CHAPTER SEVEN DEFENSE OF THE WADI AL BATIN

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Subject: CHAPTER SEVEN  DEFENSE OF THE WADI AL BATIN                     

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Parent Organization: CENTCOM     

Box ID: BX000461

Folder Title: COMMAND REPORTS - ARCENT AARS- G6-HQCMDT-OTHER MISC                                             

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               "Dif!" three times, but the vehicle refused to stop.
               Acting in accordance with his instructions, the soldiers
               locked and loaded his M16A2 and shot the tires out on the
               offending vehicle.

                    The driver turned out to be a Saudi gate guard, late
               for work.

                    Although purely coincidental, 2nd Bde, 101st Abn (AIR
               ASSLT) left the Al Qaysumah airfield the next day. Vii
               Corps FRAGO 93-91 relieved Ist Cav of the responsibility
               to defend Al Qaysumah airfield and dropped the no
               penetration line at Tapline Road. This order also
               authorized lst Cav to move its screen line five kilometers
               closer to the Saudi-Iraqi border,.

                    The final week of January was characterized by
               intense vehicle maintenance and unit training events in
               preparation for the ground phase. Training events
               included breaching drills, sand table exercises, mass
               casualty exercises, NBC training, and company battledrill
               rehearsals. As the division screen line crept
               methodically forward, moving to the 08 grid line by 29
               Jan, the EPW count began to rise. Five "line-crossers"
               we-re captured on 27 Jan, two an 28 Jan, and three more on
               31 Jan.

                    In preparing for future operations, the FBE targeting
               cell was tasked to put together its "best tat-get list".
               This set in motion the first of many iterations of a
               detailed and time consuming process to produce six to
               eight "best targets". First, all targetable data entered
               into the target reference book was platted on the target
               overlay with the target number, target type, and target
               source/acquisition date. After all the targets were
   platted, they developed into the targeted areas of
               interest (TAX). A more detailed analysis of the TRIs was
               conducted between the FSE targeting cell and the 62 ASPS.
               Target reliability was measured according to the 5U.S.C.552(b)(1)
               reliability of the sou





               deciding whether or not to recommend a target for
               engagement in the initial stages came down to the source,
               the acquisition means, and the date of the target's


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Subject = CHAPTER SEVEN DEFENSE OF THE WADI AL BATIN
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Declassified = 22-NOV-1996