IRAQI COMMANDER MEMOIRS ON MISSILES (5)

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06765440
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• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: November 20, 2018
• Case Number: F-2018-00293
• Publication Date: November 25, 1998

(U) IRAQI COMMANDERAp-p-rc7fed -6054-40)
Identifiers:
Document Number: WA2511083598
Dates:
Date Published: 25-Nov-1998 07:27:00
Date Received: 25-Nov-1998 02:30:37
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 7--IRAQI COMMANDER MEMOIRS ON MISSILES (5)
(U) REF: JN2511081498 AMMAN AL-'ARAB AL-YAWM IN ARABIC 3 NOV 98 P 11 /// TO HURT
IT.
(U) SOURCE: AMMAN AL-'ARAB AL-YAWM IN ARABIC 3 NOV 98 P 11 TEXT:
(U) I WAS CONFIDENT THAT EVERYTHING WAS PROCEEDING ACCORDING TO PLAN: FOR
THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY, THE ZIONIST ENTITY WAS NOW WITHIN THE RANGE OF AN
EFFECTIVE WEAPON HELD BY THE ARAB HANDS OF THE VALIANT SOLDIERS OF IRAQ
AND WHICH WAS THE PRODUCT OF THEIR INGENIOUS AND CREATIVE MINDS. AT THAT
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MOMENT, I WISHED THAT AT LEA-13 FrO-v-e71-f& e;-s-e : RiThiloid9.6-66763Z4-ciul-AR AND
OFFICIAL LEVELS, WERE WITH US AS WE STOOD READY TO EXECUTE THAT MISSION.
HAD THIS BEEN THE CASE, I THOUGHT, PALESTINIAN AND OTHER ARAB TERRITORY
WOULD NOT HAVE REMAINED UNDER THE OCCUPATION OF THE ZIONIST ENTITY, NOT
EVEN FOR HOURS. I RECKONED THAT HAD THIS BEEN THE CASE, THE ZIONIST ENTITY
WOULD HAVE BACKED DOWN AND SUBMITTED TO ARAB WILL AND TO THE PEOPLE OF
PALESTINE WHO HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO DAILY TORMENT FOR GENERATIONS. I
HAD CARRIED OUT A FAITHFUL AND ACCURATE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FUNCTIONS
ASSIGNED TO ME FROM THE MOMENT THE ROCKETS WERE PRIMED FOR ACTION TO
THE MOMENT THAT THEY WERE FIRED AND UP TO THE SAFETY PRECAUTIONARY
MEASURES. I WENT OVER THE ROCKET STRIKE PLAN FOR THE SECOND PRIORITY
RELATED TO THE ENEMY TARGETS AND ITS CONCENTRATIONS ON SAUDI TERRITORY.
THINKING TO MYSELF, I CONSIDERED THE IRONY OF OUR SEARCH FOR AN ACCURATE
MAP OF SAUDI TERRITORY JUST A FEW DAYS PREVIOUSLY AND THE BAD AMERICANS
WHO HAD SOLD THE ARABS THE FALSE NOTION THAT IRAQ WAS IN FACT COVETOUS OF
ARAB LAND. I WONDERED WHAT PUNISHMENT SHOULD BE METED OUT TO THOSE WHO
SOUGHT TO SPREAD FALSE IDEAS. WE THEN HAD THE WIRELESS SYSTEM HOOKED UP
TO THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE. 13 JANUARY 1991 (SUBHEAD) IRAQ WAS SEEKING A FAIR
SOLUTION IN A WORLD WHERE DOUBLE STANDARDS WERE THE NORM AND WHERE
NOTHING ON EARTH, INCLUDING THE UNITED NATIONS, HAD BEEN SPARED THE
INTERFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES. I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS WORLD WHERE
BRIBERY AND THREATS WERE THE PREVAILING PATTERN, WITH THE WEAKER
COUNTRIES COMING UNDER THREATS AND THE REST TAKING HUGE BRIBES AS A
PRICE FOR LOOKING ON AS THE CRIME OF THE AGE WAS BEING COMMITTED. THAT DAY
JAVIER PEREZ DE CUELLAR, THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL, ARRIVED IN BAGHDAD, HIS
VISIT TAKING PLACE, AS IT DID, ON THE 11TH HOUR, AS IF TO SEND THE MESSAGE THAT
HE WAS LENDING INTERNATIONAL LEGITIMACY TO A DECLARATION OF WAR. IT WAS AS
IF HE WAS VISITING SO IT COULD BE SAID THAT DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS TO ARRIVE AT A
PEACEFUL WAY OUT HAD BEEN EXHAUSTED. THE GAME HAD NOT BEEN LOST ON IRAQ,
A POINT THAT IT MADE TO THE UN CHIEF WITHOUT ANY EQUIVOCATION. ON 9 JANUARY
1991, THAT SAME POINT WAS MADE BY TARIQ 'AZIZ TO JAMES BAKER, THE US
SECRETARY OF STATE. THE WORLD UNDERSTOOD THAT THE UNITED STATES WAS
ACTING AGAINST THE ARABS ON BEHALF OF THE ZIONIST ENTITY AND THAT THE
MATTER HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE QUESTION OF KUWAIT. THE US POSITION WAS
MADE AMPLY CLEAR BY THE US PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH; NAMELY THAT THE UNITED
STATES WAS BENT ON DOING UNDESERVED HARM TO IRAQ. THE US PRESIDENT SAID
VERBATIM THAT "IRAQ'S WITHDRAWAL FROM KUWAIT IN ITSELF WAS NOT ENOUGH; A
SOLUTION OF THE CRISIS MUST PROVIDE FOR DISARMING IRAQ AND DISMANTLING ITS
ROCKETS AND ALL ITS NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES. BEYOND THAT, IRAQ MUST BE MADE TO
PAY FULL REPARATIONS FOR THE DAMAGE THAT HAS BEEN CAUSED TO ALL REGIONAL
PARTIES." (MORE) 3 NOV THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT THAT STATEMENT
HAD BEEN DICTATED TO THE US PRESIDENT BY ZIONIST AND OTHER REGIONAL
CIRCLES WHICH HAD SENSED THAT THE HUGE PROGRESS MADE BY IRAQ HAD
CONTRASTED WITH THEIR DIMINISHED IMPORTANCE. I FOLLOWED THE PERFORMANCE
OF THE FIRE SUPPORT COORDINATION CENTER AND THEN LIEUTENANT COLONEL
SHABIB SULAYMAN, A BODYGUARD OF THE PRESIDENT'S, AND I AGREED ON CODE-
RELATED DETAILS. A DIRECT PHONE LINE WAS THEN INSTALLED ON THE PRESIDENT'S
EXCHANGE. I SENT OUT A LIST OF THE CODE WORDS TO THE COMMANDERS AND THEN
I SENT OUT COMPLEMENTARY PLANS TO BRIGADE 223 AND BRIGADE 224 AND THE
MAINTENANCE UNIT WITH RESPECT TO THE FIRST AND SECOND PRIORITY STRIKES.
THE PLANS COVERED THE TARGETS AND LOCATIONS AND THE TECHNICAL
PREPARATIONS THAT WERE NEEDED FOR LAUNCHING THE ROCKETS, AND THEY ALSO
SPELLED OUT THE RESPONSIBILITIES TO BE UNDERTAKEN BY RECONNAISSANCE,
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TRANSPORTATION, AND LIAISOI`ApPTI:WecIfOr.lielea'seTi07167:069-6EZidY4463ER OF THE PLANS
FROM SEVEN TO FOUR. CERTAIN PLANS WERE ENVISAGED TO BE FULFILLED IN 21
HOURS, OTHERS IN 27 HOURS, DEPENDING ON HOW FAR THE TARGETS WERE. ON
THAT DAY, CERTAIN UNITS CARRIED OUT A FINAL RECONNAISSANCE OF THEIR
LOCATIONS IN THE WESTERN AREA. 14 JANUARY 1991 (SUBTITLE) IN THE NAME OF
GOD,THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE MOST MERCIFUL: "THOSE ADVISED BY SOME TO
BEWARE OF THE FORCE ASSEMBLED TO ATTACK THEM HAVE ONLY BECOME EVEN
STRONGER BELIEVERS AND WERE CONVINCED THAT GOD'S SUPPORT WAS MORE
THAN ENOUGH FOR THEM." (KORANIC VERSE) I HAD JUST FINISHED READING WHAT
VERSES I COULD GIVEN THE TIME CONSTRAINT FROM THE HOLY KORAN. AFTER A
WHILE SITTING ON MY PRAYER RUG, I ROSE TO MY FEET. HOW COMFORTABLE BOTH
FOR MY BODY AND SOUL THAT PRAYER SESSION WAS. BEFORE THAT, I HAD SPENT 10
SOLID HOURS AT THE OFFICE DESK. I PACED UP AND DOWN THE ROOM TO STRETCH
MY LEGS BUT I FELT DIZZY. I HAD NOT HAD A MOMENT'S SLEEP SINCE THE DAY
BEFORE. I KNEW THAT IT WAS POSSIBLE THAT THE WAR COULD BEGIN THAT NIGHT,
THAT DAY BEING THE ONE SET BY THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL FOR IRAQ TO
WITHDRAW FROM KUWAIT, A RESOLUTION PASSED UNDER IMMENSE PRESSURE FROM
THE UNITED STATES, OR ELSE FACE A MILITARY STRIKE. THAT WAS AN UNFAIR AND
PROVOCATIVE RESOLUTION. IT BETRAYED A TREACHEROUS INTENTION REGARDLESS
OF WHETHER IRAQ REMAINED IN OR WITHDREW FROM KUWAIT. IF AN ATTACK WAS
INEVITABLE ANYWAY, WHY, THEN, SHOULD IRAQ GIVE UP ITS PRINCIPLED STAND?
SADDAM HUSAYN IS NOT ONE TO GO FOR SUCH AN OPTION. IT WAS A HISTORIC AND
DECISIVE BATTLE THAT WENT BEYOND THE PRESENT AND THAT SHOULD MARK THE
ARAB RESPONSE TO THE ATTITUDE OF IMPERIALISTS TOWARD THE ARABS. (MORE)
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Office Name: FBIS
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Attributions: SOURCE: AMMAN AL-'ARAB AL-YAWM IN ARABIC 3 NOV 98 P 11
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