COMMANDERS SITREP 70

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Subject: COMMANDERS SITREP 70                                            

Unit: VII CORPS   

Parent Organization: ARCENT      

Box  ID: BX000249

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

Document Number:         41

Folder Seq  #:         79






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          SUMMARY EXECUTION OF SUSPECTED INSURGENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND

          HUNDREDS DEAD FROM INDISCRIMINATE KILLING IN AN NASARIYAH, AN
                                             5 U.S.C. 552 (b)(1)
          NAJAF, KARBALA, AND AS SAMAW





          THAT DESERTERS WERE BEING TIED TO POLES AND SHOT, TORTURED IN

          PRISONS WITH ELECTRICITY, WALKING BAREFOOT ON NAILS, AND BEING

          TIED BY THEIR FEET TO CEILING FANS. ANOTHER SOURCE INDICATED

          THAT AN RGFC CO     ER, AYAD FIT     RAREY, PERSONALLY EXECUTED

          30 MEN IN AL BASRAH ON 25 14AR, AND THAT RGFC MEMBERS WERE KILLING

          THE FAMILY MEMBERS AS THEY CAME TO IDENTIFY THEIR DEAD RELATIVES

          AT THE MORGUES. EPW'S CONTINUE TO REPORT SUMMARY EXECUTION OF

          DESERTERS AND FORMER EPW'S. RELIABILITY OF REFUGEE REPORTS HAS

          NOT BEEN DETERMINED IN ALMOST ALL CASES. UNDOUBTEDLYL SOME

          EXAGGERATION HAS EMBELLISHED CERTAIN REPORTS, HOWEVER, SOME

          INDISCRIMINATE AND DELIBERATE KILLINGS HAVE SIMILARLY BEEN

          REPORTED BY OTHER SOURCES.
              E.(U44 UNIT (MAIN) LOCATIONS: 1         01759 ; 3A@D -

          QU533089; 1CD - NS 8572, L(UK)AD - QT640563; IID(M) - PU545297;

                 NV709348- 11AB - MU596903; CORPS ARTILLERY - P     156.
          2.(U)@ FUTURE PLANS: CORPS WILL CONTINUE SEARCH AND RECOVERY

          OPERATIONS FOR US VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT IN IRAQ; ESTABLISHMF14T

          OF KUWAITI SECURITY FORCE; HUMANITARTAN ASSISTANCE; SELECT UNITS

          WILL CONTINUE TO CONDUCT RECONNAISSANCE ON SUSPECTED CHEMICAL AND

          BIOLOGICAL STORAGE SITES IN KTO IDENTIFIED PRIOR TO THE GROUND

          WAR. PLANNING IS ONGOING FOR MOVEMENT OF CORPS TO RAAfSt


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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 70
Document Seq # = 41
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 = 06-DEC-1996