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Subject: SPOT REPORT                                                     

Unit: VII CORPS   

Parent Organization: ARCENT      

Box  ID: BX000270

Folder Title: SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS FOR DAILY STAFF JOURNAL-8 APR 91-TACTICAL COMMAND POST                     

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                  4.                      ALUATION:
                       A. -4              TAINS SCREEN ALONG DML, OUTPOSTS ON HIGHWAY
                  e, AND IS  POSTURED TO  RESUME OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS IF REQUIRED;
                  CONTINUES  REALIGNMENT  AND WITHDRAWAL OF SELECTED UNITS TO SAUDI
                  ARABIA/RAA'S; CONTROLS MAJORITY OF IRAQI CIVILIAN TRAFFIC IN
                  SECTOR ON HIGHWAY S; CONTINUES DESTRUCTION OF ABANDONED ENEMY
                  EQUIPMENT AND AMMUNITION IN IRAQ; PROVIDES HUMANITARIAN
                  ASSISTANCE AND CLEARANCE OF CBU'S IN POPULATED AREAS; CONTINUES
                  -DEVELOPMENT OF RAA'S; CONDUCTS COMBINED ARMS LIVE FIRE TRAINING;
                  AND PROVIDES ESCORT ASSISTANCE TO SAUDI SOF CONTINGENT IN SECTOR.
                  ALSO PREPARED TO PROVIDE UN TF RECON OF BUFFER ZONE.
                       B.  @ 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. TOTAL
                  PACKAGE OF CURRENT EVIDENCE IS COMPLETE WILL FURNISH WITHIN NEXT
                  FEW DAYS AND FINAL WHEN WE DEPART IRAQ. THE SAFETY AND WELL
                  BEING OF IRAQIS WHO HAVE WORKED WITH U.S. FORCES 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.
N TO IRAQI GOVERNMENT CONTROL. 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. DOWNHILL TREND IN POPULATION OF CIVIL REFUGEES
                  CONTINUES THROUGHOUT SECTOR, INCLUDING SAFWAN. RETURN OF
                  CIVILIANS FROM EPW CAMPS AND HOSPITALS THROUGH VII CORPS SECTOR
                  POSES SPECIAL CHALLENGE. BEST COURSE OF ACTION IS TO RETURN
                  -THESE CIVILIANS THROUGH INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES. THIS WILL BEST
                  ASSURE THEIR SAFETY AGAINST REPRISALS. PREPARED TO WITHDRAW IAD
                  FROM IRAQ TO RAA AND COVER REMAINDER OF SECTOR AS ECONOMY OF
                  FORCE. AS WE APPROACH THE REDEPLOYMENT PHASE NEED TO BEGIN
                  GRADUAL DISENGAGEMENT, FIRST BY REMOVING CHECKPOINTS ALONG
                  HIGHWAY 8 AS UNITS BEGIN TO WITHDRAW FROM IRAQ. CAN BE IN
                  POSITION TO INTERDICT MILITARY TRAFFIC AND TO OFFER HUMANITARIAN
                  ASSISTANCE AS REQUIRED. CAN IMPLEMENT THIS MISSION IN 24 HOURS.
                  CAN BEGIN IOD MOVEMENT IN 48 HOURS@.r@          If
                       C. @INTENT TS TO POSTURE@ll CORPS TO MOVE OUT OF IRAQ
                  WITHIN A PERIOD OF 5 DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF EXECUTION ORDERS.
                                               R- DI-ST-AadeES, RED"'EED -el= 3i.@(
                  -Ai'Al.                   PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT ACCOUNTABILITY IS
                  PARAMOUNT AS UNITS WITHDRAW FROM IRAQ. CORPS REDEPLOYMENT
                  OBJECTIVES ARE: FIRST IN FIRST OUT; SAFETY, CARE, AND DISCIPLINE
                  OF SOLDIERS; DISCIPLINED ACCOUNTABILITY OF RESOURCES; AND
                  REDEPLOYMENT IN A MANNER THAT BEFITS VICTORIOUS VETERANS OF
                  MOBILE ARMORED DESERT WARFARE.
                       D. @MY URGENT REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE: LINKAGE WITH
EPLACE US ARMY IN CIVIL RELIEF
                  OPERATIONS; ASSISTANCE FOR DC'S SEEKING RELOCATION OUTSIDE OF
                  IRAQ AND ASSISTANCE IN RELOCATING IRAQI CIVILIANS FROM EPW CAMPS
                  AND HOSPITALS BACK INTO IRAQ; ASSURANCE OF SUFFICIENT HETS TO
                  TRANSPORT CORPS COMBAT VEHICLES TO PORT CONSISTENT WITH EXPECTED

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Declassified = 06-DEC-1996