IRAQI COMMANDER MEMOIRS ON MISSILES (7)

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06765449
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• 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 26, 1998

(U) IRAQI COMMANDERAPpTc7feg -6005449)
Identifiers:
Document Number: WA2611070298
Dates:
Date Published: 26-Nov-1998 06:00:00
Date Received: 26-Nov-1998 01:03:18
Coverage:
CIA Country Code: IRQ
Region: MIDDLEEAST
Publisher:
Agency Acronym: RESTON VA
Office Name: FBIS
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(U) COUNTRY: IRAQ SUBJ: TAKE 5 OF 5--IRAQI COMMANDER MEMOIRS ON MISSILES (7)
(U) REF: JN2611064698 AMMAN AL-'ARAB AL-YAWM IN ARABIC 8 NOV 98 P 13 /// THE
ZIONIST ENTITY.
(U) SOURCE: AMMAN AL-'ARAB AL-YAWM IN ARABIC 8 NOV 98 P 13 TEXT:
(U) IN LIGHT OF THE INFORMATION I RECEIVED ON 21 JANUARY REGARDING THE
DEMOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION OF JERUSALEM, I REVISED THE INFORMATION I HAD
PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED, PARTICULARLY THE DEMOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION OF EAST
JERUSALEM AND WEST JERUSALEM, AS THE ZIONIST ENEMY OUTS IT. DUE TO THE
ACCURACY OF AL-HUSAYN MISSILES, I MADE AN ANALYTICAL STUDY ON 22 JANUARY
OF THE POSSIBILITY OF STRIKING AGAINST ZIONIST TARGETS IN THE WESTERN PART
OF JERUSALEM. TODAY, 22 JANUARY, I ALSO PROPOSED TO THE PRESIDENT THAT WE
STRIKE AGAINST HOSTILE TARGETS IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE CITY OF
JERUSALEM, PARTICULARLY THE KNESSET, AND GUARANTEE THE SAFETY OF THE
'UMAR MOSQUE, THE DOME OF THE ROCK, AND THE EASTERN PART OF JERUSALEM. IF
THE PRESIDENT AGREES TO OUR PROPOSAL, WE WILL CARRY OUT SURPRISE STRIKES
AND OTHER PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED STRIKES AGAINST TEL AVIV AND OTHER
TARGETS ON 22 JANUARY. TODAY, 22 JANUARY, THE PRESIDENT INSTRUCTED US TO
FOCUS ON TARGETS IN TEL AVIV AND ELSEWHERE. IN FACT, WHAT MADE ME THINK OF
THAT WAS THE IMPORTANCE OF TARGETS IN JERUSALEM, AS WELL AS INFORMATION
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ON THE FALL OF SHRAPNEL OF APPr-70\;eCrf-Or:.R-eleise.:-.26-ieT1-675-e0F6-54.0 OVER WEST
JERUSALEM. SO, I ASKED MYSELF WHY WE DID NOT STRIKE AGAINST WEST
JERUSALEM TO INFLICT HEAVY LOSSES ON THE ENEMY, PARTICULARLY SINCE WE HAD
ENOUGH INFORMATION ON THE ISSUE. IN LIGHT OF THE ROUGH INFORMATION WE
RECEIVED ON 22 JANUARY, THERE WERE 10 MISSILE BASES IN NORTHERN ISRAEL;
TWO BASES IN SOUTHERN LEBANON; THREE BASES IN NEGEV, THE GOLAN, AND BISAN;
AND ONE BASE ELSEWHERE. THE TOTAL WAS 16 BASES. 23 JANUARY 1991 (SUBTITLE)
TODAY, WEDNESDAY, DESERVES TO BE CALLED THE DAY OF BRIGADE 223. THE
PERSONNEL OF THIS HEROIC BRIGADE FIRED FROM ALL THEIR OPERATING
LAUNCHERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PLAN. AT 2300, WE CARRIED OUT THE THIRD
STRIKE AGAINST HOSTILE TARGETS IN SAUDI ARABIA BY FIRING TWO MISSILES AT
HOSTILE TARGETS IN DHAHRAN AND TWO AT HOSTILE TARGETS IN RIYADH. THE
ARMED FORCES GENERAL COMMAND ISSUED COMMUNIQUI NO. 16 ON OUR SECOND
STRIKE AGAINST HOSTILE TARGETS IN SAUDI ARABIA. EARLY TODAY, WE ALSO
RECEIVED INFORMATION ON THE LANDING OF TWO HELICOPTER GUNSHIPS IN AL-
'AMIRIYAH NEAR AL-FALLUJAH, AND WE INSTRUCTED OUR UNITS IN THE WESTERN
REGION TO BE MORE CAUTIOUS. I ASKED THE GENERAL MILITARY INTELLIGENCE
DIRECTORATE FOR OTHER INFORMATION ON A TARGET NEAR A HOTEL CALLED
JERUSALEM MAGDAN IN TEL AVIV AND OTHER TARGETS IN BENI BARAQ AREA IN TEL
AVIV. WE ALSO RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING THE LANDING OF OUR MISSILES
IN THE ZIONIST ENTITY. (DESCRIPTION OF SOURCE: INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER OFTEN
CRITICAL OF GOVERNMENT POLICIES. INTERNET VERSION IS ALSO AVAILABLE AT
HTTP://WVVW.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 UNCLASSIFIED
- JN2611064698 AMMAN AL-'ARAB AL-YAWM IN ARABIC 8 NOV 98 P 13111 THE ZIONIST
ENTITY.
Collection: FB
Creator:
Agency Acronym: RESTON VA
Office Name: FBIS
Description: (U) None
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Language: eng
Precedence: ROUTINE
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Attributions: SOURCE: AMMAN AL-'ARAB AL-YAWM IN ARABIC 8 NOV 98 P 13
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