COMMANDERS SITREP 68 25 TO 26 MAR 91

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Subject: COMMANDERS SITREP 68   25 TO 26 MAR 91                          

Unit: VII CORPS   

Parent Organization: ARCENT      

Box  ID: BX000269

Folder Title: DAILY STAFF JOURNALS-27 MAR 91-2                                                                

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                         OPEN PRESS AND REPORTS FROM REFUGEES, INSURGENTS,

            AND EPWS INDICATE THAT.IRAQIS ARE CONTINUING TO COMMIT ATROCITIES

            AGAINST INSURGENTS AND CIVILIANS; HOWEVER, CONFIRMED INTELLIGENCE

            ON THESE REPORTS IS NOT AVAILABLE. MULTIPLE SOURCES INDICATE


            THAT GOVERNMENT COUNTER-INSURGENCY TACTICS HAVE BECOME IWSH.



                                    I WHILE RESULTS OF THESE ATTACKS ARE
            UNKNOWN, IT IS PROBABLE THAT INDISCRIMINATE KILLING OF CIVILIANS

            HAS OCCURRED ON SOME OCCASIONS. GIVEN-THE-.-I-NCREAS-ING -

            cooRDiNATi6N AND EFFECTIVENESS OF INSURGENT RESISTANCE IN THE

            PAST WEEK, GOVERNMENT TACTICS HAVE ALTERED TO INCLUDE HEAVY

            ARTILLERY PREPARATIONS AGAINST CONTESTED AREAS. THESE ARTILLERY
            ATTKCKS @'PliOB'A-B'LY-"I'NJ'M"E'D""A'TN-D"KILLED INNOCENT CIVILIANS.

            REPORTS ON DELIBERATE ATROCITIES AND SUMMARY EXECUTIONS ARE


            DIFFICULT TO CONFIRM. IL                         PICKED UP BY

            ON 25 MAR REPORTED ESPECIALLY CRUEL TREATMENT IN AN NAJAF. HE

            SAID THAT AN RDFC CAPTAIN 'AND 13 SOLDIERS ENTERED A HOSPITAL,


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Subject = COMMANDERS SITREP 68 25 TO 26 MAR 91
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