INTSUM SFOB50 1113 91

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Subject: INTSUM SFOB50 1113 91                                           

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Parent Organization: SOCCENT     

Box  ID: BX004010

Folder Title: DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM INTSUMS-SFOB 50-103-91 21 FEB-4 MAR 91                           

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        i@O T41\]KS' AND       WERE                '8Y'THE"                     UNCLA@IFIED
                             ur IZ ARMORED FORCES ALONG                    ANTS OF THE 29TH
         V  APPARENTLY HAVE SET UP HASTY DEFENSIVE POSITIONS               AN THE WEST
        FLONK OF THE ISTH INF DIV.
    1-3) 105,Rr!t! liar.0 THE IBTH INF DIV HAS BEEN SHELLIN                       ORCES WITH
        ARTY ALONG THE COASTAL ROAD IN THE VIC OF THE 2ND                          BELT.
        4)(IT)               ACCORDING TO AN EPW INTERROGATION             E I;T   MECH DIV
                                                                          AL
        HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SECURITY OF ALI AL                  EM @FLD. ALSO
        THE IST MECH, 3RD ARMOR AND 5TH MECH DIVS HAVE THE               MISSION OF
        COUNTERATTACKING COALITION FORCES PENETRATING THE DEFENSIVE BELTS.
        THESE UNITS WERE TO ATTACK THE AFTERNOON OF THE 25TH BUT DID NOT DO
        SO DUETO THE LACK OF' COMMUNICATION. CENTAF REPORTS THAT ELEMENTS OF
        THE 3RD ARM AND 5TH MECH ARE CURRENTLY ATTEMPTING TO COUNTERATTACK
        MARINE @ORCES IN THEIR SECTOR.
        5)tl                 THE 3RD ARMOR IS BELIEVED TO BE THE MOST
        R                BEST PROVISIONED ARM UNIT IN THE IZ ARMY NEXT TO THE,
        R                RD FORCES, ACCORDING TO AN EPW REPORT.
        6,                   IN THE VIC OF 2922NO471BE A TANK CO REMAINS IN
        REVETTED  POSITIONS VICE A TANK DN (-) PREVIOUSLY REPORTED AND
        ELEMENTS  OF A MECH BN 2927NO4712E.                                             5 USC 522(b)(1)
        7)




        B.        NEW UNIT IDENTIFICATION:
        C         COMPOSITION/DISPOSITION OF ENEMY FORCES:
        D.        NEW OBSTACLES AND BARRIERS:
        E.        OTHER:
        I                    A-,CORDING TO EPW DEBRIEFS THERE ARE REPORTEDLY                CDO
        BDES IN  KU CITY.
        2)(U                 EPW REPORTS IN SE KUWAIT INDICATE THAT MOST OF                THE
  C2 IS RECIEVED AT BDE LEVEL TRASMITTED VIA LANDLINE. TELEPHONE
        LINES WERE CUT DURING THE INITIAL PHASE OF THE MARCENT OFFENSIVE,
        RADIOS WERE ALSO JAMMED. BDE CDRS AND BELOW ARE NOT TRAINED TO MAKE
        DECISIONS. OFFICERS ARE USED AS COURIERS IN ADDITION TO THE USE OF                          ir
        LANDLINES AND RADIOS, WHEN USED , ARE 6NCOVERED. EPWS FROM THE-29TH
        DIVISION STATED THAT THEY RECEIVED THEIR ONLY INTELLIGENCE VIA NEWS
        PROADCASTS.
        2@                   TWO INCIDENTS OF BDOBY-TRAPS WERE REPORTED DURING
        THE FIRST DAY OF THE GROUND WAR. THE FIRST INCIDENT INVOLVED AN IZ
        EPW WHO EXPLODED WHILE BEING SEARCHED BY A MARINE. IN THE XVIII ABN
        CORPS SECTOR, ALLIED FORCES FOUND A BLANKET IN AN IZ BUNKER THAT WAS
        BOOBY-TRAPED. THE EXPLOSIVE WAS IDENTIFIED AND DISARMED.
        3)                   THE NUMBER OF EPWS WAS ESTIMATED BY THE PENTAGON TO
        BE AT BETWEEN 18     AND 20,000 AS OF THE EVENING OF 25 FEBRUARY.
        4.                   AIR ACTIVITY: THERE,HAS BEEN NO NOTICEABLE FLIGHT
        ACTIVITY DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD EXCEPT FOR TWO IZ AIRCRAFT
        ESCAPING  INTO IRANIAN AIRSPACE. UNCONFIRMED REPORTING INDICATES
        THAT APPROX 50 IZ AIRCRAFT ARE LOCATED AT AN Ul UNDERGROUND MILITARY
        BASE AND ARE REPORTEDLY CARRYING CHEMICAL WEAPONS TO BE EMPLOYED As
        NEEDED.   THESE AIRCRAFT ARE MOVED INTO THE BASE VIA AN AIRSHAFT
        (NFI).
        END OF PART ONE OF TWO PARTS
        BEGI= BAOR
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Subject = INTSUM SFOB50 1113 91
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Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
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Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
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Declassified = 02-JAN-1997