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effective:
> Provide the Air Force with detailed and accurate
information about the targets.
> It is necessary to brief the pilots about the
targets descriptions and to make use of the aerial
images.
» Execute the strike at day break or a little later.
> Dedicate the maximum effort (more than one
airplane per target) and repeat air strikes with
follow up airplanes, or make it a compound strike
(The Special Ammunition, high explosive bombs, and
surface to air missiles) using integrated or
follow up bombing.
> Strike all targets Simultaneously with the most
effective effort.
» Use the artillery after a suitable time (a few
days) to strike the targets within the range.
[attached as document #xx]
On March 13, 1987, Iraqi Cabinet Minister HASHIM HASSAN
AL-*‘AQRAWI (hereinafter AL-'AQRAWI) stated during a media
interview, “The Iranians are trying to use these people [the
Kurds] to carry out dirty missions, and since they know the
geography of the area and its ins and outs, the Iranians use them
merely as guides for the Khomeini Guards and the Iranian forces.”
On March 18, 1987, the DMI responded to the
Presidential Office through Memo, Number M1/Sh3/Q2/6414. The
subject of the memo is, "Use of Special Ammunition" and contains
the following:
1. The following are the available
Capabilities to us for the use of the Special
Ammunition directed at Khomeini Guard Bases
and the bases of the saboteurs, AL-BARZANT
Group - The First Branch.
2. The climate conditions do not permit the
use of the (Sarin) agent at the present time
because the target locations are covered with
snow, which causes the agent to dissolve and
transform into a non-poisonous substance.
The same conditions apply to the (Tabun)
agent.
3. We possess adequate (Mustard) agent. The
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