COMMANDERS SITREP 80

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Subject: COMMANDERS SITREP 80                                            

Unit: VII CORPS   

Parent Organization: ARCENT      

Box ID: BX000249

Folder Title: VII CORPS CMDRS SITREP  22 MAR THRU 6 MAY 91                                                    

Document Number:         31

Folder SEQ  #:         79








                                      UNCLASSIFIED

         EPWS PROCESSED BY THE IAD; HOWEVER, REPORTS ARE INCREASINGLY

         CITING EVENTS TWO OR THREE WEEKS OLD. THIS MAY INDICATE THAT

         ATROCITIES IN SOUTHERN IRAQ ARE DECLINING WITH THE DEFEAT OF THE

         SHIITE INSURGENCY. A RECENTLY DEBRIEFED EPW REPORTED PERSONALLY

         OBSERVING 11 CIVILIANS BEING BURNED ALIVE ON SAAD SQUARE, IN THE

         CITY OF AL BASRAII ON 11 MARCH, 1991. THE CIVILIANS, INCLUDING A

         14 YEAR OLD CHILD, WERE LINED UP SHOULDER-TO-SHOULDER WHILE

         GASOLINE WAS POURED ON THEIR HEADS BY AN UNIDENTIFIED BRIGADIER

         GENERAL OF THE REPUBLICAN GUARD. THE BG LIT A MATCH, IGNITED THE

         GAS, AND KILLED ALL ELEVEN IN THE PROCESS. THE MINISTER OF THE

         INTERIOR, ALI HASSAN MAJEED ORDERED THE KILLINGS AND WAS PRESENT

         DURING THE INCIDENT. MAJEED HAS BEEN CITED IN A NUMBER OF

         EXECUTIONS BY OTHER REFUGEES. A DOCTOR FROM THE CITY OF AN NAJAF

         WHO WITNESSED THE FIGHTING THERE (10-24 MAR), SAW RGFC SOLIDERS

         KILL DOCTORS MOHAMMED KRADI AND MALIK JASIN ON 14 MAR 91. THEY

         WERE KILLED BECAUSE THEY WERE WORKING ON PATIENTS SUSPECTED OF

         BEING RESISTANCE FIGHTERS. TEN TO FIFTEEN PATIENTS WERE ALSO


         KILLED FOR BEING SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF THE RESISTANCE. ON 15 MAR

         91, THE RGFC CAPTURED THE HOLY TEMPLE IN AN NAJAF. THEY BLEW UP

         THE TOWERS AND BLEW OFF THE DOOR, BEFORE BURNING THE TEMPLET

         KILLING ALL CIVILIANS WHO HAD GATHERED INSIDE FOR SANCTUARY. THE

         BODIES, INCLUDING WOMEN AND CHILDREN, WERE LEFT OUTSIDE FOR ONE

         WEEK BEFORE THE RGFC WOULD PERMIT BURIAL. THE RGFC FORCED

         CITIZENS FROM THEIR HOMES, BULLDOZED THEM, AND ARRESTED ALL THE

         MEN FORCED OUT. THE MEN WERE TRANSPORTED TO A PRISON IN BAGHDAD.


         THE PRISON WAS BUILT FOR 100 PRISONERS BUT HOUSED 500. THE



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File Room = jun96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-24
Box ID = BX000249
Unit = VII CORPS
Parent Organization = ARCENT
Folder Title = VII CORPS CMDRS SITREP 22 MAR THRU 6 MAY 91
Folder Seq # = 79
Subject = COMMANDERS SITREP 80
Document Seq # = 31
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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 = 18-OCT-1996