumption . But it's 11:53.096 --> 11:52.510 just an assessment . We don't precisely 11:52.510 --> 11:54.621 know because we don't have custody of 11:54.621 --> 11:56.843 those Children . We've not been able to 11:56.843 --> 11:58.899 prosecute by asking questions of the 11:58.899 --> 12:01.121 individuals , either adults or Children 12:01.121 --> 12:05.120 involved in that video uh , 12:05.130 --> 12:07.241 regarding your question . I'd like to 12:07.241 --> 12:10.110 just tell you that there are some uh 12:10.120 --> 12:13.390 the size of procedures . But we can 12:13.390 --> 12:16.130 talk about everything because the enemy 12:16.130 --> 12:18.352 could make use of this information that 12:18.352 --> 12:21.640 we have . Uh but these operations , 12:21.650 --> 12:23.440 there always have some kind of 12:23.440 --> 12:25.496 procedures . We always make meetings 12:25.496 --> 12:28.490 with the price itself uh to protect , 12:28.500 --> 12:31.640 to evaluate and anticipate what they 12:31.640 --> 12:34.700 would do in the future and and and the 12:34.700 --> 12:38.150 media and you will find the future that 12:38.160 --> 12:40.410 there are some procedures uh in the 12:40.410 --> 12:42.370 future . Always back . Please , 12:48.740 --> 12:49.740 do 12:53.430 --> 12:55.541 you think the government will start a 12:55.541 --> 12:57.650 huge campaign regarding the 12:57.740 --> 13:01.250 uh homeless 13:01.340 --> 13:05.270 people and the disabled ? Uh well , uh 13:05.280 --> 13:08.780 can react uh more could 13:08.850 --> 13:11.700 start a new operation and new methods 13:11.710 --> 13:15.240 against the labor . Uh this is not a 13:15.250 --> 13:17.030 good way to fight the fighting 13:17.030 --> 13:20.900 terrorism based on intelligence uh that 13:20.910 --> 13:23.560 you should have the initiative . Uh 13:23.570 --> 13:26.710 that's why when we uh we say that our 13:26.710 --> 13:29.270 operations are based on intelligence to 13:29.280 --> 13:32.550 pursue such uh operations and also to 13:32.560 --> 13:34.910 invest the cooperation that are being 13:34.920 --> 13:37.270 increased cooperation between us and 13:37.270 --> 13:40.540 the citizens . Uh This could also 13:40.540 --> 13:42.820 answer the question of reporters who 13:42.820 --> 13:44.910 said that many of the people who 13:44.910 --> 13:47.970 supported and anybody those tips and 13:47.980 --> 13:51.890 they gave us the idea of the 13:51.890 --> 13:54.310 identification of uh they identify 13:54.310 --> 13:57.530 those two suicide bombers . That's why 13:57.530 --> 13:58.470 we're trying to 13:58.480 --> 14:02.300 uh over this . 14:02.310 --> 14:05.720 Uh this is just an 14:05.730 --> 14:08.920 operation that was conducted and uh we 14:08.920 --> 14:10.864 should work on how to prevent such 14:10.864 --> 14:13.180 operations in the future . And as you 14:13.180 --> 14:14.260 know , that work ? 14:14.340 --> 14:28.040 Uh 14:28.850 --> 14:31.090 perhaps a couple more questions . Yes , 14:31.090 --> 14:34.090 sir , in the back uh , was there any 14:34.090 --> 14:35.812 indication in the video or the 14:35.812 --> 14:37.868 documents whether they were actually 14:37.868 --> 14:40.201 being trained to become suicide bombers ? 14:40.201 --> 14:42.201 From what I saw . At least it looks 14:42.201 --> 14:44.034 like they were being trained for 14:44.034 --> 14:46.201 warfare or kidnappings and so on . But 14:46.201 --> 14:48.201 was there any actual because you go 14:48.201 --> 14:50.368 back , could you pick up the one photo 14:50.368 --> 14:49.880 that's got the one boy in the right 14:49.890 --> 14:52.660 with the Best Time will show you and , 14:52.670 --> 14:54.837 uh , not in the training footage , but 14:54.837 --> 14:56.837 in the other propaganda films we've 14:56.837 --> 14:59.130 seen , We have seen young boys with 14:59.140 --> 15:01.560 suicide Best one on the right . That's 15:01.560 --> 15:03.660 the suicide vest he's wearing . Uh , 15:03.670 --> 15:05.781 but again , not in the training video 15:05.781 --> 15:07.781 that was taken to combine this with 15:07.781 --> 15:10.260 footage of propaganda footage taken off 15:10.260 --> 15:12.390 other objectives in the past . So 15:12.400 --> 15:14.511 precisely answer the question . Yes . 15:14.511 --> 15:16.678 We've seen evidence of it , but not in 15:16.678 --> 15:19.011 the training that was done earlier . Uh , 15:19.740 --> 15:22.460 question please . Yes , sir . 15:23.540 --> 15:27.450 Um , yeah , just to be precise , the 15:27.450 --> 15:30.420 use of Children , the use of mentally 15:30.420 --> 15:32.510 disabled . Your not saying that is a 15:32.510 --> 15:34.621 new phenomenon . That's a new trend . 15:34.621 --> 15:36.677 It's just you're noticing a few more 15:36.677 --> 15:38.954 incidents in the last couple of months . 15:38.954 --> 15:41.360 Is that , is that accurate ? And , and 15:41.360 --> 15:44.040 also , the second question , um , to , 15:44.050 --> 15:47.860 uh , mr , Ascari , uh , with 15:47.860 --> 15:50.590 regard to the investigation part 15:50.590 --> 15:53.380 afternoon with the women suicide 15:53.380 --> 15:56.810 bombers from saturday . Uh , you are 15:56.810 --> 15:59.050 saying that , you know that they have 15:59.050 --> 16:01.580 made contact with the families and all 16:01.580 --> 16:04.860 that information is confirmed or is uh 16:05.340 --> 16:07.400 Or do you just think that is what 16:07.400 --> 16:10.650 occurred ? Let me answer your first 16:10.650 --> 16:12.650 question . You're right . We're not 16:12.650 --> 16:15.800 we're not saying that there is a a new 16:15.800 --> 16:17.911 phenomena occurring in Iraq . We know 16:17.911 --> 16:20.450 that for some time uh women have been 16:20.450 --> 16:23.130 involved in a suicide bombers . The 16:23.140 --> 16:25.380 statistics uh , at that point earlier 16:25.390 --> 16:27.950 suggests that within the recent since 16:27.950 --> 16:30.180 November , especially , uh , there has 16:30.180 --> 16:32.069 been , I believe , seven or eight 16:32.069 --> 16:34.490 attacks by women wearing suicide best . 16:34.500 --> 16:36.970 Uh , when you can compare that to the 16:36.970 --> 16:39.720 total number since 2003 , it's a large 16:39.720 --> 16:41.887 percentage of that has occurred in the 16:41.887 --> 16:43.831 last four months , whether not the 16:43.831 --> 16:45.942 trend or not too early to tell . Same 16:45.942 --> 16:48.109 with the young youth . There have been 16:48.109 --> 16:50.331 youth involved in violence here in Iraq 16:50.331 --> 16:50.280 for some time . Uh , the fact that 16:50.290 --> 16:52.512 living within a week there was two boys 16:52.512 --> 16:54.623 both happen to be 15 years old . Uh , 16:54.623 --> 16:56.734 it certainly catches your attention , 16:56.734 --> 16:58.846 but again , not a trend that we could 16:58.846 --> 17:01.170 statistically document . Yeah , I 17:01.180 --> 17:04.250 think your question 17:04.260 --> 17:06.410 thing operation 17:08.510 --> 17:11.640 uh some information about this 17:11.650 --> 17:14.130 thing . 17:15.060 --> 17:16.727 Investigation , investigation 17:16.727 --> 17:22.300 thing 17:22.300 --> 17:23.600 about everything . I 17:23.610 --> 17:28.240 think 17:28.960 --> 17:30.920 it will be announced . We have 17:30.920 --> 17:33.050 information confirmed . I 17:33.140 --> 17:36.310 think it will be announced 17:36.320 --> 17:38.670 tha 17:39.260 --> 17:44.380 tha 17:45.200 --> 17:46.860 tha 17:47.790 --> 17:50.230 tha 17:50.750 --> 17:54.290 tha 17:55.100 --> 17:57.190 tha 17:58.140 --> 18:05.600 tha 18:06.120 --> 18:32.650 tha 18:33.270 --> 18:34.730 tha 18:37.130 --> 18:43.560 tha 18:44.870 --> 18:51.020 tha 18:51.510 --> 18:56.350 tha 18:56.360 --> 18:57.360 Children . 18:57.360 --> 19:11.460 Thank 19:11.460 --> 19:13.682 you very much for your patients . So we 19:13.682 --> 19:15.900 gotta start today . And we appreciate 19:15.900 --> 19:18.067 any questions afterwards . We're going 19:18.067 --> 19:20.233 to have the videos available for those 19:20.233 --> 19:21.956 uh , can draw from the defense 19:21.956 --> 19:24.289 information Distribution system , David . 19:24.289 --> 19:26.456 It's on the system now . We also , for 19:26.456 --> 19:26.320 those who can't get there , we have 19:26.320 --> 19:30.140 copies on DVD in the back with Thank 19:30.140 --> 19:31.560 you . Yeah .