COMMANDERS SITREP 77

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Subject: COMMANDERS SITREP 77                                            

Unit: VII CORPS   

Parent Organization: ARCENT      

Box ID: BX000249

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

Document Number:         34

Folder SEQ  #:         79







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            NO SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITY REPORTED ON IRAQI UNITS OPPOSITE THE VII

            CORPS AREA OF OPERATIONS. ON THE MORNING OF 4 APRIL, AT LEAST

            FOUR HELICOPTERS CONDUCTED RECONNAISSANCE IN THE AL BASRMI AREA.

            THREE OF THESE HELICOPTERS FIRED ON GROUND TARGETS WITH MACHINE

            GUNS. THERE ARE CURRENTLY ASSESSED TO BE 3-4 CAPABLE HEAVY

            BRIGADES IN THE AL BASRAH AREA. ALONG THE MDL, THERE HAS BEEN NO

            SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITY REPORTED ON EITHER GOVERNMENT OR SHIITE

            FORCES. AS SAMAWAH AND AN NASARIYAH HAVE BEEN QUIET FOR SEVERAL

            DAYS AND THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN GOVERNMENT FORCES LOCATED IN

            THESE CITIES. THERE HAVE BEEN NO TERRORIST INCIDENTS IN THE VII

            CORPS AREA OF OPERATIONS IN THE PAST 24 HOURS.

                D.  @ CONDITIONS NORTH OF THE DEMARCATION LINE: ONLY THREE

            ATROCITY REPORTS WERE RECEIVED BY THE VII CORPS G-2 ON 4 APRIL.

            IN THE 1AD SECTOR, AT LEAST TWO CHILDREN AND ONE ADULT WERE

            TREATED FOR BLISTERS ON 30 AND 31 MARCH. THE BLISTERS ON THE


            ADULT TESTED POSITIVE FOR BLISTER AGENT USING M-8 PAPER. M-8


            PAPER DETECTION DOES NOT PROVIDE CONCLUSIVE PROOF OF A BLISTER


            AGENT. AN NBC RECON VEHICLE HAS BEEN LOCATED AT CHECK POINT


            BRAVO TO TEST FOR ANY FUTURE POSSIBLE CHEMICAL VICTIMS. A IAD


            SOURCE FROM AN NASARIYAH REPORTED THAT GOVERNMENT FORWARD


            OBSERVERS CALLED AN ARTILLERY STRIKE ON A CROWD OF MOSTLY WOMEN

            AND CHILDREN DOING LAUNDRY IN THE RIVER; DATE UNKNOWN. ANOTHER

            1AD SOURCE REPORTED THAT IN AL BASRAH ON AN UNSPECIFIED DATE,

            SPECIAL POLICE PICKED OUT 300 STUDENTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY,

            POURED GAS DOWN THEIR THROATS AND SHOT THEM. GOVERNMENT FORCES

            ARE REPORTEDLY EXECUTING THIRTY SUSPECTED RESISTANCE FIGHTERS A



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Box ID = BX000249
Unit = VII CORPS
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Folder Title = VII CORPS CMDRS SITREP 22 MAR THRU 6 MAY 91
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Subject = COMMANDERS SITREP 77
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Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 18-OCT-1996