IRAQI COMMANDER MEMOIRS ON MISSILES (8)

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• Publication Date: November 26, 1998

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(U) IRAQI COMMANDER MEMOIRS ON MISSILES (8)
Identifiers:
Document Number: JN2611071598
Dates:
Date Published: 26-Nov-1998 06:24:00
Date Received: 26-Nov-1998 01:27:24
Coverage:
CIA Country Code: IRQ
Region: MIDDLEEAST
Publisher:
Agency Acronym: RESTON VA
Office Name: FBIS
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(U) SERIAL: JN2611071598
(U) COUNTRY: IRAQ SUBJ: TAKE 1 OF 5--IRAQI COMMANDER MEMOIRS ON MISSILES (8)
(U) REF: JN2611064698 AMMAN AL-'ARAB AL-YAWM IN ARABIC 8 NOV 98 P 13 -- TAKE 1 OF
6--IRAQI COMMANDER MEMOIRS ON MISSILES (7)
(U) SOURCE: AMMAN AL-'ARAB AL-YAWM IN ARABIC 10 NOV 98 P 12 TEXT:
(U) (PART EIGHT 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: THE BATTLE OF HOPE AND HONOR (3)
(SUBTITLE) 24 JANUARY 1991 (SUBTITLE) I ISSUED ORDERS TO THE COMMANDER OF
BRIGADE 224 AND THE COMMANDER OF THE FIRST MAINTENANCE UNIT TO MANEUVER
WITH THE EFFORT FROM THE SOUTHERN SECTOR TO THE WESTERN SECTOR ONCE
AGAIN. I ORDERED MOVING FOUR BATTERIES TO THE WEST, WHERE THREE OTHERS
WERE OPERATIONAL WITHIN THAT BRIGADE. I GAVE THE COMMANDER OF THE
BRIGADE INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR POSITIONS AND DEGREES OF READINESS, AS
WELL AS A DESCRIPTION OF EACH LAUNCHER, ITS USABILITY, AND FAULTS. I ALSO
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GAVE HIM INSTRUCTIONS ON THE LAUNCHING SITES IN AL-QA'IM AND AL-RUTBAH.
MOREOVER, I ISSUED ORDERS TO ATTACK HAIFA WITH THREE MISSILES AND TEL AVIV
WITH FOUR MISSILES AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. I ISSUED INSTRUCTIONS ON THE
MOVEMENT TO AND MANEUVERING WITH SITES TO INSURE THAT THE MOVEMENT AND
LAUNCHING TOOK PLACE AT DIFFERENT TIMES TO DECEIVE THE ENEMY. I ALSO ISSUED
INSTRUCTIONS TO LIFT THE ARMS OF THE LAUNCHERS TO 45 DEGREES TO AVOID
LEAKAGE OF MISSILE FUEL. BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN LEAKAGE ON PREVIOUS
OCCASIONS, AND DIFFERENT UNITS ARE USING THIS METHOD. I ALSO ISSUED DETAILS
ON TECHNICAL PREPARATION AND ALERTED EVERYONE TO AMBUSHES ON THE
WESTERN HIGHWAY AND THE EXISTENCE OF HUGE POTHOLES CAUSED BY ENEMY AIR
AND MISSILE BOMBING ON AL-RUTBAH AREA. THIS WAS TO PREVENT THE TRUCKS
CARRYING THE LAUNCHER FROM FALLING INTO THEM. I EXPLAINED THAT SPEEDY
DISPATCH OF BATTERIES WOULD INSURE QUICK DEPLOYMENT AND CONCEALMENT.
SO, THERE OUGHT NOT BE ANY DELAY WHATSOEVER. I SUPPLIED THE COMMANDER OF
THE BRIGADE WITH OTHER DETAILS, SUCH AS SURPRISING THE ENEMY BY USING THE
VERY AL-RUTBAH ROAD THAT WAS HIT. I COMMISSIONED SOME UNITS FROM BRIGADE
224 TO INSURE PROTECTION FOR AL-ANBAR BASE FOR SPACE RESEARCH FOLLOWING
REPORTS THAT IT WAS BEING THREATENED. WE BEGAN CONCEALING LAUNCHERS IN
THE MOST UNEXPECTED PLACES. I SUGGESTED NEW IDEAS AND ENCOURAGED
OTHERS TO DO THE SAME. THE CONCEALMENT HELPED US CONTINUE THE
MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR WORK NONSTOP. I CHANGED THE PASSWORDS AND
SYMBOLS AND CHOSE NEW COORDINATES FOR TARGETS IN TEL AVIV AND HAIFA. WE
HEARD THAT THE COMMANDER OF THE ENEMY COALITION DECLARED THAT THE US AIR
FORCE DESTROYED ALL OUR MOBILE LAUNCHERS. WHAT LAUNCHERS COULD THEY BE
TALKING ABOUT? EVEN THE DECOY LAUNCHERS WERE NOT TOUCHED? NOT A SINGLE
LAUNCHER, EQUIPMENT, OR MISSILE FROM AL-HUSAYN FORCE WAS HIT THROUGHOUT
THE BATTLE; AND THE CASUALTIES WERE ON 10 WOUNDED, NOT AS THE ACCURSED
SCHWARZKOPF AND PETER LA PIERRE CLAIMED. THEY ALLUDED TO OUR MEN'S
STEADFASTNESS AND LACK OF ACCURACY. BUT, LET ME SAY THIS, THE BRAVE MISSILE
MEN FIRED STEADILY; AND THEY DID NOT SO MUCH AS BAT AN EYELID OUT OF FEAR OF
THEIR AGGRESSION. THE FEAR WAS WITH LA PIERRE, NOT OUR SOLDIERS. WHAT THEY
WROTE IN THEIR MEMOIRS ARE SHEER LIES AND FALSE CLAIMS. THE SAME CAN ALSO
BE SAID ABOUT THE SPECIAL COMMISSION'S INSPECTION TEAMS THAT CAME TO IRAQ
IN 1991 AND CLAIMED THAT THEY HAD PHOTOS OF OUR EQUIPMENT HIT DURING THE
BATTLE. BUT, THEY FAILED TO PRODUCE THOSE PHOTOS, WHICH PROVES THEIR LIES.
ONE SIMPLE PROOF IS THAT MY SON, MUHAMMAD HAZIM, A FOURTH GRADER,
PARTICIPATED TWICE IN FIRING AGAINST ENEMY TARGETS. HE WAS AT THE
LAUNCHING SITES AND ONLY 20 METERS FROM THE MISSILES. IN FACT, HE PRESSED
THE FIRING BUTTON. HE WAS ALSO AMONG OFFICERS AND MEN ON SEVERAL
OCCASIONS. THIS IS WHAT WE CALL GREAT FAITH. 25 JANUARY 1991 (SUBTITLE) THE
TIME IS 1100 HOURS. THE ENEMY CARRIED OUT A RAID ON THE POSITIONS OF ANTI-
AIRCRAFT BATTALION 1040 UNDER BRIGADE 223 AND ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTALION 852
UNDER MY COMMAND. THE PHONE RANG IN MY OFFICE. SIR, SOME OF OUR MEN WERE
MARTYRED AND OTHERS WOUNDED. GOD REST THEIR SOULS IN PEACE. AT 1400
HOURS I DECIDED TO FIRE 10 MISSILES IN THE BIGGEST STRIKE SINCE THE
AGGRESSION. I ISSUED ORDERS TO THE FIRST MAINTENANCE UNIT TO PREPARE AL-
HUSAYN MISSILES MARK-3. I ALSO ISSUED ORDERS FOR THE MISSILES TO BE FUELED
BY THE TECHNICAL BATTERIES. MOREOVER, I TOOK PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES
CONCERNING THE EQUIPMENT OF BRIGADE 223. AT 1840 HOURS, WE FIRED EIGHT
MISSILES AGAINST THE ZIONIST ENTITY. TWO FELL ON HAIFA AND SIX ON TEL AVIV. AT
2227 HOURS THE SAME EVENING, WE FIRED TWO MISSILES ON ENEMY HEADQUARTERS
IN RIYADH. WERE AVENGING FOR THE BLOOD OF OUR RIGHTEOUS MARTYRS? THEY
WERE THE FOURTH AND FIFTH STRIKES AT THE ZIONIST ENTITY AND THE FOURTH ON
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ENEMY TARGETS IN SAUDI ARABIA. (MORE) 10 NOV 26 JANUARY 1991 (b)(3)
(SUBTITLE) AT 0330 HOURS, WE CARRIED OUT THE FIFTH STRIKE ON ENEMY TARGETS
IN SAUDI ARABIA WITH ONE MISSILE. THE TARGET WAS IN DHAHRAN. (MORE) END OF
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Agency Acronym: RESTON VA
Office Name: FBIS
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Attributions: SOURCE: AMMAN AL-'ARAB AL-YAWM IN ARABIC 10 NOV 98 P 12
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