COMMANDERS SITREP 71

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Subject: COMMANDERS SITREP 71                                            

Unit: VII CORPS   

Parent Organization: ARCENT      

Box  ID: BX000249

Folder Title: VII CORPS CMDRS SITREP  22 MAR THRU 6 MAY 91                                                    

Document Number:         40

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          BASRAH. GROUND UNITS LOCATED IN AN NASARIYAH CONSIST OF

          APPROXIMATELY ONE BRIGADE EQUIVALENT. IRAQI MILITARY UNITS HAVE

          BEEN ORDERED TO CIRCUMVENT THE CITY BECAUSE OF SPORADIC INSURGENT


          ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS. A BRIGADE SIZED INFANTRY UNIT REMAINS IN
          AS SAMAWAH WITH VERY LITTLE RESISTANCE ACTIVITIES NOTED. 5 USC 522(b)(1)
          ALTHOUGH HELICOPTER OPERATIONS CONTINUE ALONG THE MDL, m



                      THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTED INCIDENTS OF TERRORISM IN


          THE LAST 24 HOURS. SEVERAL DAYS OF Cl SOURCE REPORTING AND EPW

          APPREHENSIONS HAVE CONFIRMED THE PRESENCE OF IRAQI SECRET POLICE

          WITHIN VII CORPS AND SPECIFICALLY IN SAFWAN (QU6234), AL BUSAYYAH

          (PUO734), AND AS SALMAN (MU5675). THEIR ACTIVITIES HAVE

          REPORTEDLY INCLUDED INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION, INTIMIDATION OF

          IRAQI CIVILIANS, ANTI-US PROPAGANDA, AND UNCONFIRMED

          ASSASSINATIONS OF IRAQI DESERTERS.

              D.(@ CONDITIONS NORTH OF THE D       CATION LINE:

          INDICATIONS OF ATROCITIES ON 28 MARCH WERE LIMITED TO REFUGEE

          REPORTS, PRIMARILY IN THE IAD SECTOR. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS

          THAT RGFC MEMBERS SHOT AND KILLED CIVILIANS WHO WERE PICKING UP


          RATIONS. ALSO THAT RGFC MEMBERS WERE FOLLOWING CIVILIANS HOME


          AND KILLING THEM FOR FOOD. A REFUGEE REPORTED THAT A FORCE MADE

          UP OF THE 35TH, 36TH, AND 37TH INF BDE'S DROPPED NITRIC ACID AND

          BOMBS FROM HELICOPTERS ON 17 MAR, VICINITY SAMAWA. REPORTING

          CONTINUES TO CENTER AROUND SUMMARY EXECUTIONS OF RESISTANCE

          FIGHTERS AND IRAQI DESERTERS. CONSISTENCY, SPECIFICITY, AND IN

          SOME CASES, EXECUTIONERSI NAMES ARE INCREASING THE OV


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File Room = jun96_declassified
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Box ID = BX000249
Unit = VII CORPS
Parent Organization = ARCENT
Folder Title = VII CORPS CMDRS SITREP 22 MAR THRU 6 MAY 91
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Subject = COMMANDERS SITREP 71
Document Seq # = 40
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Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
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Declassified = 02-JAN-1997