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

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           ASSISTANCE TO ICRC TEAM  IN SECTOR.
               B.(*    DAILY EPW COUNT STILL REMAINS HIGH. WANT TO ENSURE

           SAFE AND EXPEDITIOUS EVACUATION AND CARE OF EPW'S BEYOND VII

           CORPS. BELIEVE THIS IS AN AREA WE MUST CONTINUE TO MONITOR IN

           THEATER AS HEAT RISES. CORPS CONTINUES TO RECEIVE REPORTS OF

           IRAQI MILITARY UNITS COMMITTING ATROCITIES AGAINST LOCAL

           POPULATION IN THE LOWER EUPHRATES REGION. DETAILS ARE SUBMITTED

           DAILY IN INTELLIGENCE CHANNELS. WILL FURNISH TOTAL PACKAGE OF

           CURRENT EVIDENCE WITHIN NEXT FEW DAYS AND FINAL WHEN WE DEPART

           IRAQ. THE SAFETY AND WELL BEING OF IRAQIS IN THE U.S. SECTOR

           ONCE VII CORPS LEAVES IS OF MAJOR CONCERN. FEAR OF REPRISALS

           RUNS HIGH AMONG IRAQIS. BELIEVE WE SHOULD USE EVERY CHANNEL

           AVAILABLE TO ENCOURAGE INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES AND ICRC OR EVEN

           POSSIBLY THE UN TO ASSIST IN THE TRANSITION FROM U.S. OCCUPATION

           TO IRAQI GOVERNMENT CONTROL. CONTINUE TO BELIEVE OUR BEST COURSE

           FOR THE NEAR TERM WOULD BE TO ESTABLISH CIVIL MILITARY GOVERNMENT

           COMPLETE WITH ORDINANCES AND PENAL CODES IF ONLY IN SAFWAN.

           DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD STUFFS TO INCLUDE FOOD AND MEDICINE FOR

           INFANTS CONTINUES. NEED TO KNOW WHEN CIVILIAN RELIEF AGENCIES

           WILL BE PREPARED TO ASSUME OPERATIONS. HAVE A GROWING DC CAMP

           OUTSIDE SAFWAN. THE CAMP CONTAINS APPROXIMATELY 5,000 CIVILIANS

           HAVE BEGUN TO SEE INDICATIONS OF DOWNHILL TREND IN POPULATION OF

           CIVIL REFUGEES THROUGHOUT SECTOR, INCLUDING SAFWAN. AM ALSO

           PREPARED TO WITHDRAW 2ACR AND IAD FROM IRAQ TO RAA'S AND COVER

           REMAINDER OF SECTOR AS ECONOMY OF FORCE. AS WE APPROACH THE

           REDEPLOYMENT PHASE NEED TO BEGIN GRADUAL DISENGAGEMENT, FIRST BY


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Box ID = BX000249
Unit = VII CORPS
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Folder Title = VII CORPS CMDRS SITREP 22 MAR THRU 6 MAY 91
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Subject = COMMANDERS SITREP 76
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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