New "Tips" Phone Numbers

Tips Program Calls within Baghdad 7784076 Calls within Iraq from outside Baghdad 01 7784076 Calls from outside Iraq 00964 1 7784076 E-mail: tips@orha.centcom.mil The Tips hotline and e-mail address is staffed by trained and vetted investigators and interpreters who receive incoming calls and e-mails. An answering service is provided out of hours. Investigators can call informants back if they prefer. Callers will be assigned a pseudonym and reference number in order to protect their identity and make further consultation and payment possible where appropriate. The scheme is totally confidential. Information is then recorded and corroborated where possible, before being passed to the relevant authority for action. The revamped program has already made three payouts last week alone and is proving a source of valuable contacts. It can be used to pass on various types of information about the whereabouts of wanted people, attacks on the Coalition and Iraqi security forces, terrorism, illegal arms caches, sabotage and straightforward criminal activity. Cash rewards are given on a sliding scale depending on the importance of the information.