COMMANDERS SITREP 76

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Subject: COMMANDERS SITREP 76                                            

Unit: VII CORPS   

Parent Organization: ARCENT      

Box  ID: BX000249

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

Document Number:         35

Folder Seq  #:         79




                               UNCLASSIFIED

                                                                 5USC552(b)(1)

            CONVENTIONAL THREAT TO VII CORPS UNITS. THERE HAVE BEEN NO

            CHANGES TO THE STATUS OF IRAQI UNITS OPERATING IN THE VII CORPS

            AREA OF OPERATIONS.








                                                                      THERE


            WAS NO SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITY TO REPORT ALONG THE DEMARCATION LINE

            ON 3 APRIL. ENEMY FORCES IN AS SAMAWAH AND AN NASARIYAH ARE

            BELIEVED TO BE INFANTRY BRIGADES (-), REINFORCED WITH SOME ARMOR.

            THERE WAS NO REPORTED INSURGENCY ACTIVITIES IN THE VICINITY OF

            THE DEMARCATION LINE ON 3 APRIL. THERE WERE NO TERRORIST

            INCIDENTS REPORTED IN THE VII CORPS SECTOR IN THE LAST 24 HOURS.

                D.  @CONDITIONS NORTH OF THE DEMARCATION LINE: REFUGEE

            REPORTING FROM 1AD CONTINUES TO REPORT SUMMARY EXECUTIONS OF

            RESISTANCE FIGHTERS AND CIVILIANS, TORTURE (RAPE), AS WELL AS

            POSSIBLE CHEMICAL INJURIES TO CHILDREN. TWO COMBAT MEDICS IN IAD

            TREATED A CHILD ON 29, 30, AND 31 MARCH FOR BLISTERS ON HIS LEFT

            LEG. M-8 PAPER, WHEN TOUCHED TO THE BLISTER FLUID TURNED PINK TO

            INDICATE A POSSIBLE BLISTER AGENT. 1AD HAS BEEN UNABLE TO

            CONFIRM THE USE OF A BLISTER AGENT WHERE THE CHILD IS REPORTED TO

            HAVE ORIGINATED, DUE TO ITS LOCATION ON THE 1KM ZONE BOUNDARY.

            AS REPORTED BEFORE, DETECTION VIA M-8 PAPER DOES NOT CONFIRM

            BLISTER AGENT USE. IAD WILL CONTINUE TO ATTEMPT VERIFICATION OF

            THESE POSSIBLE CHEMICAL ATTACKS VIA OTHER CHEMICAL DETECTION

            EQUIPMENT (FUCHS VEHICLES), ON-SITE INSPECTION (IF POSSIBLE), AND


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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 76
Document Seq # = 35
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