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




            MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS. ON 31 MAR, A IAD SOURCE REPORTED THAT HE

            HAD SEEN FIRST HAND THE EXECUTION OF 8 MEN IN AL BASRAH, NEAR THE

            SAHAH SAAD GARAGE (DATE OF ALLEGED EXECUTIONS UNKNOWN; AS WELL,

            UNKNOWN IF 8 MEN WERE INSURGENTS). ANOTHER SOURCE STATED THAT

            HIS HOUSE IN AS SAMAWAH WAS DESTROYED ON 24 MARCH BY RPG-7 FIRE.

            HIS FAMILY WAS INSIDE AT THE TIME AND WAS KILLED. ON 23 MARCH,




            KILL TWO MEN AND A WOMAN. THE FIRST MAN WAS TIED TO A CAR BUMPER


            AND DRAGGED BEHIND A CAR UNTIL HE WAS DEAD. THE SECOND MAN HAD

            HIS EYES GOUGED OUT AND WAS THROWN INTO A RIVER TO DROWN. THE

            WOMAN WAS RAPED DURING A HOUSE TO HOUSE SEARCH, AND SUBSEQUENTLY

            MACHINE GUNNED.                                           REPORT

            DETAILS THE EXISTENCE OF EXECUTION SQUADS IN IRAQ TO HUNT DOWN

            AND EXECUTE DESERTERS-                       (IRAQI EPWS AND

            DESERTERS) INDICATED THAT A MILITARY POLICE TYPE UNIT ("INZIBAT

            ASKERII' OR COMMONLY KNOWN AS I'EXECUTION SQUADS") EXISTS IN

            SOUTHERN IRAQ FOR APPREHENDING DESERTERS, AND IN SOME INSTANCES

            EXECUTE THEM. EXECUTION SQUADS WEAR A DISTINCTIVE UNIFORM TO

            INCLUDE A RED BERET, RED LANYARD ON THE LEFT SHOULDER, WHITE

            BELT, WHITE LEGGINGS, OD GREEN UNIFORM, AND A RED ARNBAND WITH

            THE WORDS "INZIBAT ASKERI". THEY ARE EMPOWERED TO QUESTION AND

            INSPECT ALL MILITARY PERSONNEL AWAY FROM THEIR MILITARY UNIT FOR

            PROPER PAPERS AND LEAVE FORMS. IF PAPERWORK IS NOT FOUND IN

            ORDER, THESE "EXECUTION SQUADS" HAVE THE POWER TO EXECUTE

            DESERTERS ON THE SPOT OR DETAIN THEM. A CORPS IPW REPORT

            INDICATES THAT THE IRAQI GOVT NOW OFFERS REWARDS FOR RESISTANCE


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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
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Subject = COMMANDERS SITREP 76
Document Seq # = 35
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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