IRAQI COMMANDER MEMOIRS ON MISSILES (2)

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• Publication Date: November 22, 1998

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(U) IRAQI COMMANDER MEMOIRS ON MISSILES (2)
Identifiers:
Document Number: WA2211085398
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: WA2211085398
(U) COUNTRY: IRAQ SUBJ: TAKE 4 OF 4--IRAQI COMMANDER MEMOIRS ON MISSILES (2)
(U) REF: JN2211083998 AMMAN AL-'ARAB AL-YAWM IN ARABIC 27 OCT 98 P 12 /// 27 OCT
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(U) SOURCE: AMMAN AL-'ARAB AL-YAWM IN ARABIC 27 OCT 98 P 12 TEXT:
(U) 29 JUNE 1990 (SUBHEAD) QUOTING THE IRAQI INTELLIGENCE, THE GENERAL
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE DIRECTORATE TOLD US THAT THE ZIONIST ENTITY WOULD
CARRY OUT AN AIR RAID ON IRAQ AND LIBYA WITHIN HOURS AND THAT IT INSTALLED
LONG-RAGE MISSILES IN THE NEGEV DESERT. OUR UNITS WERE PUT ON ALERT. 17
MARCH 1990 (SUBHEAD) TODAY MARKS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE GLORIOUS 17-30
MARCH REVOLUTION OF 1968, WHICH WAS, IN ONE ASPECT, A REPLY TO THE JUNE
SETBACK AND ITS HATEFUL CONSEQUENCES AND A BEGINNING OF A
COMPREHENSIVE, TRUE ARAB AWAKENING. THE SITUATION WITH KUWAIT WORSENED
AFTER THE ZIONISTS AND THE AMERICANS ENCOURAGED THE KUWAITI RULERS TO
HARM IRAQ UNDER THIS DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCE. THESE RULERS WORKED WITH
THE AMERICANS TO TURN KUWAIT INTO A BASIS FOR CONSPIRACY. SO, SCHWARZKOPF
CARRIED OUT AN EXERCISE IN KUWAIT WITHOUT UNITS, AND THE ENEMY WAS IRAQ.
REALIZING THE EXTENT OF THE CONSPIRACY AGAINST A COUNTRY THAT DEFENDS
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THE ARAB NATION'S CAUSES, THE IRAQIS REPEATED THE FOLLOWING WORDS
CONTAINED IN THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH: "IT IS BETTER FOR US TO DIE THAN TO LOSE
OUR LIVELIHOOD." AT THAT TIME IRAQI WAS FACING PAINFUL, DIFFICULT SITUATIONS
FROM EVERY DIRECTION. KUWAIT STARTED TO INCREASE ITS OIL PRODUCTION QUOTA
IN VIOLATION OF THE OPEC RESOLUTION, DECREASING OIL PRICES AND NEGATIVELY
AFFECTING THE ECONOMY OF IRAQ, WHICH HAD EMERGED FROM A LENGTHY WAR
WITH IRAN. SOME BROTHERS STOOD BY THE ENEMIES, AND THE SITUATION MAY LEAD
TO GRAVE CONSEQUENCES. 19 JUNE 1990 (SUBHEAD) FOLLOWING OUR DISCUSSION
WITH THE REPUBLICAN GUARDS COMMAND, THE AL-RA'D MISSILE BATTALION "LUNA"
OF BRIGADE 225 WAS ORDERED TO MOVE TO AL-BASRAH. 22 JUNE 1990 (SUBHEAD) THE
REPUBLICAN GUARDS UNIT UNDER OUR COMMAND WAS WITHDRAWN FROM THE
WESTERN REGION. 31 JUNE 1990 (SUBHEAD) WE RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT THE
ZIONIST ENEMY WAS PLANNING TO CARRY OUT AN AIR RAID AGAINST IRAQ WITHIN A
FEW DAYS. OUR UNITS WERE PUT ON ALERT. WE HAD PREPARED FOR A TRAINING ON
THE ACTION PLAN IN THE WESTERN THEATER AND OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY,
AND WE CHOSE THE BAGHDAD-AL-KUT-AL-'AMARAH AND BAGHDAD-AL-HILLAH-AL-
NASIRIYAH ROADS INSTEAD OF BAGHDAD-AL-RATBAH-AL-QA'IM ROAD. FOR THIS
PURPOSE, WE MADE OUR REAR TECHNICAL ARRANGEMENTS IN BA'QUBAH, MAKING AL-
RAMADI AND BAGHDAD FRIENDLY POSITIONS AND THE CITY OF KUWAIT AND AL-AHMADI
TARGETS INSIDE THE ZIONIST ENTITY. IN TERMS OF DISTANCE CALCULATIONS,
EXERCISES ARE MUCH EASIER IN CITIES COMPARED TO THE WESTERN REGION. NO
UNITS WERE USED TO CONDUCT THE EXERCISE. WE WERE CONTENT WITH
CONDUCTING THE BATTLES BY TELEPHONE BECAUSE THE CRISIS WAS ESCALATING IN
JULY 1990. ON THE CALL DAY OF 2 AUGUST 1990, SOME OFFICERS OF THE
DIRECTORATE CAME AND INSPECTED THE EXERCISE PLANS ON THE MEETING TABLE,
BELIEVING THAT I KNEW THE DETAILS OF THE ACTION PLAN AGAINST KUWAIT. IN FACT,
I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THAT. WHAT WAS REALLY REGRETTABLE WAS THAT THE
RULERS OF KUWAIT BACKED THE ZIONISTS IN AN AGGRESSION AGAINST THE IRAQ OF
DIGNITY AND ARABISM. 1 AUGUST, 1990 (SUBHEAD) THE MISSILE BRIGADE 224 WAS
MOVED TO THE WESTERN REGION TO BE ABLE TO QUICKLY REPLY TO THE ZIONIST
ENTITY IF IT ATTACKED IRAQ. (DESCRIPTION OF SOURCE: INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
OFTEN CRITICAL OF GOVERNMENT POLICIES. INTERNET VERSION IS ALSO AVAILABLE
AT HTTP://WWW.ALARAB-ALYAWM.COM.J0) THIS REPORT MAY CONTAIN COPYRIGHTED
MATERIAL. COPYING AND DISSEMINATION IS PROHIBITED WITHOUT PERMISSION OF
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Agency Acronym: RESTON VA
Office Name: FBIS
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