IRAQI COMMANDER MEMOIRS ON MISSILES (2)

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• Publication Date: November 22, 1998

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Identifiers:
Document Number: WA2211085298
Dates:
Date Published: 22-Nov-1998 07:51:00
Date Received: 22-Nov-1998 02:54:19
Coverage:
CIA Country Code: IRQ
Region: MIDDLEEAST
Publisher:
Agency Acronym: RESTON VA
Office Name: FBIS
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(U) SERIAL: WA2211085298
(U) COUNTRY: IRAQ SUBJ: TAKE 3 OF 4--IRAQI COMMANDER MEMOIRS ON MISSILES (2)
(U) REF: JN2211083998 AMMAN AL-'ARAB AL-YAWM IN ARABIC 27 OCT 98 P 12 ///
AGGRESSION AGAINST IRAQ.
(U) SOURCE: AMMAN AL-'ARAB AL-YAWM IN ARABIC 27 OCT 98 P 12 TEXT:
(U) THE TEXT OF THE NEWS ITEM WAS AS FOLLOWS: "THE ENEMY RADIO SAID THAT A
HEATED ARGUMENT ERUPTED AT THE WEEKLY MEETING OF THE ISRAELI ARMY
GENERAL STAFF COMMAND ON 4 APRIL 1990. THE MEETING, HELD BETWEEN TWO
CAMPS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL STAFF COMMAND, WAS ALSO ATTENDED
BY INTERIM PRIME MINISTER YITZHAQ SHAMIR. THE FIRST CAMP WAS LED BY GENERAL
EHUD BARAQ, DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE ARMY, AND THE SECOND CAMP WAS
LED BY CHIEF OF STAFF DAN SHOMRON. THE TWO SIDES FORMED A COMMITTEE
INCLUDING THE PRIME MINISTER, THE CHIEF OF STAFF, THE AIR FORCE COMMAND, THE
MOSAD CHIEF, AND THE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL STAFF COMMAND." THE MEETING
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DISCUSSED THE FOLLOWING:
(U) 1. SHELLING AND DESTROYING THE IRAQI SURFACE-TO-SURFACE MISSILE
BATTERIES, WHICH HAVE A RANGE OF MORE THAN 900 KILOMETERS AND WHICH WERE
DIRECTED AT ISRAEL.
(U) 2. THE ASSISTANT TO THE GENERAL STAFF COMMAND PROPOSED A MILITARY PLAN,
WHICH HE HAD PREPARED IN COOPERATION AND CONSULTATION WITH THE MOSAD
CHIEF AND THE AIR FORCE COMMANDER TO DEAL A MILITARY BLOW TO IRAQ BY 28
ISRAELI WARPLANES, INCLUDING 16 F-16 WARPLANES AND 12 OTHER WARPLANES
EQUIPPED WITH EXTRA FUEL TANKS.
(U) 3. THE PLAN WAS OBJECTED TO BY 10 GENERALS, WHO SAID THAT SUCH A LARGE-
SCALE ATTACK MIGHT LEAD TO A COMPREHENSIVE WAR.
(U) 4. THE ENEMY RADIO SAID THAT THE EGYPTIAN AMBASSADOR IN TEL AVIV
CONVEYED EGYPT'S WARNING THAT ANY ISRAELI ATTACK AGAINST ANY ARAB
COUNTRY WOULD HAVE GRAVE CONSEQUENCES. THE RADIO ALSO SAID THAT
EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT HUSNI MUARAK HELD URGENT CONTACTS WITH THE US
PRESIDENT AND US SECRETARY OF STATE IN THIS REGARD. (MORE) 27 OCT
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(U) 9 APRIL 1990 (SUBHEAD) I ATTENDED A MEETING, WHICH WAS HELD BY THE JOINT
COMMITTEE OF THE MILITARY INTELLIGENCE DIRECTORATE AND THE AIR FORCE AND
AIR DEFENSE TO STUDY IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON THE INTENTIONS OF THE
ZIONIST ENEMY. WE CAME UP WITH A JOINT PLAN FOR THE AIR FORCE AND AIR
DEFENSE AND THE MISSILE HEADQUARTERS TO USE PARATROOPERS DAY AND NIGHT,
ANTIAIRCRAFT BATTALIONS, AND GROUND PROTECTION UNITS IN ORDER TO PROTECT
ANY SITE CHOSEN FOR THE MISSILE UNITS AND TO CONFRONT A POSSIBLE
AGGRESSION. 12 APRIL 1990 (SUBHEAD) SEVERAL REPUBLICAN GUARDS UNITS WERE
PLACED UNDER THE COMMAND OF THE MISSILE CORPS TO PROTECT THE FIXED
BASES. 14 APRIL 1990 (SUBHEAD) WE GAVE A RAMADAN IFTAR BANQUET ON 19
RAMADAN 1410 HEGIRA. ON THAT DAY, WE STARTED THE FORMATION OF BRIGADE 223
AT THE ORDER OF PRESIDENT SADDAM HUSAYN. WE ALSO REORGANIZED SOME
OTHER SPECIALIZED ARMY UNITS. 18 APRIL 1990 (SUBHEAD) WE CARRIED OUT A TEST
ON A CHEMICAL WARHEAD. 24 APRIL 1990 (SUBHEAD) THE BLESSED 'ID AL-FITR WAS
APPROACHING. I HELD A MEETING OF THE COMMANDERS OF THE FORMATIONS. THE
ZIONIST THREATS ESCALATED. THE IRAQI MILITARY INTELLIGENCE WARNED OF A
SURPRISE ZIONIST ATTACK. THE UNITS WERE PUT ON ALERT, AND WE FILLED THE
MISSILE FUEL VEHICLES. 8 MAY 1990 (SUBHEAD) WE CARRIED OUT A FIRING TEST FROM
AL-HABBANIYAH WITH THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING THE MISSILES. IT WAS, IN FACT, A
SERIES OF EXPERIMENTS TO MANUFACTURE THE IRAQI ENGINE. WE ALSO DISCUSSED
ISSUES RELATED TO THE SECOND PHASE OF AL-'ABID MISSILE IN AL-ANBAR BASE. 20
MAY 1990 (SUBHEAD) IT WAS A TIRING DAY. WE MOVED FROM OUR OLD
HEADQUARTERS TO A NEW ONE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF BAGHDAD. THE NEW
HEADQUARTERS HAS MUCH MORE FACILITIES THAN THE OLD ONE. 5 JUNE 1990
(SUBHEAD) I OBTAINED THE ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF'S APPROVAL TO CHOOSE TWO
MORE AREAS IN THE OPERATION THEATER IN THE WESTERN REGION, AND WE
RESUMED OUR PREVIOUS EFFORTS TO SECURE COMMUNICATIONS TO THE REGION
AND TO ESTABLISH FIXED BASES. THE JUNE 1967 SETBACK ANNIVERSARY CAUSED
PAIN TO US. IT WAS THE FIRST DUTY IN WHICH I PARTICIPATED. I WAS LIEUTENANT AND
I SERVED IN THE FIFTH ANTITANK ARTILLERY BATTALION OF THE 14TH BRIGADE OF THE
FIRST DIVISION. SUCH NAMES AS IRBID, JANIN, KAWKAB AL-HAWA, NETANIA PASSAGE,
AND THE JERUSALEM FRONT STILL LIVED IN MY MEMORY. IN IRBID, WE MET WITH
GOOD, PATRIOTIC PEOPLE, AND I SAW THE GREEN ARAB LAND THROUGH THE
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BINOCULAR. AT THE SUNSET, I SAT ALONE AND TRIED TO EXPRESS MY FEELINGS IN
POETIC WORDS. WAS IT POETRY? I DO NOT KNOW. AMONG MY OLD PAPERS I FOUND A
POETRY-LIKE PASSAGE UNDER THE HEADLINE: "THE SAD PLANET." IT SAYS: "PLANET
OF LOVE, PATIENCE HAS A LIMIT. DESPITE TIME, LOYALTY IS FOR YOU. AT SUNSET, I
CALL YOU AND I FEEL SAD, AS IF THE SUNSET WAS DEATH. 0 MY PLANET, I CALL YOU
WITH TEARFUL EYES. WHEN WILL EVACUATION TAKE PLACE? THE PERFUMED SEA
WIND TOUCHED OUR ENEMIES AND WAS DESECRATED." WE CARRIED OUT AN
ARTILLERY SHELLING AND WE WERE RELIEVED. WE FELT THE NEED FOR A UNITED
ARAB MILITARY AND POLITICAL COMMAND. AT THAT TIME, THAT WAS LIKE A DREAM
AND A HOPE. (MORE) 27 OCT (MORE) END OF MESSAGE UNCLASSIFIED (b)(3)
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AGAINST IRAQ.
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Office Name: FBIS
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Attributions: SOURCE: AMMAN AL-'ARAB AL-YAWM IN ARABIC 27 OCT 98 P 12
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