IRAQI COMMANDER MEMOIRS ON MISSILES (7)

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06765448
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• 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 -6005448)
Identifiers:
Document Number: WA2611070198
Dates:
Date Published: 26-Nov-1998 06:00:00
Date Received: 26-Nov-1998 01:03:03
Coverage:
CIA Country Code: IRQ
Region: MIDDLEEAST
Publisher:
Agency Acronym: RESTON VA
Office Name: FBIS
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(U) SERIAL: WA2611070198
(U) COUNTRY: IRAQ SUBJ: TAKE 4 OF 5--IRAQI COMMANDER MEMOIRS ON MISSILES (7)
(U) REF: JN2611064698 AMMAN AL-'ARAB AL-YAWM IN ARABIC 8 NOV 98 P 13111 HOSTILE
HELICOPTER GUNSHIPS.
(U) SOURCE: AMMAN AL-'ARAB AL-YAWM IN ARABIC 8 NOV 98 P 13 TEXT:
(U) AT 1600 ON THE SAME DAY, FOUR HOSTILE WARPLANES RAIDED AL-WARRAR AREA.
ONE HOSTILE PLANE WAS SHOT DOWN AND WAS SEEN BURNING EAST OF THE CITY OF
AL-RAMADI. IT WAS SHOT DOWN BY THE ANTIAIRCRAFT WEAPONS OF BATTALION 1019
OF OUR MISSILE BRIGADE 224, WHICH I HAD PREVIOUSLY ASKED TO EXTEND SUPPORT
TO THE UNITS THAT WOULD MANEUVER AFTER CARRYING OUT STRIKE FROM THE
SOUTHERN REGION OF THE COUNTRY. THE MORALE OF OUR UNITS IMPROVED
CONSIDERABLY AFTER THE NEWS WAS HEARD. AT 2115, BRIGADE 224 FIRED A MISSILE
TOWARD A HOSTILE TARGET IN AL-JUBAYL SUCCESSFULLY. (MORE) 8 NOV (b)(3)
AT 1430, I ASKED THE MILITARY INTELLIGENCE DIRECTORATE FORA MAP OF
COORDINATES CLARIFYING THE FOLLOWING MATTERS, WHICH WE DID NOT KNOW AT
THAT TIME:
(U) 1. TEQOA' SETTLEMENT IN THE ZIONIST ENTITY FOR THE PURPOSE OF STRIKING
AGAINST IT. WE HAD RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT SIX TRUCKS LOADED WITH
MISSILES WERE INSTALLED IN THAT SETTLEMENT.
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(U) 2. HA QIRYAT ALERKUN (NANA�
p Prc7vfO lie I e7;e7 C-11-871�0766-EcTd6TI4TEL AVIV.
(U) 3. THE REHOVOT QUARTER IN TEL AVIV.
(U) 4. THE ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTRY IN TEL AVIV.
(U) I ASKED FOR THE LAST THREE PIECES OF INFORMATION TO IMPROVE STRIKE
ACCURACY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INFORMATION WE HAD RECEIVED. ON THE
SAME DAY, THE DIRECTORATE PROVIDED US WITH THE INFORMATION, WHICH
CONFLICTED WITH OUR MAPS. I ASKED THE DIRECTORATE TO CHECK IT AND TO SEND
US A MAP ON THE PLACES WHERE THE MISSILES HAD LANDED. WE USED TO DO THIS
WHENEVER WE STRUCK A MILITARY EFFORT IN TEHRAN AND OTHER IRANIAN CITIES.
ON THIS DAY, WE CARRIED OUT THE SECOND STRIKE AGAINST THE ENEMY TARGETS IN
SAUDI ARABIA AS FOLLOWS: AT 0042 ON 22 JANUARY, MISSILES BRIGADE 224 FIRED
THREE MISSILES AT HOSTILE TARGETS IN RIYADH. AT 0707 ON 22 JANUARY, MISSILES
BRIGADE 223 FIRED ONE MISSILE AT A HOSTILE TARGET IN DHAHRAN AND TWO
MISSILES AT THE BUQAYQ OIL COMPOUND. THE PRESIDENT ORDERED ME TO SEE
INFORMATION ON OUR FAILURE TO SECURE ENOUGH CAMOUFLAGE AND PROTECTION
FOR MISSILES MOVED TO THE SOUTH ON 20 JANUARY AND TO FOCUS MORE ON
MOVEMENT, CAMOUFLAGE AND PROTECTION. I SUBMITTED A REPORT TO THE
PRESIDENT ON THE SECOND STRIKE AGAINST SAUDI ARABIA, CLARIFYING THAT
ACCORDING TO THE PLAN, WE HAD TO FIRE 11 MISSILES BUT FIRED ONLY SEVEN
BECAUSE OF TECHNICAL FAILURES. I ALSO CLARIFIED OUR PLAN FOR 23 JANUARY,
SAYING THAT WE WOULD FIRE FOUR MISSILES AT TEL AVIV, TWO MISSILES AT HOSTILE
TARGETS IN DHAHRAN ON 23 JANUARY. I ALSO CLARIFIED OUR TOTAL MISSILE POWER
AND STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF CONCEALMENT DURING MOVEMENT AND IN
POSITIONS ACCORDING TO HIS EXCELLENCY'S ORDERS. THE NEXT DAY, THE
PRESIDENT MADE THE FOLLOWING COMMENT ON THE REPORT: "YOU SHOULD
MAINTAIN THE MOMENTUM OF STRIKES AGAINST HOSTILE TARGETS IN SAUDI ARABIA
AND ISRAEL WITHOUT CONSULTING WITH ME UNLESS I ASK FOR IT." 22 JANUARY 1991
(SUBTITLE) AT 1345, I ISSUED A PLAN FOR 23 JANUARY TO SOME UNITS OF BRIGADE
224. THE PLAN INCLUDED STRIKES AGAINST HOSTILE TARGETS IN THE ZIONIST ENTITY,
AS WELL AS TECHNICAL PREPARATIONS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE VERBAL
INSTRUCTIONS OF 21 AND 22 JANUARY. THE UNITS WORKED ON AL-QA'IM AND AL-
RATBAH AXES IN THE WESTERN REGION, ALTHOUGH THEIR BRIGADE WAS IN THE
SOUTHERN REGION. I ASKED THEM TO FIRE THREE MISSILES AT TEL AVIV AND ONE
MISSILE AT HAIFA, GIVING DETAILS OF PLACES AND TIMES AND ALSO ASKED THEM TO
SET UP AN AMBUSH TO HUNT THE ENEMY'S AIRCRAFT. WE MADE THE REQUIRED
TECHNICAL PREPARATIONS FOR FOUR NEW MISSILES. AT 1545, I ISSUED ANOTHER
PLAN FOR BRIGADE 223 TO STRIKE AGAINST HOSTILE TARGETS IN SAUDI ARABIA, IN
WHICH I CONVEYED THE GREETINGS OF OUR DEAR PRESIDENT AND HIS PRAISE OF
THEIR COURAGE. I ALSO DREW THEIR ATTENTION THAT THE ENEMY WAS INFURIATED
BY THEIR STRIKES, STRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF CONCEALMENT, PARTICULARLY
FOR MISSILE CONVOYS. I ALSO ORDERED THEM TO CARRY OUT TWO MISSILE STRIKES
AGAINST TARGETS IN RIYADH AND DHAHRAN, DEFINING THE FIRING POSITIONS AND
THE TARGETS AND GIVING INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE MOVEMENT
OF FOUR MISSILES TO FORWARD POSITIONS. WE RECEIVED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND A MAP FROM OUR PALESTINIAN FRIENDS AND OTHER SOURCES ON THE
DEMOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES. WE ALSO RECEIVED
SIMILAR INFORMATION ON HAIFA, TEL AVIV, AKKO, BEERSHEVA, DIMONA, SAFAD,
NAHARIYYA, ASHDOD, RAMLA, TIBERIAS, BISAN, JERUSALEM, ASHQELON, AND
PELUGOT, AS WELL AS INSTRUCTIONS TO KEEP AWAY FROM NAZARETH, 'AFULA,
GALILEE TRIANGLE, AND LOD. THE INFORMATION ALSO INCLUDED DETAILS OF THE
ATOMIC ACCELERATORS, REACTORS, AND OTHER MATTERS RELATED TO THE ZIONIST
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ENTITY. AT 2045 ON 22 JANUARVp'p".r7m/WicTr�Re I5 5-169 -6-06-7w54i8f iv FROM AL-QA'IM
AREA, THE THIRD STRIKE AGAINST HOSTILE TARGETS IN THE ZIONIST ENTITY. (MORE)
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HELICOPTER GUNSHIPS.
Collection: FB
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Agency Acronym: RESTON VA
Office Name: FBIS
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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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