IRAQI COMMANDER MEMOIRS ON MISSILES (1)

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06765426
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: November 20, 2018
• Case Number: F-2018-00293
• Publication Date: November 20, 1998

(U) IRAQI COMMANDERAp-p-rc7fed -605426)
Identifiers:
Document Number: WA2011154098
Dates:
Date Published: 20-Nov-1998 14:38:00
Date Received: 20-Nov-1998 09:42:37
Coverage:
CIA Country Code: IRQ
Region: MIDDLEEAST
Publisher:
Agency Acronym: RESTON VA
Office Name: FBIS
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(U) SERIAL: WA2011154098
(U) COUNTRY: IRAQ SUBJ: TAKES OF 5--IRAQI COMMANDER MEMOIRS ON MISSILES (1)
(U) REF: JN2011144298 AMMAN AL-'ARAB AL-YAWM IN ARABIC 25 OCT 98 P 11 /// AND
THEIR PARTS.
(U) SOURCE: AMMAN AL-'ARAB AL-YAWM IN ARABIC 25 OCT 98 P 11 TEXT:
(U) 5. INFORM THE AIR FORCE AND AIR DEFENSE COMMAND AND THE AIR DEFENSE
OPERATIONS CENTER OF THEIR DUTIES.
(U) 6. PACK ANOTHER GROUP OF MISSILES AND TIME THEIR MOVEMENT, AFTER
MAKING SURE ABOUT THE NUMBER OF THE STRIKES AND THEIR APPROVAL BY THE
HIGHER AUTHORITIES.
(U) 7. SUPERVISE THE IMPLEMENTATION AND MAKE SURE THAT PERSONNEL DO NOT
STAY LONG IN THE SITES AND ONLY THEN JUST BEFORE LAUNCHING TIME.
(U) WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE; NAMELY, AIR DEFENSE. WE WERE
AWARE OF THE NEED TO PROVIDE AIR PROTECTION FOR THE MISSILE UNITS SO THEY
COULD MOVE FREELY AND WOULD NOT BE THREATENED BY ENEMY ATTACK. FOR THIS
REASON, I TRIED MY BEST TO CONVINCE THE AUTHORITIES IN THE DEFENSE MINISTRY
TO PLACE AT LEAST TWO ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTALIONS AT THE DISPOSAL OF THE
MISSILE CORPS, AND MAKE THEM EVEN PERMANENT LATER ON. 30 DECEMBER 1989 I
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KEPT LISTENING TO THE RAIN 0ea10714-jja-s- ciee-84.16co RPS INSIGNIA,
WHICH WAS ONE OF OUR 1989 ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THE INSIGNIA CONSISTS OF TWO
PALM BRANCHES FORMING A CIRCLE WITH THEIR ENDS TOUCHING THE WARHEAD OF A
MISSILE STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CIRCLE. THE TWO BRANCHES ARE THE
SYMBOLS OF GOODNESS AND PEACE. THE BASE OF THE INSIGNIA CARRIES THE
WORDS OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD, MAY THE PEACE AND BLESSINGS BE UPON HIM,
WHICH SAY: "POWER IS THROWING." THE WORDS ARE PART OF A PROPHET'S
TRADITION WHICH SAYS: "PREPARE ALL THE POWER YOU CAN FOR THEM. POWER IS
THROWING. POWER IS THROWING. POWER IS THROWING." (DESCRIPTION OF SOURCE:
INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER OFTEN CRITICAL OF GOVERNMENT POLICIES. INTERNET
VERSION IS ALSO AVAILABLE AT HTTP://WWW.ALARAB-ALYAWM.COM.J0) THIS REPORT
MAY CONTAIN COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL. COPYING AND DISSEMINATION IS PROHIBITED
WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT OWNERS. (ENDALL) END OF MESSAGE
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- JN2011144298 AMMAN AL-'ARAB AL-YAWM IN ARABIC 25 OCT 98 P 11//I AND THEIR
PARTS.
Collection: FB
Creator:
Agency Acronym: RESTON VA
Office Name: FBIS
Description: (U) None
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Language: eng
Precedence: ROUTINE
Source:
Attributions: SOURCE: AMMAN AL-'ARAB AL-YAWM IN ARABIC 25 OCT 98 P 11
Subject: --
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