IRAQI COMMANDER MEMOIRS ON MISSILES (5)

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06765443
• 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 25, 1998

(U) IRAQI COMMANDERAp-p-rc7fed -6054-43)
Identifiers:
Document Number: WA2511083898
Dates:
Date Published: 25-Nov-1998 07:27:00
Date Received: 25-Nov-1998 02:31:13
Coverage:
CIA Country Code: IRQ
Region: MIDDLEEAST
Publisher:
Agency Acronym: RESTON VA
Office Name: FBIS
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(U) SERIAL: WA2511083898
(U) COUNTRY: IRAQ SUBJ: TAKE 7 OF 7--IRAQI COMMANDER MEMOIRS ON MISSILES (5)
(U) REF: JN2511081498 AMMAN AL-'ARAB AL-YAWM IN ARABIC 3 NOV 98 P 11 /// KINDS OF
CIRCUMSTANCES.
(U) SOURCE: AMMAN AL-'ARAB AL-YAWM IN ARABIC 3 NOV 98 P 11 TEXT:
(U) C--WE PREPARED AND CARRIED OUT DRILLS PRACTICING MOVING THE ROCKETS
FROM THEIR SHELTERS TO THE LAUNCH SITES TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE CRUCIAL
TIME ELEMENT. D--WE CARRIED OUT DRILLS MOVING THE ROCKETS BETWEEN THE
ALTERNATIVE SHELTERS AND THE ALTERNATIVE SITES TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
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CAMOUFLAGE WAS WORKING PApproved for Release: 2018/10/09 CO6765443
HE SECOND
LEGION PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN CAMOUFLAGE. F--THE UNITS MADE EXCHANGE
VISITS AND THEY SHARED WITH EACH OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR RESPECTIVE
DUTIES SO THAT THEY COULD BE BETTER ABLE TO CARRY THEM OUT AS PLANNED. G--
RADIO AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS WERE SECURED WITH AN EMPHASIS ON CIVILIAN
TELEPHONE LINES. H--A NUMBER OFFICERS FROM EACH UNIT HAD TO BE ASSIGNED
THE DUTY OF COMMUNICATING ORDERS IN THE EVENT OF A BREAKDOWN IN THE
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS. I--UNITS HAD TO BE FURNISHED WITH ENGINEERS FROM
THE ROCKET TEAMS BECAUSE THE RESOURCES OF THE FORMER WERE IN SHORT
SUPPLY. J--ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERIES AND INFANTRY UNITS WERE ASSIGNED THE
DUTY OF PROTECTION. FIVE ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERIES AND ONE INFANTRY COMPANY
AND A CHEMICAL DETACHMENT WERE ASSIGNED DUTIES IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR.
K--TENS OF ROCKETS HAD TO BE STOCKPILED AND PLACED UNDER THE COMMAND OF
THE OPERATIONAL ROCKET CONTROL CENTER. THE MESSENGER ASKED IF I CARED TO
HAVE DINNER, TO WHICH I RESPONDED THAT IT WAS STILL EARLY. I ASKED IF THE
CHILDREN HAD HAD DINNER, TO WHICH HE SAID THAT THEY HAD AND THAT IT WAS
ALREADY MIDNIGHT. MY SONS HAD RETIRED TO THEIR BEDROOM WHICH WAS
ADJOINING MY OFFICE. THEY HAD GONE THERE EITHER TO GO TO BED OR TO PLAY
WHILE I WAS ENGAGED IN WORK. WHAT REMAINED FOR ME TO DO WAS TO READ THE
DAY'S NEWSPAPERS, THE 16TH DAY OF JANUARY 1991. AFTERWARD, IT SHOULD BE
POSSIBLE FOR ME TO GET A FEW HOURS SLEEP UNTIL THE BREAK OF DAWN AND THE
EARLY MORNING CALL TO PRAYER. I TRIED TO OPEN THE ROOM NEXT TO MY OFFICE,
BUT THE DOOR HAD BEEN LOCKED BY MUHAMMAD. SO, I FORCED MY WAY IN TO FIND
THAT FLAMES AND SMOKE WERE BILLOWING FROM THE OIL STOVE. THIS REPORT MAY
CONTAIN COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL. COPYING AND DISSEMINATION IS PROHIBITED
WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT OWNERS. (ENDALL) END OF MESSAGE
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- JN2511081498 AMMAN AL-'ARAB AL-YAWM IN ARABIC 3 NOV 98 P 11111 KINDS OF
CIRCUMSTANCES.
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 3 NOV 98 P 11
Subject: --
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