VII CORPS INTSUM 235 18 MAR 91 TO 19 MAR 91

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Subject: VII CORPS INTSUM 235  18 MAR 91 TO 19 MAR 91                    

Unit: VII CORPS   

Parent Organization: ARCENT      

Box  ID: BX000242

Folder Title: PACKING LIST AND RUBBER-BANDED MISCELLANEOUS-4                                                  

Document Number:         21

Folder Seq  #:        127








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      D.(Ijl(S,'REE3 ifer-) THE 82ND A   HAS UNCONFIRMED REPORTING
  THAT @ REVEAL RESISTANCE PLANS TO RETREAT INTO THE 82ND AO IF
  ATTACKED BY IRAQI FORCES. GOVERNMENT FORCES CONTINUE TO USE
  HELICOPTERS AGAINST THE RESISTANCE AND MAY ALSO BE CONDUCTING
  AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE OF THE 82ND ABN AREA OF OPERATIONS. IT IS
  POSSIBLE THAT THE RESISTANCE MAY FEEL THAT RETREATING INTO AREAS
  CONTROLLED BY COALITION FORCES WILL DETER PRO-GOVERNMENT FORCES
  FROM PURSUING THEM FOR FEAR OF VIOLATING THE CEASEFIRE. COMMENT:
  THE IRAQIS MAY RISK VIOLATING THE CEASEFIRE IF THEY PERCEIVE THE
  INSURGENTS ARE USING COALITION CONTROLLED AREAS AS SANCTUARIES
  FROM WHICH THEY CAN LAUNCH ATTACKS AGAINST GOVERNMENT FORCES.
  (XVIII AIRBORNE CORPS 161252Z, MSSG #34)
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         Ntgl IRAQI FORCES CONTINUE TO SHELL AN NASIRIYAH FROM
  POSITI    NORTH OF THE EUPHRATES, AND CENTAF REPORTED THE TOWN
  BEING PARTICULARLY HARD HIT BY ATTACK HELICOPTERS ON 18 MAR 91.
  A U.S. ARMY STAFF SERGEANT, LOCATED ON TOP OF THE ZIGGURAT
  (TEMPLE TOWER) AT TALLIL AIRFIELD, REPORTEDLY OBSERVED AN
  ARTILLERY ATTACK ON AN NASIRIYAH AND REFUGEES FLEEING THE CITY.
  HE ALSO REPORTED THAT AT 180905C "A SINGLE ARTILLERY ROUND HIT A
  SEPARATE AREA OF AN NASIRIYAH WITH AN EXPLOSION SIMILAR TO A
  WHITE PHOSPHORUS EXPLOSION, BUT THE RESULTING CLOUD HAD A
  YELLOWISH TINT TO IT." IN ADDITION, REFUGEES REPORTED ARTILLERY
  ATTACKS WITH CHEMICAL ROUNDS THAT," WERE DARK SMOKE COLORED
  CLOUDS THAT MADE OUR BODIES BURN." INTERVIEWS REVEALED MORE
  DETAILS SUGGESTING THAT THE "CHEMICAL ROUNDS" WERE IN FACT CS
  MIXED WITH SMOKE. THERE WERE NO EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL
  BURNS OR NAPALM ATTACKS. (82 ABN DIV)
      G.(U@    FIGHTING BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND KURDISH FORCES HAS
  BEEN HEAVY WITH CONTROL OF SOME AREAS CHANGING HANDS OFTEN. THE





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Subject = VII CORPS INTSUM 235 18 MAR 91 TO 19 MAR 91
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Declassified = 02-JAN-1997