IRAQI COMMANDER MEMOIRS ON MISSILES (3)

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• Collection: FOIA Collection
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: November 20, 2018
• Case Number: F-2018-00293
• Publication Date: November 22, 1998

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(U) IRAQI COMMANDER MEMOIRS ON MISSILES (3)
Identifiers:
Document Number: WA2211064298
Dates:
Date Published: 22-Nov-1998 05:39:00
Date Received: 22-Nov-1998 00:42:24
Coverage:
CIA Country Code: IRQ
Region: MIDDLEEAST
Publisher:
Agency Acronym: RESTON VA
Office Name: FBIS
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(U) SERIAL: WA2211064298
(U) COUNTRY: IRAQ SUBJ: TAKE 5 OF 5--IRAQI COMMANDER MEMOIRS ON MISSILES (3)
(U) REF: JN2211063398 AMMAN AL-'ARAB AL-YAWM IN ARABIC 29 OCT 98 P 11 /// EMPTY
THE MISSILES.
(U) SOURCE: AMMAN AL-'ARAB AL-YAWM IN ARABIC 29 OCT 98 P 11 TEXT:
(U) NATURALLY, WE HAD TO INFORM THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMED
FORCES ABOUT THE SITUATION. HIS DIRECTIVE, WHICH WAS COMMUNICATED TO US BY
HIS SECRETARY, WAS THAT WE MUST NOT FILL THEM UNTIL A MILITARY ATTACK HAS
ACTUALLY TAKEN PLACE AGAINST IRAQ. BRIGADE 224 GRACIOUSLY FULFILLED THIS
DIFFICULT ASSIGNMENT AND WE REFERRED THE EMPTY MISSILES TO MIO FOR REPAIR.
I THOUGHT: HOW POWERFUL THESE MEN ARE WHEN THEY WORK IN UNISON FOR THE
WELL-BEING OF THEIR COUNTRY AND THE DEFENSE OF THEIR HONOR AND
PRINCIPLES?! 31 AUGUST 1990 WE SET OFF IN A CAR, AND IT WAS FASCINATING TO
WATCH THE MACHINE SWALLOW UP THE ROAD AS WE SPED THROUGH IN THE
DIRECTION OF THE WESTERN DESERT. FOR I DECIDED THAT DAY TO ALSO INSPECT
OUR MISSILE UNITS THERE AND REASSURE MYSELF ABOUT THEIR CONDITION. I
SWITCHED OFF THE AIR-CONDITIONING AND ROLLED DOWN THE WINDOW TO SEE HOW
IT FELT OUTSIDE. THE HOT DESERT AIR HIT MY FACE LIKE A BLAZE OF FIRE, AND I WAS
REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE EFFECT IT MIGHT HAVE ON THE MORALE OF OUR
SOLDIERS IN THIS DESOLATE PLACE. BUT, THE MORALE WAS HIGH AS I EXPECTED IT. I
FELT AFTER ONLY A FEW HOURS THAT I WAS AMONG JOYOUS FRIENDS. THE SIGHT OF
THE CLOTH MATERIAL THEY USED FOR CAMOUFLAGE WAS COLORFUL AND LOOKED
RATHER FUNNY. BUT THE MEN WERE IN GREAT HARMONY AND THAT MADE ME FEEL
COMFORTABLE. A SENIOR NCO SAID: SIR, WE ARE READY TO FIGHT THE ZIONIST
ENEMY FACE TO FACE AS YOU WISHED US WHEN YOU WERE A LIEUTENANT. THE MAN
TURNED OUT TO BE ONE OF MY STUDENTS WHEN I WAS TEACHER AT THE ARTILLERY
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SCHOOL. HE WAS CLOSE TO MY AGE, WHICH WAS WHY DUTY BROUGHT US TOGETHER
ONCE AGAIN AFTER A LONG SEPARATION. (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
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- JN2211063398 AMMAN AL-'ARAB AL-YAWM IN ARABIC 29 OCT 98 P 11 /// EMPTY THE
MISSILES.
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 29 OCT 98 P 11
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