IRAQI COMMANDER MEMOIRS ON MISSILES (5)

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• Case Number: F-2018-00293
• Publication Date: November 25, 1998

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(U) IRAQI COMMANDER MEMOIRS ON MISSILES (5)
Identifiers:
Document Number: JN2511081498
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Dates:
Date Published: 25-Nov-1998 07:27:00
Date Received: 25-Nov-1998 02:29:50
Coverage:
CIA Country Code: IRQ
Region: MIDDLEEAST
Publisher:
Agency Acronym: RESTON VA
Office Name: FBIS
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(U) SERIAL: JN2511081498
(U) COUNTRY: IRAQ SUBJ: TAKE 1 OF 7--IRAQI COMMANDER MEMOIRS ON MISSILES (5)
(U) REF: JN2311082098 AND ADDS AMMAN AL-'ARAB AL-YAWM ARABIC 2 NOV -- IRAQI
COMMANDER MEMOIRS ON MISSILES (4)
(U) SOURCE: AMMAN AL-'ARAB AL-YAWM IN ARABIC 3 NOV 98 P 11 TEXT:
(U) (PART FIVE OF BOOK OF MEMOIRS ENTITLED "FORTY-THREE MISSILES ON THE
ZIONIST ENTITY," BY LIEUTENANT GENERAL HAZIM 'ABD-AL-RAZZAQ AL-AYYUBI,
COMMANDER OF THE IRAQI SURFACE-TO-SURFACE MISSILE CORPS DURING THE GULF
WAR)
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(U) (FBIS TRANSLATED TEXT) CHAPTER III: CALL DAY (3) (SUBTITLE) 15 DECEMBER 1990
(SUBTITLE) FOR ME, THAT WAS A DAY UNLIKE ANY OTHER; I HAD THE HONOR TO MEET
WITH THE PRESIDENT, AN OCCURRENCE THAT I ENTERED IN MY DIARY. THE MEETING
TOOK PLACE ON 28 JUMADA AL-AWWAL, 1411 HEJIRAH. I RETURNED TO MY RESIDENCE
ELATED AT HAVING MET WITH THE PRESIDENT. THE LONGEST-SERVING STAFF OFFICER
HAD HANDED ME AN ENVELOPE FROM THE DIRECTORATE OF THE GENERAL MILITARY
INTELLIGENCE. THE ENVELOPE CONTAINED A SHEET LISTING THE NATIONAL HOLIDAYS
ON THE CALENDAR OF THE ZIONIST ENTITY FOR THE YEAR 1991. IT HAD BEEN A
PRACTICE OF MINE TO ENLIST SUCH DATA ON IRAN AND THE ZIONIST ENTITY SO THAT
WE WOULD BE ABLE TO BE MINDFUL OF THE DAYS THAT COULD SEE EITHER OF THE
TWO NATIONS CONTRIVE A CRISIS. BOTH TIME WHATEVER MISCHIEF THEY MAY WANT
TO CREATE FOR THE ARABS IN GENERAL, AND IRAQ IN PARTICULAR, TO COINCIDE WITH
SUCH OCCASIONS. I HAD OBTAINED CLEARANCE FROM THE PRESIDENT TO RETURN
THE ROCKETS THAT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY DEPLOYED IN THE OPEN TO A NUMBER OF
HANGARS TO SHIELD THEM FROM RAIN AS WINTER WAS AT HAND. ARRANGEMENTS
WERE MADE TO SECURE ADDITIONAL HANGARS. 25 DECEMBER 1990 (SUBTITLE) I
TRAVELED TO AL-NAKHIB, THE AREA DESIGNATED FOR THE TESTS, THEIR DATE HAVING
BEEN AMENDED. WE WERE DETERMINED THAT THE TESTS TAKE PLACE, DESPITE OUR
KNOWLEDGE THAT THE ENEMY HAD COMPLETED THEIR CONCENTRATIONS ON SAUDI
TERRITORY. AT THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE TEST, I FLEW TO UMM QASR TO
CONDUCT ANOTHER IN THE SERIES OF TESTS ON "AL-ABBAS" ROCKET AND IRAQI-
MADE LAUNCHERS (QADHIFAT), AND THE TEST LAUNCH TOOK PLACE LATE ON THE
28TH DAY OF DECEMBER. THE OFFICERS AND OTHER RANKS IN THE ROCKET TEST
CREWS WERE WORKING FLAT OUT TO GET THE EXPERIMENTS DONE SUCCESSFULLY.
IT WAS HARD FOR THEM TO GO INTO CULTIVATED OR UNINHABITED AREAS TO SET UP
BASES OR TO LOOK FOR ROCKET WRECKS THERE. ON THAT PARTICULAR OCCASION,
TWO OFFICERS WENT TO SURVEY FOR A SUITABLE SITE. THEY WERE MET BY A MIDDLE
AGED MAN, WHO WAS A TRIBAL CHIEF AND WHO, AT FINDING OUT WHAT THEY WERE
ABOUT, FETED THEM AND SLAUGHTERED THREE SHEEP IN THEIR HONOR. 1 JANUARY
1991 (SUBTITLE) I ENTERED IN MY DIARY THE ADVENT OF A NEW GREGORIAN YEAR,
THE FIRST DAY OF WHICH CORRESPONDED WITH THE 15TH DAY OF THE HEJIRAH
MONTH OF JUMADA AL-AKHIRAH. HE SPENT THAT NIGHT IN THE SOUTH WHERE IRAQI
MILITARY UNITS WERE DEPLOYED. HE SHARED WITH OUR FIGHTERS THERE A
BANQUET, THE INGREDIENTS OF WHICH HE HIMSELF HAD PREPARED. EVERYONE HAD
A GOOD TIME IN HIS COMPANY AND FELT THAT HAVING CONSUMED FOOD BROUGHT
AND PREPARED BY HIM PERSONALLY, THEY HAD VIRTUALLY MADE A PROMISE; NAMELY
TO GAIN THE UPPER HAND ON THE BATTLEFRONT AND, WITH GOD'S WILL, BEAT OFF
THE AGGRESSORS. 6 JANUARY 1991 (SUBTITLE) ON THE DAY MARKING THE
ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE VALIANT ARMY OF IRAQ, THE POLITICAL
GUIDANCE STAFF HAD PREPARED THE PARAPHERNALIA FOR THE CELEBRATIONS TO
OBSERVE THAT GLORIOUS DAY: IRAQI FLAGS, COLORED STRIPS OF PAPER, AND A
LOCAL RADIO STATION PUTTING ON SONGS OF VICTORY AND POWER. OUR VALIANT
MILITARY HAD NOW COME OF AGE, HAVING ATTAINED SUPREME LEVELS OF
CAPABILITY AND STRENGTH AND EXPERIENCE SPANNING 70 YEARS OF HARD AND
SUSTAINED WORK THAT BEGAN IN 1921. I HAD PICTURED OUR ARMY AS A FORMIDABLE
FORCE WELL PREPARED TO TAKE ON THE MOST MASSIVE MILITARY BUILDUP HISTORY
HAD EVER KNOWN. OH VALIANT GIANT: YOU WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS THE ARMY
OF ARABISM AND PRINCIPLES ON YOUR IMMORTAL DAY. 17 JANUARY 1991 (SUBTITLE) A
DAY CRAMMED FULL OF WORK. AT 0930 I RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE CHIEF
OF STAFF OF THE ARMY AND FROM HIS ASSISTANT FOR OPERATIONS EXPLAINING THE
EVIL DESIGNS OF THE FOREIGN FORCES THAT HAD MASSED ON SAUDI TERRITORY AND
ORDERING THAT NO LEAVE BE GIVEN TO ANY MEMBER OF OUR UNITS AS OF 12
JANUARY 1991. AT 1000 I HELD A CONFERENCE WITH THE COMMANDERS OF BRIGADES
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223 AND 224 TO ISSUE MY INSTRUCTIONS AS TO THEIR RESPECTIVE MISSIONS.
AFTERWARDS I CHECKED TO SEE HOW THINGS WERE GOING AT BRIGADE 225 AND
HOW FAR ALONG THE MANEUVER PLAN WAS IN THE SECOND BATTALION. I LATER
AGAIN CALLED ON THE COMMANDERS OF BRIGADES 223 AND 224 AND BROUGHT INTO
THE SESSION THE COMMANDER OF THE MAINTENANCE UNIT AND STAFF FROM THE
MILITARY INDUSTRIALIZATION TO BRIEF THEM ON THE SPECIAL AMMUNITION. I HAD
REPEATEDLY SOUGHT ADDITIONAL SPECIAL GUIDANCE EQUIPMENT TO BOOST OUR
BOMBER POTENTIAL AND COULD FIND NO MORE THAN FOUR PIECES. (MORE) 3 NOV
8 JANUARY 1991 (SUBTITLE) AT 1000 SHARP TODAY, I RECEIVED SPECIFIC (b)(3)
INSTRUCTIONS FROM HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT TIMED 1800 THE PREVIOUS
DAY ABOUT THE SPECIAL WEAPONS OR THE SPECIAL WARHEADS AS WE CALLED THEM.
THE INSTRUCTIONS WERE CONVEYED COURTESY OF STAFF LIEUTENANT GENERAL
'ALA' AL-JANABI, THE GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE GENERAL COMMAND OF THE
ARMED FORCES SPELLING OUT HOW TO COORDINATE WITH THE OFFICIAL IN CHARGE
OF MILITARY INDUSTRIALIZATION CONCERNING THE SPECIAL WARHEADS SO THAT
EACH WOULD BE READY TO USE THE MOMENT A PERTINENT ORDER IS GIVEN OR IN
THE EVENT OF A MASSIVE STRIKE AGAINST IRAQ. OUR WARHEADS WOULD BE
LAUNCHED AT SPECIFIC ENEMY TARGETS WHEREVER THESE MAY BE, SINCE THE
AMERICANS COULD LAUNCH MASSIVE STRIKES. THE PRESIDENTIAL ORDER ALSO
DIRECTED THAT THE GENERAL MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE SHARE WITH US
INTELLIGENCE ABOUT THE WHEREABOUTS OF ENEMY CONCENTRATIONS IN THE
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Creator:
Agency Acronym: RESTON VA
Office Name: FBIS
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Language: eng
Precedence: ROUTINE
Source:
Attributions: SOURCE: AMMAN AL-'ARAB AL-YAWM IN ARABIC 3 NOV 98 P 11
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