COMMANDERS SITREP 79

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Subject: COMMANDERS SITREP 79                                            

Unit: VII CORPS   

Parent Organization: ARCENT      

Box  ID: BX000269

Folder Title: DAILY STAFF JOURNALS-7 APR 91-2                                                                 

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           REPORT INDICATES THAT IRAQI SPECIAL SECURITY PERSONNEL BOUND THE

           WRISTS TO KNEES OF RESISTANCE FIGHTERS AND THEN THREW THEM INTO A

           RIVER ON 2 APR. OBSERVING FAMILY MEMBERS WERE LATER SHOT. ALSO

           IN BASRAH, ANOTHER REPORT INDICATED THAT MASS EXECUTIONS OF

           PRISONERS OCCURRED ON I AND 3APA. IN KARABALA, ONE REPORT

           INDICATED THAT CHEMICALS WERE USED ON 9 MAR AND MASS KILLING OF

           CIVILIANS OCCURRED ON 3 MAR. IN AN"RAJAF ONE REPORT STATED THAT

           CHEMICALS WERE USED ON 14 MAR AND THAT IRAQI SPECIAL SECURITY

           FORCES WERE BURYING PEOPLE ALIVE.

               E.      UNIT (MAIN) LOCATIONS: 1AD - QU180880; 3AD

           QU533089; L(UK)AD - QT240690; 1ID(M) - PU545297; 2ACR - NV709348;

           11AB - MU596903; CORPS ARTILLERY - NR529948.
           2.  @FUTURE PLANS: PREPARATION CONTINUES ON DEVELOPMENT OF

           RAA'S. PLANNING IS ONGOING FOR MOVEMENT OF CORPS TO RAA'S AND

           REDEPLOYMENT OF UNITS TO USAREUR AND CONUS.
           3. @ISSUES-

               A.      PERSONNEL. (AMBER) HAVE RECEIVED 5 U.S. ARABIC

           LINGUISTS, STILL--REQT31-RE-1-5- -FOR MIIITARY.. INTELLIGENCE MISSIONS

           (EPW, TRANSCRIPTION, ETC.) EXPECTED. REQUIRE THE FOLLOWING

           GRADES AND MOS: 2 X 97E20AZ; 5 X 97ElOAZ; AND 8 X 98GIOAZ. IF

           REQUIRED GRADES AND/OR MOS$S ARE NOT AVAILABLE, REQUEST

           SUBSTITUTION OF QUALIFIED U.S. ARABIC LINGUISTS WITH FIRST

           PRIORITY TO MOS NOT GRADE. WITH THE DEPARTURE OF THE KUWAITI

           LINGUISTS AN ADDITIONAL 51 U.S. LINGUISTS ARE REQUIRED FOR

           MEDICAL, FORCE PROTECTION, AND CIVIL AFFAIRS OPERATIONS. TOTAL

           REMAINING REQUIREMENT IS 66. 15 ADDITIONAL LINGUISTS WERE TO

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File Room = sep96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-42
Box ID = BX000269
Unit = VII CORPS
Parent Organization = ARCENT
Folder Title = DAILY STAFF JOURNALS-7 APR 91-2
Folder Seq # = 73
Subject = COMMANDERS SITREP 79
Document Seq # = 28
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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