IRAQI COMMANDER MEMOIRS ON MISSILES (4)

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06765437
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: November 20, 2018
• Case Number: F-2018-00293
• Publication Date: November 23, 1998

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Identifiers:
Document Number: WA2311083498
Dates:
Date Published: 23-Nov-1998 07:33:00
Date Received: 23-Nov-1998 02:35:58
Coverage:
CIA Country Code: IRQ
Region: MIDDLEEAST
Publisher:
Agency Acronym: RESTON VA
Office Name: FBIS
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(U) COUNTRY: IRAQ SUBJ: TAKE 4 OF 4--IRAQI COMMANDER MEMOIRS ON MISSILES (4)
(U) REF: JN2311082098 AMMAN AL-'ARAB AL-YAWM IN ARABIC 1 NOV 98 P 11 /// BRAVE
LEADER SADDAM.
(U) SOURCE: AMMAN AL-'ARAB AL-YAWM IN ARABIC 1 NOV 98 P 11 TEXT:
(U) 1 NOVEMBER 1990 (SUBHEAD) THE PRESIDENT'S SECRETARY DISCUSSED WITH US
THE ISSUE OF THE ACCURACY OF THE MAPS, AND WE STARTED AN INTENSIVE
CAMPAIGN WITH THE MILITARY SURVEY DIRECTORATE TO IMPROVE THE MAPS. IT
TOOK A LONG TIME AND A GREAT EFFORT TO ACHIEVE A HIGHER DEGREE OF
ACCURACY. TODAY, I ALSO STUDIED A FILE ON AN AIR EXERCISE, WHICH MADE ME
REDISTRIBUTE EFFORTS AND MATERIALS. I ORDERED THAT TWO THIRDS OF THE
MISSILE UNITS BE SENT TO THE KUWAIT SECTOR AND ONE THIRD BE KEPT OUTSIDE
THAT SECTOR. 15 NOVEMBER 1990 (SUBHEAD) WE RECEIVED INFORMATION SAYING
THAT TODAY WAS THE DATE FOR THE SO-CALLED DARK NIGHT AIR STRIKE, THAT THE
UNITED STATES MIGHT CARRY OUT AN AIR STRIKE USING NUCLEAR-LIKE BOMBS, AND
THAT THE ZIONIST ENTITY WOULD ATTACK IRAQI MISSILE POSITIONS IN THE
NORTHERN AND WESTERN REGIONS AND CARRY OUT AIR RAIDS ON OUR UNITS IN
KUWAIT. THE MATTER APPEARED TO BE A PROVOCATION OR A PSYCHOLOGICAL
WARFARE, BUT I TOOK THE NECESSARY MEASURES TO CHANGE THE SHELTERS AND
PREPARE THE STRATEGIC DUTIES. WE WERE READY TO CONFRONT THE ENEMY
WHETHER IT CAME IN A DARK OR BRIGHT NIGHT. THE CHALLENGE WAS A BIG ONE, AND
WE WERE AT THE LEVEL OF THE CHALLENGE AND CAPABLE TO RETALIATION. 29
NOVEMBER 1990 (SUBHEAD) THE GENERAL INTELLIGENCE PROVIDED US WITH A LIST
OF VITAL TARGETS OF THE HOSTILE CONCENTRATIONS IN DIFFERENT DEPTHS OF
SAUDI TERRITORIES--AN ISSUE WHICH WE DISCUSSED WITH THE INTELLIGENCE UNTIL
18 JANUARY 1991. THE SECURITY COUNCIL, WHICH HAD BECOME AN AMERICAN
COUNCIL, ISSUED TWO RESOLUTIONS AGAINST IRAQ ON 29 AND 30 NOVEMBER, AND
OUR DIRECTORATE ISSUED AN ORDER ON THAT DAY THAT THE RESERVE FOURTH AL-
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RA'D MISSILES BATTALION BE RAF-Pr-07Q 1or-TeIee7.-10-1-8-/IC1/59-6.0E4-3?) OUR CAR LEFT
BAGHDAD FOR AL-'AMARAH CITY IN MAYSAN GOVERNORATE. I WAS LISTENING TO
KORANIC VERSES FROM THE RADIO. TODAY MARKS THE MARTYR'S DAY, THAT PAINFUL
DAY ON WHICH THE IRANIAN SIDE KILLED 600 IRAQI POW'S AFTER TYING THEIR HAND
BEHIND THEIR BACKS DURING THE AL-BUSAYTIN BATTLE ON 1 DECEMBER 1981, IN
CONFLICT WITH INTERNATIONAL LAW BANNING THE KILLING OF POW'S IN MILITARY
FIELDS AND CALLING FOR MOVING THEM FROM MILITARY FIELDS TO PROTECT THEM
FROM DANGER. WE ARRIVED IN AL-'AMARAH LATE, AND WE CHECKED PREPARATIONS
FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY TO START THEM AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE. NEXT DAY, I
ATTENDED A TEST ON THE ACCURACY OF AL-HUSAYN MISSILE IN ORDER TO REVISE
FIRING CHART AND NEW BRIGADE 223. THE FIRING TEST WAS SUCCESSFUL, GOD BE
PRAISED. 4 DECEMBER 1990 (SUBHEAD) FINALLY, OUR EFFORTS YIELDED FRUITS AND
WE ISSUED THE AL-HUSAYN MISSILE FIRING CHART. IT WAS THE SECOND REVISED
EDITION, WHICH I HAD ASKED FOR FOUR TIMES TO CORRECT CERTAIN THE ERRORS. I
DO NOT KNOW IF ANY MISSILE UNIT IN THE WORLD USED SUCH A NUMBER OF DRAFT
CHARTS. I CAME BACK HOME LATE IN THE NIGHT, AND I WAS BUSY PREPARING A
SPECIAL POISON-GAS-PROOF CHAMBER, WHICH WAS CALLED THE CHEMICAL
CHAMBER. I ALSO MADE SPECIAL GAS MASKS OF CLOTH. THE CHILDREN USED TO CALL
IT THE CHEMICAL CHAMBER. IF I ASKED ONE OF THEM ABOUT SOMETHING, HE WOULD
SAY IT WAS IN THE CHEMICAL CHAMBER. WE EXPECTED AN IMMINENT AGGRESSION BY
THE ZIONIST ENEMY WITH CHEMICAL WEAPONS. 9 DECEMBER 1990 (SUBHEAD) THE
GENERAL MILITARY INTELLIGENCE DIRECTORATE RELEASED NEW INFORMATION ON
THE ZIONIST ENTITY'S PREPARATIONS TO CONFRONT THE IRAQI MISSILES. THE
ZIONIST PLAN INCLUDED ASSESSMENTS THAT THE IRAQI MISSILES WERE ABLE TO
CIRCUMVENT THE ANTIMISSILE WEAPONS AND THAT IT WAS NECESSARY TO LAUNCH A
LIGHTNING PREEMPTIVE STRIKE AGAINST THE IRAQI LAUNCHING PADS DURING
LAUNCHING PREPARATIONS. (DESCRIPTION OF SOURCE: INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
OFTEN CRITICAL OF GOVERNMENT POLICIES. INTERNET VERSION IS ALSO AVAILABLE
AT HTTP://WVVVV.ALARAB-ALYAWM.COM.J0) THIS REPORT MAY CONTAIN COPYRIGHTED
MATERIAL. COPYING AND DISSEMINATION IS PROHIBITED WITHOUT PERMISSION OF
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LEADER SADDAM.
Collection: FB
Creator:
Agency Acronym: RESTON VA
Office Name: FBIS
Description: (U) None
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Language: eng
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