IRAQI COMMANDER MEMOIRS ON MISSILES (4)

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• Case Number: F-2018-00293
• Publication Date: November 23, 1998

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(U) IRAQI COMMANDER MEMOIRS ON MISSILES (4)
Identifiers:
Document Number: JN2311082098
Dates:
Date Published: 23-Nov-1998 07:32:00
Date Received: 23-Nov-1998 02:35:19
Coverage:
CIA Country Code: IRQ
Region: MIDDLEEAST
Publisher:
Agency Acronym: RESTON VA
Office Name: FBIS
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(U) SERIAL: JN2311082098
(U) COUNTRY: IRAQ SUBJ: TAKE 1 OF 4--IRAQI COMMANDER MEMOIRS ON MISSILES (4)
(U) REF: 1. JN2211063398 AMMAN AL-'ARAB AL-YAWM IN ARABIC 29 OCT--IRAQI
COMMANDER 2. MEMOIRS ON MISSILES, PART 3
(U) SOURCE: AMMAN AL-'ARAB AL-YAWM IN ARABIC 1 NOV 98 P 11 TEXT:
(U) (PART FOUR 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 IV: CALL DAY (2) (SUBHEAD) 1 SEPTEMBER 1990
(SUBHEAD) NECESSARY MEASURES WERE TAKEN TO REDEPLOY AND PREPARE THE
MISSILES FOR THEIR MISSION IN THE WESTERN REGION AND TO MAKE UP FOR 10
MISSILES SENT AWAY FOR REPAIR. THE CHEMICAL DETACHMENT OF THE MISSILE TEST
GROUP WAS MOVED TO THE WESTERN REGION AND PLACED UNDER THE COMMAND OF
THE MISSILE OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE UNITS IN
THAT REGION. 4 SEPTEMBER 1990 (SUBHEAD) I HEADED FOR THE SOUTH, THIS TIME BY
CAR, TO VISIT THE MISSILE CORPS UNITS IN KUWAIT. THE DRIVER HAD PUT SOME
NEWSPAPERS IN THE CAR. MY EYE WAS CAUGHT BY A NEWS ITEM IN AL-QAQDISIYAH
NEWSPAPER SAYING THAT TODAY MARKED THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE START OF THE
IRANIAN AGGRESSION ON 4 SEPTEMBER 1980. SO, 10 YEARS HAVE NOW ELAPSED
SINCE THAT BLACK SEDITION, WHICH EVIL FORCES HAD TRIGGERED AND WHICH
ENCOURAGED IRAN TO DECLARE A LONG-TERM WAR AGAINST IRAQ. THE SAME EVIL
FORCES ALSO ENCOURAGED THE RULERS OF KUWAIT TO CONSPIRE AGAINST IRAQ
AND DO MORE HARM TO FRATERNAL IRAQ TO INCREASE ITS FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC
BURDENS FOLLOWING ITS EIGHT-YEAR CEASELESS WAR. I RECALLED A PIECE OR
POETRY SAYING: "AN INJUSTICE BY KINSMEN HURTS MORE THAN THE STAB OF A
SWORD." THE ZIONISTS WERE ANGERED BY IRAQ'S VICTORY ON 18 AUGUST 1988 AND
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BY IRAQ EMERGING FROM WAR, HAVING WEAPONS THAT COULD HIT THEIR VITAL
INSTALLATIONS AND THEIR WAR EFFORT. ALTHOUGH THEY WERE PLEASED BY THE
WAR AND TRIED TO PROLONG IT, THE ZIONISTS WERE ANGERED WHEN IRAQ EMERGED
STRONG, SAFE, AND CAPABLE OF HARMING THEM IF THEY COMMITTED AGGRESSION
ON THE ARAB NATION. THEREFORE, THEY WERE WORRIED AND THEY LAUNCHED A
PSYCHOLOGICAL AND MEDIA WARFARE TO CLEAR THE WAY FOR A DIRECT STRIKE
AGAINST IRAQ. FOR THAT PURPOSE, THEY MOVED MANY OF THEIR SUSPECT AGENTS
IN THE REGION AND WHAT HAPPENED HAPPENED. BUT IRAQ, WHICH WAS AWARE OF
THE CONSPIRACIES, WAS PLANNING ONCE AGAIN TO FOIL THE SPITEFUL ZIONIST
SCHEMES. PRESIDENT SADDAM HUSAYN LAUNCHED AN INITIATIVE IN THE FORM OF A
MESSAGE ON 14 AUGUST 1990. THIS WAS TO PAVE THE WAY FOR NEIGHBORLY TIES
WITH IRAN AND OTHER NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES IN HARMONY WITH THE SPIRIT OF
HIS PREVIOUS INITIATIVE OF 12 AUGUST 1990 CALLING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE AND
LASTING PEACE IN THE WHOLE OF THE REGION. BUT IRAN DID NOT OFFER ANYTHING
SIGNIFICANT TO TURN THE IRAQI INITIATIVES INTO EFFECTIVE AGREEMENTS. THAT
PROLONGED WAR REMINDS ME OF MANY MARTYR FRIENDS AND MISSING IN ACTION,
AS WELL AS THE POW'S, WHO WERE HELD IN VIOLATION OF THE RULES OF OUR TRUE
RELIGION AND THE INTERNATIONAL CHARTER AND TREATIES--FRIENDS, WHO SERVED
WITH ME IN THE FIFTH MECHANIZED DIVISION IN AL-BASRAH, FROM WHERE WE ALL
TOOK PART IN AL-MUHAMMARAH (KHURRAMSHAHR), AHVAZ, AND ABADAN BATTLES. 7
SEPTEMBER 1990 (SUBHEAD) WE STARTED TO IMPLEMENT WHAT WE PLANNED FOR
LAST NIGHT. SO, WE MOVED THE REST OF BRIGADE 226 AND THE SECOND BATTALION
OF BRIGADE 225 FROM AL-MAHAWIL TO THE SOUTHERN SECTOR AND WE ALSO SENT
24 AL-RA'D (LUNA) MISSILES TO THE SAME SECTOR. I ISSUED AN ORDER FOR THE
WITHDRAWAL OF BRIGADE 225 FROM THE WESTERN REGION TO SHELTERS AROUND
BAGHDAD. I ALSO ASKED BRIGADES 223 AND 224 TO CARRY OUT THE MISSION IN THE
SOUTHERN REGION OF THE COUNTRY AND TO PREPARE FOR A STRIKE AGAINST
HOSTILE TARGETS IN DHAHRAN AND BUQAYQ. 8 SEPTEMBER 1990 (SUBHEAD) WE
MOVED THE SIXTH BATTERY OF ANTIAIRCRAFT BATTALION 588, WHICH WAS PLACED
UNDER OUR COMMAND, TO PROTECT THE STRATEGIC BRIGADES FROM AL-RAMADI TO
THE WESTERN SECTOR. THE BATTERY THEN WAS PLACED UNDER THE COMMAND OF
THE OPERATIONAL MISSILE CONTROL CENTER TO REINFORCE THE UNITS PROTECTING
THE OPERATIONAL UNITS IN THE OTHER SECTORS IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR
MEASURES OF 28 AUGUST 1990. THIS WAS NOT PART OF OUR DIRECT DUTIES BUT WE
CARRIED IT OUT IN LIGHT OF OUR ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION OF OUR UNITS IN
KUWAIT AND AL-BASRAH. 11 SEPTEMBER 1990 (SUBHEAD) ONCE AGAIN TOWARD
KUWAIT. I ALWAYS WISHED TO WALK ON THIS LONG ROAD WITHOUT STOPPING. AS A
SMALL BOY, I WISHED TO GO ROUND THE WORLD BY A TRAIN OR BICYCLE. THIS WAS
MY DREAM. I WISHED TO CROSS THAT ARTIFICIAL BORDER, WHICH ONLY DEEPENS
ENMITY AND SEPARATES THE BROTHERS FROM ONE ANOTHER IN THE ONE HOMELAND.
DID I REALIZE MY DREAM WHEN I VISITED GREEN TUNISIA? TUNISIAN POET AL-SHABBI,
WHO CHALLENGES DEATH AND SCOFFS AT ALL THE DECEITFUL, SAYS: "I TELL THOSE
WHO WANT TO DESTROY ME THAT AXES CANNOT DESTROY MY EDIFICE AND THAT
SWORD CANNOT AFFECT MY BODY." I WAS REASSURED ABOUT OUR MISSILE UNITS IN
KUWAIT AND I LEARNED THAT ALL OUR NEEDS WERE FULLY MET. (MORE) 1 NOV
15 SEPTEMBER 1990 (SUBHEAD) TODAY, WE DREW UP A PLAN THAT IF WAF(D)(3)
BROKE OUT, WE WOULD ALLOW HOSTILE MILITARY TARGETS TO ENTER THE CITY OF
AL-KHAFJI TO STRIKE AGAINST THEM ALONG WITH OTHER TARGETS WITH
OPERATIONAL AL-RA'D (LUNA) MISSILES. I DISCUSSED WITH THE ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF
OTHER TARGETS PROPOSED BY THE NAVAL FORCE COMMAND. WE ALSO ASSESSED
EXPECTED REACTIONS FROM THE US FORCES TO THE USE OF THE IRAQI MISSILES, IN
LIGHT OF INFORMATION WE HAD RECEIVED FROM THE GENERAL MILITARY
INTELLIGENCE DIRECTORATE. AS A RESULT, WE OFFERED THE FOLLOWING
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Collection: FB
Creator:
Agency Acronym: RESTON VA
Office Name: FBIS
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Language: eng
Precedence: ROUTINE
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Attributions: SOURCE: AMMAN AL-'ARAB AL-YAWM IN ARABIC 1 NOV 98 P 11
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