April 9, 2003. At first, Yasser Al-Shab’awi was put in charge, until his capture in July 2003. Then Sa’d Hammad Hisham was in charge until December 2003. Then I was put in charge from January 2004 until now. The Army of Muhammad has some 800 armed fighters.”
Interrogator: “What operations did you carry out? How many operations did you carry out?”
Muayed Al-Nasseri: “We carried out many armed operations against the coalition forces in all the districts. The operations included bombarding their military posts, their camps, and their bases, fighting these forces, and planting explosive devices against their patrols and convoys.”
Interrogator: “What was the nature of your organization?”
Muayed Al-Nasseri: “The organization was a military armed one, which operated according to a method of non-centralized command.”
Interrogator: “How is the Army of Muhammad related to the Ba’th party?”
Muayed Al-Nasseri: “The Army of Muhammad is militarily independent. After Saddam Hussein’s capture in December 2003, for a period [of] four months, the Army of Muhammad had no connections with the party, but after April 2003, there was a meeting with the party and we are currently coordinating with them.
“In addition, Saddam Hussein distributed a communique via the party, back then, instructing all his supporters or whoever wants to fight the Jihad for the sake of Allah, to join the Army of Muhammad because it is the army of the leadership.”
Al-Nasseri goes on to describe how the Army of Muhammad was supplied with money and arms by both Iran and Syria.
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