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








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         DOCTOR SAW THREE PRISONERS BEING TORTURED. THEY WERE BEATEN WITH

         CABLES, ELECTROCUTEDO AND SHOT. THE SECRET POLICE INVESTIGATORT

         SADDAM KILMALL STATED, "WE ARE ABOVE THE LAW. WE EXECUTE WITHOUT

         PUNISHMENT." THE SOURCE WAS RELEASED ON 26 MAR 91. ON 24 MAR

         91, A REPUBLICAN GUARD FORCE COMMANDED BY ABD ALWAHD S      BAT

         ATTACKED THE CITY OF AL SAMAWAH WITH ARTILLERY. AFTER THE

         BARRAGE, THE GOVERNMENT TROOPS CALLED OUT WITH LOUDSPEAKERS FOR.

         THE PEOPLE TO COME OUT OF THEIR HOMES. WHEN THE PEOPLE COMPLIED,

         THE TROOPS FIRED ON THEM WITH TANKS, ARTILLERY AND MORTARS. THE

         SOURCE SAW WOMEN AND CHILDREN BEING SHOT BY THE SOLDIERS AS THEY

         SWEPT THROUGH TOWN. A NIGHT CLUB OWNER IN THE CITY OF AL BASRAH

         SAW THREE PEOPLE EXECUTED ON 21 MAR 91t ON THE STREET NEAR THE

         HOTEL, BY SOLDIERS PROBABLY FROM THE IRAQI 2ND CORPS. THE PERSON

         IN CHARGE OF THE FIRING SQUAD WAS MAJ ABDUL AMIR. BRIGADIER

         GENERAL ROBAT SHANAN ROUNDED UP AN UNIDENTIFIED NUMBER OF

         FAMILIES INTO THE STADIUM IN AL SAMAWAII ON 16 MAR 91. TWO

         "RESISTANCE SYMPATHIZERS" WERE IDENTIFIED AND HUNG IN FRONT OF

         THE CROWD. AN IRAQI CITIZEN FROM AL HULLA, NEAR BAGHDAD,

         OBSERVED THREE IRAQI MALES WHO HAD BEEN HUNG IN FRONT OF THE

         IFJLLA REPUBLIC HOSPITAL. THE MALES HAD BEEN WOUNDED DURING


         RESISTANCE FIGHTING. WHEN THE RESISTANCE WAS CRUSHED, PRO-

         HUSSEIN FORCES ENTERED AL HULLA, SEARCHED THE HOSPITALS FOR

         WOUNDED, KILLING ALL WOUNDED MALES, ASSUMING THEM TO HAVE TAKEN

         PART IN THE RESISTANCE. THE MILITARY LEADER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE

         FORCES IN HULLA IS BRIGADIER GENERAL AL DOURI TALAT, THE FORMER

         5TH CORPS COMMANDER.



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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
Document Date =
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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