2003-12 · English · Kurdish Institute of Paris press review
The press review records reporting that Iraqi Governing Council member Mahmoud Othman described a Kurdish presence around Tikrit involved in operational matters and intelligence gathering. It also records Ahmad Chalabi's identification of Kosrat Rasul as an instrumental Kurdish figure and notes Kurdish-source claims about his contacts in the Sunni triangle and his role in the capture of Taha Yassin Ramadan. These claims should remain clearly attributed because contemporary accounts of Operation Red Dawn differed over the precise intelligence chain.
Corroborates contemporary reporting of Kurdish intelligence participation around Saddam's capture and connects Kosrat Rasul to both that effort and the earlier Ramadan operation.