MSGID SITREP USARCENT C226 MAR

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Subject: MSGID SITREP USARCENT C226 MAR                                  

Unit: ARCENT      

Parent Organization: CENTCOM     

Box ID: BX000494

Folder Title: COMMAND REPORTS   RPTS TASK FORCE FREEDOM 1 0F 2 2                                              

Document Number:         40

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    C,OMUSARCENTIS FIRST PRIORITY IS THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE FORCE.
    !IEADING/ENEMY//
    AMPN/         GROUND SITUATION:         MA JOR ELEMENTS OF AN IRAQI ARMORED
    BRIGADE ARE MOVING NORTH FROM AL OURNAH TO AL AMARAH. GOVERNMENT
    SUCCESS AGAINST THE INSURGENCIES IN SOUTHEAST AND NORTHERN IRAQ HAS
    BEEN LIMITED.
    AI'4PN/  (LJ) STATUS OF- IRAOI'FORCES-
    t).         A BRIGADE EQUIVALENT REMAINS IN THE BASRAH POCKE'FL 3
    BRIGADE EQUIVALENTS IN THE CITY OF BASRAH, AND A BRIGADE BETWEEN
    BASRAH AND AL OURNAH.
    B.          BAGHDAD HAS GAINED SIGNIFICANT CONTROL OVER CENTRAL IRAQ
    BUT REMAINS PLAGUED BY THE INSURGENCY IN NORTHEASTERN AND




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    SOUTHEASTERN IRAQ.       IF SECURITY IN CENTRAL IRAQ CONTINUES TO
    IMPROVE, GOVERNMENT      EFFORTS WILL LIKELY FOCUS ON CONTROLLING THE
    REGION ADJACENT TO THE IRANIAN BORDER AND MAJOR CITIES IN
    NORTHEASTERN IRAQ. THE BORDER AREA BETWEEN IRAQ AND IRAN WILL
    LIKELY BECOME AN INCREASING PROBLEM FOR rHE REGIME AS MORE INSURGENT
    FORCES SEEK SANCTUARY IN IRAN TO RE-EQUIP AND REST. KURDISH
    DISSIDENTS HAVE GAINED CONTROL OF SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF NORTHERN
    IRAQ. FIGHTING BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND KURDISH FORCES HAS BEEN HEAVY
    WITH CONTROL OF SOME AREAS CHANGING HANDS OFTEN. THE KURDISH
    INSURGENTS ARE BECOMING MORE ORGANIZED AND INCREASINGLY CONFIDENT.
    INSURGENTS OPERATING IN THE IRAN-IRAQ BORDER AREA ARE ALSO LIKELY TO
    BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED OVER TIME.
FIED HELICOPTER
    SORTIES WERE NOTED ACTIVE, PRIMARILY IN SOUTHERN IRAQ. NINETEEN OF
    THE HELICOPTERS WERE REPORTEDLY CONDUCTING GROUND ATTACK SORTIES.
    i;MPN/   N4 CURRENT T'@IREA-fCON: THE IHREATCON IS BRAVO IN THE CAPITAL
    AREA AND CHARLIE IN ALL OTHER PROVINCES IN THE ARCENI- AO. THE
    TERRORI@L THREAT LEVEL IS MEDIUM FOR THE CAPITAL. AREA AND HIGH FOR
    ALL OTHER AREAS.' THE@ PRIMARY THREAT TO THE ARCENT REAR AREA Is
    TERRORISTS ACTS CARRIED ou-r BY PERSONS OR GROUPS SYMPATHETIC TO IRAQ


                                                                                   DECLASSIFIED
    IMMEDIATE                                                                      ON: 04 OCT 96
                                                                                   BY: SEC ARMY
                                                                                   (DAMH) UNDER SEC
                                                                                   3.4 EO 12958

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File Room = aug96_declassified
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Box ID = BX000494
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Folder Title = COMMAND REPORTS RPTS TASK FORCE FREEDOM 1 0F 2 2
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Subject = MSGID SITREP USARCENT C226 MAR
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Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
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Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
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