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                                                                 

Document Number:         28

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           BELIEVE THIS IS AN AREA WE MUST CONTINUE TO MONITOR IN THEATER AS
           H@T RIS@S. CORPS CONTINUES TO RECEIVE REPORTS OF IRAQI MILITARY

           UNITS COMMITTING ATROCITIES AGAINST LOCAL POPULATION IN TH9-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. t/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 DC CAMP OUTSIDE SAFWAN CONTAINING

           APPROXIMATELY 5;-000-'-CTVI-L@ANS. - -AIAVE-'BEGUN "TCr S@--INDICATIONs- OF--

           DOWNHILL TREND IN POPULATION OF CIVIL REFUGEES 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. vAM ALSO PREPARED TO WITHDRAW 2ACR AND 1AD


           FROM IRAQ TO RAAIS AND COVER REMAINDER OF SECTOR AS ECONOMY OF

           FORCE.L/AS WE APPROACH THE REDEPLOYMENT PHASE NEED TO BEGIN


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File Room = sep96_declassified
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Box ID = BX000269
Unit = VII CORPS
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Folder Title = DAILY STAFF JOURNALS-7 APR 91-2
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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