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Subject: SITREP                                                          

Unit: 24TH ID     

Parent  Organization: XVIII CORPS 

Box ID: BX001422

Folder Seq #:        261

Document Number:         13



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      C.               riZAOI ARTILLERY ANn 14ISSII ES HAVE REEN UNABLE TO
      PROVIDE EFFECTIVE FIRE SUPPORT To THE OFFENSE.       I%LTHAUGH THE IRAOIS
      RETAIN A LARGE NUMBER OF ARTILLEIZY SYSTEMSs' MOST APF TnWFn ANO IN
      FIXED POSITIONS AN[) THE RAPID ADVANCE HAS BYPASSED t)p DESTROYED THESE
      SYSTEMS TN PLACE. THIS LEAVES THF TRAOIS DEPENDENT nM THE
      SELF-PROPELLFN ARTTLLFP?Y ASSOCIATED WITH HEAVY MANFUVFQ FNRCFS.
      0.  f S i$!-F 09W H) IPAO HAS L4UNCHE[i FOUR SPRIAS IN THE I.AST 24 HNURS. Tw(l
      WERE LAIINCHEN AT Si6U[)T ARAFITAT ONE AT RIYADH AND ONE AT HAFP AL
      RATIN.   BOTH WEPF nFSTkOYED By PATRTOTS.     THE OTHFT? TWO WERE LAURJCHFN
      AT ISRAEL ANn IMPACTFO NEAR NTMOKA* IMF SITE nF ISPAELS NUCLEAR
      FACILITY. THE TRi'GTS SEEM TO HE rAwrETING THIS FACILITY.
      :) .t ti) PPOJFCTEN THREAT:
      A.              IT IS DIFFICULT TO ASSESS WHEN SADNAM HUSSFI&I WILL
      CONCLUDE THAT HIS STKATFGY HAS UNkAVFLEn AND HOW HE WILL DESC)OND.
      RECENT 114TELLTGFNCF COtqFIRMS FAKLTFF? ASSESSMENTS THAT HE nnES NOT
      HAVE A GOON GRASP OF THE CtJF?g?ENT STTUATIONT AND nnes NOT REALIZE YET
      THE MArNrTUnF OF His nfFEAT!>.    TNF KEY FACTOR IN HIS REASSESSMENT
      WILL PROBABLY RE IF THE RFPUBLICAK GUARDS ARE OESTONYFD OR PLACED TN
      AN IJNTFNARLF POSITTT)N.  IT IS BELIEVED THAT HE WILI. SEEK A DIOLOMATTC
      WAY OUT IN ORF)ER TO SAVE  WHAT HE CAP4'* POSSIBLY ACCEDTING ALL U.N.
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Document 7 f:/Week-20/BX001422/INCOMING DESERT SHIELD OPERATIONAL UPDATES G3 FEB 6 OF 6/sitrep:07129615531486
Control Fields 17
File Room = may96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-20
Box ID = BX001422
Unit = 24TH ID
Parent Organization = XVIII CORPS
Folder Title = INCOMING DESERT SHIELD OPERATIONAL UPDATES G3 FEB 6 OF 6
Folder Seq # = 261
Subject = SITREP
Document Seq # = 86
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 = 12-JUL-1996