IRAQI COMMANDER MEMOIRS ON MISSILES (8)

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06765453
• 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 26, 1998

(U) IRAQI COMMANDERAp-p-rc7fed -6054-53)
Identifiers:
Document Number: WA2611072798
Dates:
Date Published: 26-Nov-1998 06:24:00
Date Received: 26-Nov-1998 01:28:05
Coverage:
CIA Country Code: IRQ
Region: MIDDLEEAST
Publisher:
Agency Acronym: RESTON VA
Office Name: FBIS
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(U) SERIAL: WA2611072798
(U) COUNTRY: IRAQ SUBJ: TAKE 5 OF 5--IRAQI COMMANDER MEMOIRS ON MISSILES (8)
(U) REF: JN2611071598 AMMAN AL-'ARAB AL-YAWM IN ARABIC 10 NOV 98 P 12 /// AGAINST
GREAT IRAQ.
(U) SOURCE: AMMAN AL-'ARAB AL-YAWM IN ARABIC 10 NOV 98 P 12 TEXT:
(U) AT 1200 HOURS, I SAT IN THE PRESENCE OF PRESIDENT SADDAM HUSAYN. THOSE
WERE HISTORIC MOMENTS WHICH CONTINUED FOR ONE WHOLE HOUR. I SAT BEFORE
A LEADER WHO BELIEVES IN THE DESTINY OF THE NATION AND INCARNATES ITS
ETERNAL SYMBOLS BY HIS SHARP WIT AND ASTUTENESS. I WROTE A MESSAGE TO ALL
UNITS OF THE MISSILE CORPS COMMAND CONVEYING THE PRESIDENT'S GREETINGS
AND BEST WISHES FOR VICTORY AND HONOR, AS WELL AS THE COMMANDER IN
CHIEF'S DECISION TO HONOR THEIR DISTINGUISHED, HEROIC EFFORT IN STRIKING THE
ASSEMBLED FORCES OF TYRANNY, EVIL, AND AGGRESSION AND FULFILLING THE WILL
OF GOODNESS, JUSTICE, AND EQUITABILITY. THE PRESIDENT WAS MOST GENEROUS
AS USUAL. HE GRANTED THEM 500 VEHICLES AND BESTOWED ON THEM 500 ORDERS
OF COURAGE. THEY REALLY DESERVED THIS HONOR. THE PRESIDENT WAS FULLY
AWARE OF THE EFFORTS EXERTED BY THE MEN IN MOVING MISSILES, PACKING THEM,
PREPARING THEM FOR LAUNCHING, AND HIDING THEM FROM ENEMY MONITORING. AS
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A BEEHIVE. ONE GROUP MANAGED THE AFFAIRS OF THE BATTLE, ANOTHER TRAINED
NEW SOLDIERS, A THIRD ORGANIZED THE HONOR LISTS, AND A FOURTH FOLLOWED UP
ON OUR UNITS IN KUWAIT. THEY ALL SURROUNDED ME AND ACCOMPANIED ME IN MY
VISITS. THEY DISPLAYED A GREAT A SPIRIT OF CAMARADERIE AND FUN, LIFTED UP
MORALE, AND PROMOTED THE SPIRIT OF AFFECTION AND RESPECT. (DESCRIPTION OF
SOURCE: INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER OFTEN CRITICAL OF GOVERNMENT POLICIES.
INTERNET VERSION IS ALSO AVAILABLE AT HTTPIWVVW.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
- JN2611071598 AMMAN AL-'ARAB AL-YAWM IN ARABIC 10 NOV 98 P 12 /// AGAINST
GREAT IRAQ.
Collection: FB
Creator:
Agency Acronym: RESTON VA
Office Name: FBIS
Description: (U) None
Language: eng
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Attributions: SOURCE: AMMAN AL-'ARAB AL-YAWM IN ARABIC 10 NOV 98 P 12
Subject: --
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