MARKING CHEMICALLY CONTAMINATED AREA

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Subject: MARKING CHEMICALLY CONTAMINATED AREA                            

Unit: 3D AD       

Parent Organization: VII  CORPS  

Box  ID: BX001340

Folder Title: DAILY STAFF JOURNAL-TOC LOGS-20-21 FEB 91                                                       

Document Number:         36

Folder Seq  #:         31





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   OPERATION DESERT STORM
   1. (5/,RF=t !ICF-5             IRAQ. LAUNCFFED A SINGLE SRBM FROM THE
   VICINITY OF WADI AL JABARI.YAH-.,.iZAt6=405SE
                                                                            SC 552(b) (1)
       Z IN-THE--VICI414-1,TY-GF.--  .457@-,,($OUTH OF TEL AVI@
             OSSIBLE  TMPACT-NEAR 3156NQ P13E (WES@4R-.F)

   2.(U@'RE-t ilrr) A DEBRIEFING OF AN IRAQI DEFECTOR WITH
   EX@RIENCE IN EMPLACING MINES AND CONCERTINA WIRE DESCRIBED THE
   PROCEDURE AS FOLLOWS: "THE WAY USED IN EMPLACING THE MINES IS
   UNIQUE. I'VE BEEN IN THE SERVICE FOR EIGHT YEARS USING THE SAME
   WAY WHICH IS:
       A(U@      SELECT NATURAL OR ARTIFICIAL LAND MARI.-',.
       B(u       MARK THE BEGINNING OF THE FIRST COLUMN (THE MINE
   FIELD I C@LUDES THREE COLUMNS).
       CIU"t)) MARK THE 2ND AND 3RD COLUMNS.
       D.I@      MARK THE FIRST COLUMN WITH TWO POLES IN THE TWO ENDS
   OF THE COLUMN AND TIE A WHITE TAF'E TO THE POLES.
       E4U@      MARK THE SECOND AND THE THIRD COLUMNS THE SAME WAY
   AS THE FIRST ONE.
       F(U@      DIG THE HOLES FOR THE MINES, THEN PUT THE MINES BY
   THE HOLES WHERE THEY WOULD BE DETONATED (TAKE THE SAFETY PINS
   OUT), THEN BURY THEM.
       GTUI(S) INSTALL CONCERTINA WIRE AROUND THE MINEFIELD. ONE
   ROLE OF'WIRE TO THE FRIENDLY SIDE AND TWO TO THE ENEMY SIDE."
       F.(U)fS@'REt t!eF-). THE DEFECTOR DESCRIBED THE DIFFERENT TYPES
   OF CONCERTINA WIRE AS FOLLOWS: "THERE ARE SIX KINDS OF WIRE:
            (1) (U) TRIPLE WIRE; INSTALLED THE STAKES, THEN TIED
   THEM TOGETHER WITH BARBED WIRE, THEN SLID THE CONCERTINA WIRE IN
   THE STAKES. AFTER THAT, ONE LINE OF BARBED WIRE WOULD BE
   INSTALLED OVER THE CONCERTINA WIRE AND TIED TO IT.
            (2) (U) QUADRAN WIRE; USED THE SAME METHOD LIKE THE
   TRIPLE WIRE WITH ONE MORE ROLL OF CONCERTINA WIRE.
            (3) (U) DOUBLE WIRE; USING TWO ROLLS OF CONCERTINA
   WIRES.
U) SINGLE WIRE; USING ONE ROLL OF CONCERTINA WIRE.
            (5) (U) BARBED WIRE; USING LITTLE STAKES, USUALLY CLOSE
   TO EACH OTHER." (VII CORPS EPW CAGE)
   2. (U) ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT BY CALLING VII CORPS, S2 OPS, TASS 9-
   9977-116/118/619.












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File Room = jul96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-28
Box ID = BX001340
Unit = 3D AD
Parent Organization = VII CORPS
Folder Title = DAILY STAFF JOURNAL-TOC LOGS-20-21 FEB 91
Folder Seq # = 31
Subject = MARKING CHEMICALLY CONTAMINATED AREA
Document Seq # = 36
Document Date =
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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 = 17-DEC-1996