1ST ID INTSUM 169 AS OF 2 APR 91

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Subject: 1ST ID INTSUM 169 AS OF  2 APR 91                               

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Parent Organization: VII  CORPS  

Box  ID: BX001065

Folder Title: DUTY LOGS-2 APR 91                                                                              

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                      SUBJECT:     IST 10 (M) INTSUM 169 AS OF 020100C APR St

                                       SUMMARY: IRAQ MILITARY ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTED
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                      R            'ROUND ATTACK MISSIONS AGAINST KURDISH INSURGENTS,
                      UNSANITARY CONDITIONS COULD BE CAUSING THE OUTBREAK OF DISEASE IN
                      URBAN CENTERS. INSURGENT HOPES MAY BE SHIFTING TOWARD MAINTAINING
                      FOOTHOLDS IN MOUNTAINOUS OUTPOSTS AND INTERNATIONAL BORDER AREAS.
                      2. (U) GROUND ACTIVITY/SOUTH:
                      A. (U) IST 10 (M) SUBORDINATE UNITS HAD NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO
                      SUPPORT.




                             IST AD REPORTED THAT FOUR IRAQI CHILDREN PASSED INTO THE
                      W,RAL Z,,E ALONG THE DEMARCATION LINE (VIC PU8498). UNIT MEDICS
                      EXAMINED BURNS WHICH THE CHILDREN HAD. THE MEDICS CLAIM THAT THE
                      CHILDREN TESTED POSITIVE FOR BEING EXPOSED TO BLISTER AGENTS.
                                 SANOWN:7 AL BASRAH AREA: A HEAVY DIVISION EQUIVALENT
                                 BASRA     El
                                       H AREA. ON THE NIGHT OF 30 MARCH, A PROBABLE BRIGADE-
                      siz@o MILITARY UNIT CONDUCTED UNSPECIFIED OPERATIONS ALONG THE
                      IRAN-IRAQ BORDER EAST OF BASRAH.
                      ES@ 101 MI BATTALION'S UNCONFIRMED HUMINT SOURCES REPORT
                      0     AKS OF CHOLERA AND TYPHOID IN IMMRRA (NFI) AND BAGHDAD DUE TO
                      PEOPLE DRINKING WATER FROM THE RIVER. G2 COMMENT: REFUGEE REPORTS
                      AVAILABLE TO VII CORPS FOCUS ON ALLEGATIONS OF ATROCITIES RATHER THAN
                      OUTBREAKS OF DISEASE. HOWEVER, THE INDISCRIMINATE DESTRUCTION OF TOWNS
SLY HELD BY INSURGENTS, COMPOUNDED BY DAMAGED CAUSED BY tqCF AIR
                      OPERATIONS, CONCEIVABLY WOULD DESRADE SANITARY CONDITIONS. LEADING To
                      OUTBREAK OF DISEASES.
                      F(g)@     m " """'      INSURGENT FORCES ATTACKED IRAQI INFANTRY UNITS
                      N    A@@LALellAYYAH (3046N@4736E/QV4807), NORTKEAST OF BASRAH, ON THE
                      MORNING OF I APRIL. GOVERNMENT FORCES RETURNED FIRE USING MORTARS,
                      ARTILLERY, 8NO MACHINE GUNS. THE EXCHANGE LASTED ALMOST TWO HOURS
                      ACTIVITY IN THE SOUTH HAS NOT SEEN TOTALLY SUPPRESSED. HIT-AND-RUN
                      TYPE OPERATIONS SUCH AS THIS CAN BE EXPF:CTEO TO CONTINUE, PARTICULARLY
                      WHEN GOVERNMENT FORCES VACATE AN AREA.
                       .Lr    101 MI SN REPORTS POSSIBLE RESISTANCE ACTIVITY IN YHE VICINITY
                      I    F IRAN-IRAQ BORDER (OUS746, QU8053,QIUSS71,AND OU4361). G2
                      COMMENT: VII CORPS REPORTS THAT INSURGENT ACTIVITY IN SOUTHERN IRAQ
                      HAS SUBSIDED. HOWEVER, THE AREA EAST OF THE SHATT AL ARAB STILL
                      OFFERS OPPORTUNITY FOR INSURGENT SUCCESS. MARSH-LANDS RESTRICT IRAQ'S
                      A81LITY TO USE COMBINED ARMS FORMATIONS AGAINST INSURSENTS AS HAD
                      OCCURRED ELSEWHERE AND OFFER SANCTUARIES TO ANTI-GOVERNMENT FORCES.
                      ALTHOUGH THE BAATHIST REGIME ACKNOWLEDGES THE THREAT OF IRANIAN-EACKED
                      INSURGENTS CUTTING THE LOC LINKING BASRAH WITH THE CAPITOL, THE
                      GOVERNMENT HAS CHOSEN TO FOCUS EFFORTS ON WRESTING CONTROL OF THE
                      ECONOMICALLY VITAL NORTHERN RE61ON FROM KURORSH CONTROL. UZTH.ISLAMIC
                      HOLIDAYS APPROACHING ON 6 AND 11 MARCH, IRAN COULD CHOOSE TO EXPLOIT
                      THE IRAQI FORCE DRAWDOWN IN SHIITE AREAS. WITH IRAN SUPPORTING
HOLY
                      CITIES OF AN NAJAF AND KARBALA.                                    5US(;552(b)(1)

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