SITREP 9 MAR 91

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Subject: SITREP 9 MAR 91                                                 

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Parent Organization: CENTCOM     

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Folder Title: COMMAND REPORTS ARCENT SITREPS 1-22 MAR 91                                                      

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        FORCES, RECONSTITUTING ITS FORCES, AND COUNTERING A      T TO ITS

        INTERNAL SECURITY.
        AMPN/N GROUND ACTIVITY: RECONSTITUTION EFFORTS CONTINUE NEAR AL

        QURNAH (310ON0472SE). UNITS APPEAR TO BE REGROUPING ON THE OUTSKIRTS

        OF THE CITY. THE INSURGENCY IN IRAQ CONTINUES. GOVERNMENT SUCCESS

        AGAINST REBEL FORCES HAS BEEN REPORTED. BAGHDAD APPEARS DETEP14INED


        TO DEFEAT THE INSURGENCY EVEN AT THE COST OF HEAVY COLLATERAL DAMAGE.

        AMPN/T* AIR ACTIVITY: APPROX 50 IRAQI HELICOPTERS CONDUCTED GROUND

        ATTACKS IN NINE SOUTHERN IRAQI CITIES IN AN ATTEMPT TO QUELL CIVIL

        UNREST.

        AMPN/Nl CURRENT THREATCON: NO INCIDENTS OF TERRORISM DIRECTED

        AGAINST U.S. ARMY INTERESTS WERE REPORTED IN THE AOR DURING THE LAST


        24 HOURS.       TCON      IE IS IN     CT FOR SAUDI ARABIA. THE

        TERRORIST THREAT LEVEL IS HIGH. THE PRIMARY THREAT TO THE ARCENT

        REAR AREA IS TERRORIST ACTS CARRIED OUT BY PERSONS OR GROUPS

        SYMPATHETIC TO IRAQ OR THOSE ESPOUSING ANTI-WESTERN VIEWS.
        AMPN/N PROBABLE COURSE OF ACTION: FORCES REMAINING IN THE KTO WILL

        CONTINUE TO ATTEMPT TO EXTRICATE THEMSELVES FROM THE BASRAH AREA. THE

        14AIN FOCUS OF THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT IS SURVIVAL AS BAGHDAD MOVES

        ADDITIONAL FORCES BELIEVED TO BE LOYAL TO CONTROL MILITARY AND













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