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

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            IRAQI MILITARY UNITS COMMITTING ATROCITIES AGAINST LOCAL

            POPULATION IN THE LOWER EUPHRATES REGION. DETAILS ARE SUBMITTED


            DAILY 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 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. CONTINUE TO BELIEVE OUR BEST COURSE

            FOR THE NEAR TERM WOULD BE TO ESTABLISH CIVIL MILITARY GOVERNMENT


            COMPLETE WITH ORDINANCES AND PENAL CODES IF ONLY IN SAFWAN.

            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 HAVE BEGUN TO SEE

            INDICATIONS OF DOWNHILL TREND IN POPULATION OF CIVIL REFUGEES

            THROUGHOUT SECTOR, INCLUDING SAFWAN. RETURN OF CIVILIANS FROM

            EPW CAMPS AND HOSPITALS THROUGH VII CORPS SECTOR POSES SPECIAL

            CHALLENGE. WILL PROVIDE OPTIONS AND ASSESSMENT ON 5 APR 91. AM

            ALSO PREPARED TO WITHDRAW 2ACR AND 1AD FROM IRAQ TO RAA'S AND

            COVER REMAINDER OF SECTOR AS ECONOMY OF FORCE. AS WE APPROACH

            THE REDEPLOYMENT PHASE NEED TO BEGIN GRADUAL DISENGAGEMENT, FIRST

            BY REMOVING CHECKPOINTS ALONG HIGHWAY 8 AS UNITS BEGIN TO

            WITHDRAW FROM IRAQ. CAN BE IN POSITION TO INTERDICT MILITARY

            TRAFFIC AND TO OFFER HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AS REQUIRED. CAN



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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
Folder Seq # = 79
Subject = COMMANDERS SITREP 77
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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