These are NOT documents translated by Joseph Shahda. This narrative on translations of documents from the Harmony database comes from The American Spectator Online. The link is included below.
This particular translation involves a bevy of activity on the part of Saddam and his cohorts to set up IED (improvised explosive devices) that work "more effectively".
Well we can't have roadside bombs that will kill and maim American soldiers that don't work properly, right? In fact, there's even detail about the most effective adhesive that I must surmise would glue the explosive more securely.
It goes without saying that Saddam was not supposed to be messing around with IED's in 1999 but most importantly, it's worth noting that for all the cacaphony about roadside explosives, that Saddam was on the job as far back as 1999.
Translation 1623598
Link to American Spectator Article
Among the Iraqi documents released to the public, at least five deal with the construction of improvised explosive devices (IEDs). One such document (CMPC-2003-005914) is a ten-page worksheet.* The first two pages are entitled, "Annual Plan for the Mechanical Workshop, Sheen-27 -- 1999"; the last eight are entitled "First Season Report of the Sheen-27 Work Plan for 1999." The report of the CIA's Iraq Survey Group explains that "Sheen-27" was a section of the Iraqi Intelligence Service (IIS) responsible for producing explosives. It had a Chemistry Department, which "developed the explosive materials for the device," an Electronics Department, "which prepared the timers and wiring of the IED," and a Mechanical Department, which "produced the igniters and designed the IED."
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