In an urgent request from Imam Khomeini, the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, the commanders of the Karbala' 5 Operation expressed their urgent need for artilleries, armored personnel carriers, tanks, and anti-air missiles and while stating the detailed list of the required equipments, they called for fast provision and delivering of them. In reply to this request, Imam Khomeini wrote:
In His Most Exalted Name
His Excellency Hujjat al-Islams Khamene'i and Hashimi- may God, the Exalted, honor both of them,
Given the very crucial situation we are in, it is religiously and rationally expedient to dispatch the equipments needed by the combatants of the Karbala' 5 Operation immediately. Negligence in this affair can, God forbid, bring about a tragedy. May God's peace and mercy be upon both of you.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini
Bahman 11,1365 AHS