COMMANDERS SITREP 77 4 APR 91

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Subject: COMMANDERS SITREP 77  4 APR 91                                  

Unit: VII CORPS   

Parent Organization: ARCENT      

Box  ID: BX000269

Folder Title: DAILY STAFF JOURNALS-5 APR 91-2                                                                 

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            NO SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITY REPORTED ON IRAQI UNITS OPPOSITE THE VII










            BRIGADES IN THE AL BASRAH AREA. ALONG THE MDL, THERE HAS BEEN NO

            SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITY REPORTED ON EITHER GOVERNMENT OR SHIITE
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            CORPS AREA OF OPERATIONS IN THE PAST 24 HOURS.
                D.(U@ CONDITIONS NORTH OF THE DEMARCATION LINE: ONLY THREE

            ATROCITY REPORTS WERE RECEIVED BY THE VII CORPS G-2 ON 4 APRIL.

            IN THE IAD SECTOR, AT LEAST TWO CHILDREN AND ONE ADULT WERE

            TREATED FOR BLISTERS ON 30 AND 31 MARCH. THE BLISTERS ON THE

            ADULT TESTED POSITIVE FOR BLISTER AGENT USING M-8 PAPER. M-8

            PAPER DETECTION DOES NOT PROVIDE CONCLUSIVE PROOF OF A BLISTER

            AGENT. AN NBC RECON VEHICLE HAS BEEN LOCATED AT CHECK POINT

            BRAVO TO TEST FOR ANY FUTURE POSSIBLE CHEMICAL VICTIMS. A IAD

            SOURCE FROM AN NASARIYAH REPORTED THAT GOVERNMENT FORWARD

            OBSERVERS CALLED AN ARTILLERY STRIKE ON A CROWD OF MOSTLY WOMEN

            AND CHILDREN DOING LAUNDRY IN THE RIVER; DATE UNKNOWN. ANOTHER

            IAD SOURCE REPORTED THAT IN AL BASRAH ON AN UNSPECIFIED DATE,

            SPECIAL POLICE PICKED OUT 300 STUDENTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY,

            POURED GAS DOWN THEIR THROATS AND SHOT THEM. GOVERNMENT FORCES

            ARE REPORTEDLY EXECUTING THIRTY SUSPECTED RESISTANCE FIGHTERS A


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Subject = COMMANDERS SITREP 77 4 APR 91
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