IRAQI COMMANDER MEMOIRS ON MISSILES (3)

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• Publication Date: November 22, 1998

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(U) IRAQI COMMANDER MEMOIRS ON MISSILES (3)
Identifiers:
Document Number: JN2211063398
Dates:
Date Published: 22-Nov-1998 05:39:00
Date Received: 22-Nov-1998 00:41:47
Coverage:
CIA Country Code: IRQ
Region: MIDDLEEAST
Publisher:
Agency Acronym: RESTON VA
Office Name: FBIS
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(U) SERIAL: JN2211063398
(U) COUNTRY: IRAQ SUBJ: TAKE 1 OF 5--IRAQI COMMANDER MEMOIRS ON MISSILES (3)
(U) SOURCE: AMMAN AL-'ARAB AL-YAWM IN ARABIC 29 OCT 98 P 11 TEXT:
(U) (PART THREE OF BOOK OF MEMOIRS ENTITLED "FORTY-THREE MISSILES ON THE
ZIONIST ENTITY," BY STAFF LIEUTENANT GENERAL HAZIM 'ABD-AL-RAZZAQ AL-AYYUBI,
COMMANDER OF THE IRAQI SURFACE-TO-SURFACE MISSILE CORPS DURING THE GULF
WAR)
(U) (FBIS TRANSLATED TEXT) CHAPTER 111: CALL DAY (1) 2 AUGUST 1990 IN MY DIARY,
CALL DAY CORRESPONDED TO 11 MUHARRAM 1411 HEGIRA. IT WAS THE DAY THE
ARMED FORCES DECLARED A STATE OF ALERT. THIS INCLUDED OUR UNITS, WHICH DID
NOT EXPERIENCE A STATE OF ALERT BEFORE, BUT WERE STILL READY. MISSILE
BRIGADE 224 WAS IN THE WESTERN REGION, AND MISSILE BRIGADE 225 IN THE
SOUTHERN REGION. 4 AUGUST 1990 WE FORMED AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTALION AND
SECONDED IT TO MISSILE BRIGADE 224 TO PROTECT IT FROM ENEMY AIR ATTACK. THE
BATTALION INCLUDED GUNS AND A BATTERY OF STRELLA MISSILES. 5 AUGUST 1990 I
ISSUED AN INTEGRATED WORKING PLAN FOR MISSILES WITH CHEMICAL WARHEADS. I
HAD ISSUED INITIAL PLANS SINCE 28 APRIL IN OORDINATION WITH AL-MUTHANNA
ENTERPRISE. 7 AUGUST 1990 I RECEIVED THE PRESIDENT'S ORDER TO GET READY TO
REPLY IMMEDIATELY TO THE ZIONIST ENTITY WITH LONG-RANGE MISSILES. THIS CAME
IN HIS COMMENT ON AN ANALYSIS BY THE MILITARY INTELLIGENCE DIRECTORATE ON
THE ZIONIST POSITION ON 3 AUGUST 1990. I ALERTED THE UNITS BELONGING TO
BRIGADES 223 AND 224 AND THE FIRST MAINTENANCE UNIT. WE ALSO TOOK STEPS TO
REDUCE PREPARATION TIME FOR THE MILITARY STRIKE TO A QUARTER OF THE TIME.
AND TO GUARANTEE IMMEDIATE ACTION, I MADE THE FOLLOWING REQUESTS:
(U) INSURING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE MISSILE CORPS HEADQUARTERS AND
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THE QUARTER WHICH WILL BE RECOMMENDED BY THE HIGHER AUTHORITY FOR
CONTACT IN AN EMERGENCY. ASSIGNING A HELICOPTER, WHICH WILL BE ON ALERT AT
AL-RASHID AIR BASE, FOR CONTROLLING THE UNITS.
(U) I OBTAINED THE PRESIDENT'S APPROVAL OF MY REQUESTS THROUGH HIS
SECRETARY ON 11 AUGUST 1990. WE ALSO REQUESTED THE MILITARY INTELLIGENCE
DIRECTORATE TO INFORM US AS SOON AS THE ENEMY DIRECTS A TREACHEROUS
STRIKE AT IRAQ AND TO ALSO PROVIDE US WITH THE RESULTS OF SUCH STRIKES. 8
AUGUST 1990 AL-HUSAYN MISSILES ARE READY FOR LAUNCHING TODAY. I ISSUED AN
ORDER THE PREVIOUS EVENING TO FUEL 10 OF THEM IN BRIGADE 224 SITES. THUS,
THE MISSILE STRIKE NEEDED ONLY FOUR HOURS FROM THE TIME THE ORDER IS GIVEN
TO THE TIME OF LAUNCHING. ON THE SAME DAY, WE PREPARED REPLACEMENT
CREWS FOR THE ONES MANNING THE CHEMICAL WARHEADS. WE TRAINED THEM ON
OUR ACTION PLANS AND PREPARED ALL THE NECESSARY INVENTIVE MEANS FOR
THEM. 9 AUGUST 1990 I ASKED THE SUPPORT UNIT AT THE AIR FORCE AND AIR
DEFENSE COMMAND TO GUARANTEE PROTECTION FOR THE DEPLOYMENT AREAS,
SHELTERS, AND LAUNCHING SITES THROUGH THE SECOND AIR DEFENSE SECTOR AND
PROVIDED IT WITH A SKETCH OF OUR LAUNCHING MEANS. I ALSO TOLD THE UNIT THAT
WE WOULD INFORM THE AIR DEFENSE OPERATIONS CENTER AS SOON AS OUR UNITS
BEGAN TO MOVE. MOREOVER, I GAVE IT THE NUMBERS OF OUR DIRECT TELEPHONES.
AT THE SAME TIME, I REQUESTED IT FOR ANY INFORMATION IT MIGHT HAVE ON ANY
ZIONIST ATTACK AS SOON AS IT TOOK PLACE. 10 AUGUST 19901 RECEIVED A DIRECTIVE
FROM PRESIDENT SADDAM HUSAYN WHICH WAS COMMUNICATED BY HIS SECRETARY
ABOUT OUR PLAN TO CONCEAL STRATEGIC STORAGES. THE DIRECTIVE SAID THAT THE
PLAN SHOULD GIVE PRIORITY TO CONCEALMENT OVER ANY OTHER ACTION. THIS
EARLY MOVE BY THE PRESIDENT PROVED TO BE A VERY IMPORTANT STEP IN
PROTECTING OUR STORAGES FROM ENEMY BOMBING THROUGHOUT THE WAR. THIS,
OF COURSE, WAS IN ADDITION TO OUR TRUST IN GOD TO PROTECT US FROM ENEMY
AIR RECONNAISSANCE AND MONITORING. THAT WAS A BLESSING FROM GOD ALMIGHTY
AND WE THANKED HIM FOR IT. I GAVE ORDERS TO THE UNITS RESPONSIBLE FOR
PROTECTION AND TURNED MY ATTENTION TO THE INFORMATION I RECEIVED ON
POTENTIAL ENEMY TARGETS. 11 AUGUST 1990 WE BEGAN CARRYING OUT THE
PRESIDENT'S DIRECTIVE ON THE CONCEALMENT OF STRATEGIC STORAGES. I
ALLOWED ONE WHOLE WEEK FOR THIS TASK, BUT IT TOOK 10 DAYS. BECAUSE THE
STORAGES HAD TO BE SCATTERED IN 15 DIFFERENT AREAS FROM THE NORTH TO THE
SOUTH OF THE COUNTRY. WE FOLLOWED THIS COURSE OF ACTION:
(U) 1. FIRST PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO DISPERSING AND STORING AL-HUSAYN
MISSILES.
(U) 2. SECOND PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO OTHER STORAGES.
(U) 3. MISSILES WILL BE STORED IN DIFFERENT PLACES FROM THOSE FOR CHEMICAL
WARHEADS. OTHER STORAGES, WILL BE KEPT IN DIFFERENT PLACES.
(U) 4. NOT MORE THAN 25 TO 30 MISSILES WILL BE STORED IN ANY ONE PLACE. (MORE)
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Attributions: SOURCE: AMMAN AL-'ARAB AL-YAWM IN ARABIC 29 OCT 98 P 11
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