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Speech to Members of the Third Army SPEDCH by PR,DSIDENI, ANWAR EL SADA'T to the Forees of the Third Army Suez, March 24, ]rg76 In the name of Allah, Brothers and sons, members political of th.'e Third F,ield leaders at the gorru"*"rt""1, Army, and ,u", . .. I really felt great happiness ^trr" when I saw from thc airport today, on my w&y to here, *o"r.J Svery going of reconst"#r"" progres- on in two new districts, in_addition to the xi"e"""i"ar one which i;.:t:;.:i"".*::^t'*i"r"l": district. rt was a ffill way ,"i"'';fito you,::":"-::-:'.i::"1;;d'"'ih""'J#ll"'".,Ii""iand to seethat hu;-d-";.d.;-d;r"*J "il:r"r:: ffii,:ffiXJithis,thoush ?X:i: i::,: I,i; . : wasrea,ry happy tosee r knowquite we' ,n", ,r[li T#,:"fJKn::: inst[-igl"-::u,T:::::1{i.Israer rli.n""u orsuez in thebatue waslarger even than ,n", #i"l,iJffr#;nrJjll: a;r';;;:l,ji.;:"freconstruction, ;,,u, thateverythins to the-'1"^.:::n,j.;; return of the "r";;;"';;J?:t# J il; ;"'underway,rs underway, instructions;l,fi:.i".illin this :i^:T.ri'J""".,""*--.1 ,:.:::i because poiltrcal ilfuy d1*;;,tT"T*{",:ii"$,i'iit;Tj,,H,*::,,"",;#like that of the High decisions, verv o"-, i"t""in.i'" quickrv,because they cannot ;#:#"r"HJi::T"li; 30? particular case, we can never delay the implementation of our deci' *ioor, because it is a matter that greatly affects the people of suez who endured, and are still endurilg, & great deal of the bit' terrress of emigration, and the pains of disruption and defeat. The barbarity of the enemy against the city of suez had, in fact' reachecl the maximum, as a result more than 50%, ot 90% of. the L eity was destroYed. t., ghosts come back 0 I was really happy today to see the city of f hit, in re' to life when I came to visit suez the day zayettia was d taliation to our nava! forees' destruction to Eilath in October ! 1.96?,it was a city of ghosts, and it retnained so for more than 7 o years until Iife ran in its veins once again after the 19?3 battle. qj I thank Ggd for my sons, the combatants of the Third Field Army c f, ... you'camrot imagine my happiness as I was insneltinf,,thg tff guns Israeli Headquarters facing suez, surrounded by the machine d[ which attacked and destroyed Suez and hit zayettia . .. The Is' ne raelis never believed it possible for us to reach this position' I.J their very Headquarter, hidden by the re&r mountain, out of reach of the artillery, where no planes could affect it ' " They be thought, as said in the Koran, that their fortifications would their barriers . .. Then, my sons' the soldiers of the Third Army pounced upon it and forced the Israelis to flee with only theii They .tott "*, they left the Headquarters exactly as they were; left the maPs and everYthing else' We should always remember this, and I am saying it Egypt, the entire Arab nation, and' the world to hear ' " I " You, my dear really happy you have taken your revenge ' 1 soldiers of the Third Army, have avenged Suez and refuted ailegation about ttre invincible rsraeli soldier . .. Their con ers fled with only their clothes, leaving the Hea{quarters lvith all the maps and even the machine-guns with which 308 previousryhit suez' our sons seized and destroyed gunsso that they these machine- wourd never threaten nor be or Egypt again. used against suez My ,utmost thanks. go to my sons, combatants Army' for of the Third a' the heroic deeds tt"v-"ou""geously ruost performed, fore- among which was the canrit oferation, this immortar of str.ggre ' " r recalr regend now trrat wiire r was fo'owing from the operation-room the bat'e on october 6, the news of the fortified posts of the downfall of the Bar Lev une and *re raising of the Eglptiari frag in si"ri s,rcce"";tt;ching t,'e us up to the moment of breach; some peopre in cairo thought we had Iost ind many of those the batue, r'vho were li"i;g'-;; tranquility collapsed antr comfort in -&iro in contrast to what was happening in the bat tield: they collapsed and e_ -,,",;ffi;lost tfrei" ne ffiess.T:i-"':::*"::-:,'sll'i"*i';"#;"#'*T"H;Hd"?LI and .ou"u"" # # :T"r#'i_AT":*$:, j:- stood ;rrTtrrtsing fast andstrongly resisted th.ei#::*:jr:,,:enemy attacks ^11_" for-u"",, more su*ender th;;-d';;r, ;"#,fi*:: until the rsraeris*er" fo"ced tlpir to carry their defeat shoulders and take off. Today I congratulate you, members of the Third seconddisengagement Army, for agreemunt wtriet, the 22nd was funy executed of Iast F'ebruary, *.ra iiu passes. Israelis pulled out behind For the first time I declare io *y people, the Arabs pg; ;; J oisective, gave,11.,:i"j:to theXlrl^}:l General :". theinstructions commanau",*u.* ti;ill ffiTffi"l; fffir,,ffit1:",l:tt futfilled i"."ro disensagementagree- for us theIff"T:_l-n", major objective li;-J";ffill hours-d""ii"s,^ ;flff; rictoryH;l ff;:r.:r^longin october r"d in whichwe achiev- 1ezg,... d,r"r;;;;#ffi H.l""ffi,v; the first cliseng;agementagreement an'a the rand we regained. 309 Here, I would like to state that at one time two divisions of the Third Army were in the east, and at the time of the breach the Jews came and occupiecla position behind them.. Ttre rest of the Thirti Army were also confronting the Israelis . .. As I told you, scme people, then, lost their nerves and collapsed, and un' fortunately, spite had eaten up the hearts of some who tried, as clid Israel, to make something out of this theatrical move. But reality rvas much bigger than that . .. when we were preparing for tiie first disengagement agreement, and planning on the very lald our forces had alreacly regained, I said that I was satisfied rvith what we obtained, because it was quite obvious that everyone was conspiring against our victory . .. When we were planning for the agreement, I found the two divisions of General Badawi, rvhich some people claimed to be absolutely paralyzed, and against which the sick-minded Kazzafy had directed stabs in the back, just as he had done against the Arab nation; I found they had acquired more land than what he had obtained in the october ha,ttle. I am saying all this for the Arab-r'yorld and for Egypt to hea4, I am really very glad to meet you today dear sons, now after all these plays are over . .. Notl.ring but right wins. with the second of disengagement agreement #e have fulfilled all the objectives and the 19?3 battle. we expelled the Jews behind the passes, the this was the plan; it was the objective which I defined to General commander in the fighting order which I signed on Tues' <lay, Ramadan 6, just three days before the battle' I recall this as I meet you today, dear sons ' ' I remember when Suez was a city of ghosts, and I remember 1967' and thd paini we had never sunendered despite all the dimensions of the ful bitter defeat of 196? . .. Four months had only elapsed, on October 2L, Lg67 our courageous navy was launching for 310 of rch battre, ,of therirst rocket l#i{:i"!'";,tffi%TrJ,*i,Tavarsincethat rrerJic nanrely, old d;;;r:"i,lili.-]t.teet, Eilath.. Ever un- -;rrir. vonse-quentlY, *;;"s:L'*fj* as f-r";igilffixil:lfuflliif.,lii::df; . the :;i 3ut q'i1 ing *",r,'ppll;Tfl;"Ti#il :ffi';xtr rs:JT5llf after the painful 3ry ffi:: and bit;;; ied )ne andthe grorious the;*r,t"y:":ll [h3."",'ff ii:"f:"",t,- Ti*, battre ing rsraetisr"tu" *ru-;'ffii"....i1fl0*t on a sa-turday"}'n " -carneto call <<54d-g"yu'o*v". which wi, -uio'ul."t our that raeli{:* Spccial For day, lnd colum_n_i,i",otwa" aov",,il bhe reachKiro io.--*, ;:e",:r#llJH:fT*ir; ley this I recall now cer , tell. ,,OU my sons wl am J vou trrat ns;pi, ;#"J"'T"x:'"^l sitting with you,and P4: ,:ffiiTJ,"":"3if:d"ffi,i,:*#,i::T all tfev were in ' the i*."J,"3: indomit"bt" i;;;;i;il:" Jews had thought nd "of I tut,lnui htr drovefflTylffi:"i::l'J"ttilfthem ana broughi iT,.i-,*:.'"dt#'::"::"$tanks, and our i tr'u in"-"" sotdiers lhe a""i"o#""fi':fl}:''1"1T to ",tirio'u#t andarr bs- ;";Jue At this verv n i #:ffi.""I"|]"^:l',,ou" themartyr.s divisions:1;"*;^1"# "rO1"",r'"s, the or of the Armed "*"""i"i", martyrs of alt the land"' r i{i the hail them as we achieve;ffi sake-ofthe home- June b, lg7< '#";H'ili:^- the.rhird Dn(:r*vards*:,11".;;;'i*:J,::t Armyarter ,.. Nowthe first aff:;::fr ;:HilLIl ;:::: 311 Weshallalwaysremainindebtedtoyou'dejarso'ns'your:peo' always remain indebted to pie and the entire Arab nation will as the sixth power in the you for the position it occupies today viorld. purely Egyptian Your performance and pl'annirig were was glor. *u* *og,,ificent, and your fighting Ycur performance in for our battle' and this was' ious . .. Nobocly had planned to expell the soviet experts faet, tf-e reason uehind my decision The Egyptian Armed For' from Eg1ryt orr" Vu* before the battle: Armed Forces put their plan into ces laid down the plan '" The qnd unprecedented manner fully effect in the *o"i *"snificerrt These same friends '84 by "ff- t ?'i"ttdts foes alike ' " aeknowledged you how i great esteem "' I cannot tell and foes now Uold you in my UJad white negotiating with-!1'-Kissin9ut', --- high I held was helcl and higher as' he I felt so proud *Ji rt"ra my figher the Israelis about ESYPtian Plan' conveying to me- the feelings of Egyptian commander' the Egyp- ning, their apprehensio"" of the perfornltttcg:- tiarl soldier, and the Egyptia'n and the entire Arab nation For all this, the people of Egypt in Syria fully realise gwe you their lives,.r .
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