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Subject: VII CORPS PERINTREP 028                                         

Unit: VII CORPS   

Parent  Organization: ARCENT      

Box ID: BX000225

Folder Seq #:        177

Document Number:         16




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        HAVE FEW REMAINING TACTICAL OPTIONS OTHER THAN SURRENDER OR TOTAL
        DESTRUCTION. WHILE NOT EMPLOYED TO DATE, IRAQ MAY ATTEMPT TO
        FIRE CHEMICAL ARTILLERY ON ATTACKING COALITION FORCES IN ITS
        EFFORTS TO WITHDRAW ITS REMAINING UNITS NORTH OF THE EUPHRATES
        RIVER OR INTO BASRAH. THIS IS A REMOTE POSSIBILITY, GIVEN IRAQ'S
        APPARENT INABILITY TO COORDINATE THE USE OF INDIRECT FIRE ASSETS
        AGAINST COALITION FORCES SO FAR IN THE GROUND CAMPAIGN. VII
        CORPS WILL CONTINUE TO ANALYZE AND TARGET THE DISPOSITION OF
        ARTILLERY AND SSM UNITS AS A PRIORITY DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE
        CAMPAIGN.
        4. (S@REL ;4Gr,) 52D ARM DIV. 1AD AND 3AD ARE PROBABLY IN
        CONTACT WITH REMAINING ELEMENTS OF THE 52D AND POSSIBLY THE 17TH
        ARMORED DIVISIONS. AT 27060OZ, 3AD WAS ENGAGING AN ARMOR COMPANY
        AT PU 724244 AND MECHANIZED COMPANY AT PU 725222. AN IRAQI MAJOR
        CAPTURED BY 3AD DURING THE EVENING OF 26 FEB INDICATED THAT HE
        WAS FROM THE 52D ARMORED DIVISION. THE 52D AD ELEMENTS IN
        CONTACT PROBABLY REPRESENT ONLY STAY BEHIND OR ISOLATED UNITS.
        THE BULK OF WHAT IS REMAINING OF THE 52D AD IS REPORTED TO ALSO
        BE WITHDRAWING TOWARDS THE NE. A POSSIBLE DELAY LINE BY THE 52D
        AD 14AY BE LOCATED VIC PU 8530 TO QU 0113. 1ST UK ARMORED
        DIVISION HAS CROSSED FROM OBJ WATERLOO INTO KUWAIT AND REPORTS
        ENCOUNTERING ONLY LIGHT RESISTANCE FROM SCATTERED T-55S AND MT-
        LBS. REMAINING DEFENDING UNITS FACING VII CORPS WILL PROBABLY BE
        SMALL, ISOLATED POCKETS, NO LARGER THAN COMPANY SIZE. THE
        POTENTIAL FOR COUNTERATTACKS BY IRAQI FORCES IS INCREASINGLY
        REMOTE.
        5.                17TH AD, 10TH AD, 6TH AD, RAMURABI, AND 51.§T
        MECH DIV. DURING EVENING OF 26 FEB AND CONTINUING INTO 27 FEB,
        THESE UNITS HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWING NORTH AND NORTHEAST INTO
 UNITS HAS BEEN
        TOWARDS BASRAH. ARCENT G-2 INDICATES TfiAT SCATTERED ELEMENTS
        HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWING FROM BASRAH INTO IRAN ON 27 FEB. THESE    MAY
        INCLUDE ELEMENTS OF THE AL FAW (POSSIBLE "El' UI DIVISION,
        PREVIOUSLY NOTED IN DEFENSIVE POSITIONS ON THE COAST SOUTH OF
        BASRAH.
        6.@ (SJRET. !iGF) THE ONLY NOTED MAJOR MILITARY MOVEMENT WITHIN
        THE REST OF IRAQ HAS BEEN THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE 54TH INFANTRY
        DIVISION FROM THE SYRIAN BORDER TOWARDS BAGHDAD ON 26 AND 27 FEB.
        THERE HAS BEEN NO NOTED MOVEMENT OF IRAQI UNITS REMAINING ON THE
        IRANIAN BORDER TOWARDS THE KTO. AT THIS TIME, IT APPEARS THAT
        THE IRAQI GHQ WILL NOT ATTEMPT TO FURTHER REINFORCE THE KTO.
        IRAQI FORCES MAY BE PLANNING TO MOVE FORCES TO DEFEND BAGHDAD AND
        ABANDON THE KTO AND SOUTHEASTERN IRAQ.
        7. (U) ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT BY CALLING VII CORPS, G2 OPS, TASS 9-
        9977-612.
        CLASSIFIED BY: MULTIPLE SOURCES
        DECLASSIFY: OADR





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Document 2 f:/Week-24/BX000225/-ITSUMS - 4/vii corps perintrep 028:07019618405558
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File Room = jun96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-24
Box ID = BX000225
Unit = VII CORPS
Parent Organization = ARCENT
Folder Title = -ITSUMS - 4
Folder Seq # = 177
Subject = VII CORPS PERINTREP 028
Document Seq # = 58
Document Date =
Scan Date =
Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 01-JUL-1996