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File: 970107_jul96_decls11_0007.txt
Subject: CHRONOLOGY JANUARY
Unit: ARCENT
Parent Organization: CENTCOM
Box ID: BX000459
Folder Title: COMMAND REPORTS VII CORPS AFTER ACTION REPORT - 2 OF 2
Document Number: 15
Folder Seq #: 9
defense in sector responsibilities effective with
the start of DESERT SI'Olt@l.
655 XVIII Airborne Corps (Forwuz-d) at Rafha reports arrival
of 327tti Signal Battalion aiid iiiilitai-@- police
battalion, and that the establishment of tile new
headquarters location has begun.
1400 Ist Cavalry Division starts moving north across 7'aplirie
Road.
113OZ XVIII Airborne Corps FRAGO #5 assigns screening
responsibilities ralorik flliase Line T?AZOR not later
than 1200C on IS Januai-3 1991, find procedures for
handing over responsibilities fi-oiii tile 6t)i
(French) Light Armored Division Lo tile 3d ArmiA-ed
Cavalry between 1200C on 19 JtLritiax-3, slid 1200C f6ii
20 January.
1226Z XVIII Airborne Corps FRAGO #6 places XVIII Ali-borne
Corps Fire Support CoorLiiriatioti Line #1 in effect
as of 1500C on 17 Jaritiax-y 1991.
2040 24th Infantry Division 7'actic.&Ll Coiiiiiiand Post closes
into Assembly Area 14ALNUI'.
2208 AIRCENI' G-2 sends a spot x-epor,L to '81'111 Airborne Corps
G-2 passing information from ljuiiiiiii intelligence
sources that Iraq will fire s@iai-.t rarige ballistic
missiles at Israel befoi-L@ 2300 Hours, and LliaL
MARCENT had reported mulliplf-, lauticii rockets
impacting near Al Nuf.ji.
Jantiar
103 0 A(irCbo@x-rie Command and Control Center reports that l@aqi
forces have achieved a ina,joi- breakthrough five
minutes earlier- at 290301,N ji63653E witli follow-on
forces positioned to the northeast. I'Iiis report
is later determined to be uncoikfii-iiied.
0300 Iraq launches SCUD missile.
0303 Iraq launches first of seven SCUD missiles SOLli;hwest
towards Israel.
0330 Iraq launches SCUD missile.
0340 Three SCUD missiles impact in Israel.
0435 Battery A, 2d Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery
destroys SCUD with a Patriot missile. [Also
reported with a time of 04281
0500 101st Airborne Division begins air movement to Rafha.
0530 XVIII Airborne Corps NMIST reports a visual sighting of
a SCUD missile heading south.
0532 XVIII Airborne Corps receives FLASH message that three
SCUD missiles hit Al Khobar and the southeast
corner.of the Dhahran Air Base.
0540 Nuclear-Biological-Chemical alarms go off at King Fahd
Inteinational Airport; 10]st Airborne Division
dons protective masks uritil all-cleai- sounded at
-40 0600.
ARCENT G-3 relays to XVIII Airborne Corps G-3 a FLASH
message sent by @tie 513t)i Military Intelligence
Battalion at 0215Z confirming trials two SCUD
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Document 12 f:/Week-30/BX000459/COMMAND REPORTS VII CORPS AFTER ACTION REPORT - 2 OF 2/chronology january:01029718425997
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File Room = jul96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-30
Box ID = BX000459
Unit = ARCENT
Parent Organization = CENTCOM
Folder Title = COMMAND REPORTS VII CORPS AFTER ACTION REPORT - 2 OF 2
Folder Seq # = 9
Subject = CHRONOLOGY JANUARY
Document Seq # = 15
Document Date =
Scan Date =
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 = 02-JAN-1997