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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         SELECTED UNITS TO SAUDI ARABIA; CONTROLS MAJORITY OF IRAQI

         CIVILIAN TRAFFIC IN SECTOR ON HIGHWAY 8; CONTINUES DESTRUCTION OF

         ABANDONED ENEMY EQUIPMENT AND AMMUNITION IN IRAQ; PROVIDES

         HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND CLEARANCE OF CBU'S IN POPULATED

         AREAS; CONTINUES PREPARATION FOR MOVEMENT TO AND DEVELOPMENT OF

         RAAIS; CONDUCTS COMBINED ARMS LIVE FIRE TRAINING; AND PROVIDES

         ESCORT ASSISTANCE TO SAUDI SOF CONTINGENT IN SECTOR. ALSO

         PREPARED TO PROVIDE UN TF RECON OF BUFFER ZONE.

             B.  @ WANT TO ENSURE SAFE AND EXPEDITIOUS EVACUATION AND

         CARE OF EPWIS BEYOND VII CORPS. BELIEVE THIS IS AN AREA WE MUST

         CONTINUE TO MONITOR IN THEATER AS HEAT RISES. CORPS HAS REPORTS

         OF IRAQI MILITARY UNITS COMMITTING ATROCITIES AGAINST LOCAL

         POPULATION IN THE LOWER EUPHRATES REGION. DETAILS ARE SUBMITTED

         IN INTELLIGENCE CHANNELS. WILL FURNISH TOTAL PACKAGE OF CURRENT

         EVIDENCE WITHIN NEXT FEW DAYS AND FINAL WHEN WE DEPART IRAQ. THE

         SAFETY AND WELL BEING OF IRAQIS WHO HAVE WORKED WITH U.S. FORCES

         IN THE U.S. SECTOR ONCE VII CORPS LEAVES IS OF MAJOR CONCERN.

         FEAR OF REPRISALS RUNS HIGH AMONG IRAQIS. BELIEVE WE SHOULD USE

         EVERY CHANNEL AVAILABLE TO ENCOURAGE INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES AND

         ICRC OR EVEN POSSIBLY THE UN TO ASSIST IN THE TRANSITION FROM

         U.S. OCCUPATION TO IRAQI GOVERNMENT CONTROL. DISTRIBUTION OF

         FOOD STUFFS TO INCLUDE FOOD AND MEDICINE FOR INFANTS CONTINUES.

         NEED TO KNOW WHEN CIVILIAN RELIEF AGENCIES WILL BE PREPARED TO

         ASSUME OPERATIONS. HAVE A DC CAMP OUTSIDE SAFWAN CONTAINING

         APPROXIMATELY 5,000 CIVILIANS. DOWNHILL TREND IN POPULATION OF

         CIVIL REFUGEES CONTINUES THROUGHOUT SECTOR, INCLUDING SAFWAN.


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Document 13 f:/Week-24/BX000249/VII CORPS CMDRS SITREP 22 MAR THRU 6 MAY 91/commanders sitrep 80:10189613572536
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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