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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                                       UNCLASSIFIED
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            IRAQI MILITARY UNITS COMMITTING ATROCITIES AGAINST LOCAL

            POPULATION IN THE LOWER EUPHRATES REGION. DETAILS ARE SUBMITTED


            DAILY IN INTELLIGENCE CHANNELS. WILL FURNISH TOTAL PACKAGE OF


            CURRENT EVIDENCE WITHIN NEXT FEW DAYS AND FINAL WHEN WE DEPART

            IRAQ. THE SAFETY AND WELL BEING OF IRAQIS IN THE U.S. SECTOR

            ONCE VII CORPS LEAVES IS OF 14AJOR CONCERN. FEAR OF REPRISALS


            RUNS HIGH AMONG IRAQIS. BELIEVE WE SHOULD USE EVERY CHANNEL

            AVAILABLE TO ENCOURAGE INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES AND ICRC OR EVEN


            POSSIBLY THE UN TO ASSIST IN THE TRANSITION FROM U.S. OCCUPATION


            TO IRAQI GOVERNMENT CONTROL. CONTINUE TO BELIEVE OUR BEST COURSE

            FOR'THE NEAR TERM WOULD BE TO ESTABLISH CIVIL MILITARY GOVERNMENT


            COMPLETE WITH ORDINANCES AND PENAL CODES IF ONLY IN SAFWAN.


            DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD STUFFS TO INCLUDE FOOD AND MEDICINE FOR


            INFANTS CONTINUES. NEED TO KNOW WHEN CIVILIAN RELIEF AGENCIES


            WILL BE PREPARED TO ASSUME OPERATIONS. HAVE A DC CAMP OUTSIDE


            SAFWAN CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 5,000 CIVILIANS HAVE BEGUN TO SEE

            INDICATIONS OF DOWNHILL TREND IN POPULATION OF CIVIL REFUGEES


            THROUGHOUT SECTOR, INCLUDING SAFWAN. RETURN OF CIVILIANS FROM

            EPW CAMPS AND HOSPITALS THROUGH VII CORPS SECTOR POSES SPECIAL


            CHALLENGE. WILL PROVIDE OPTIONS AND ASSESSMENT ON 5 APR 91. AM

            ALSO PREPARED TO WITHDRAW 2ACR AND IAD FROM IRAQ TO RAA'S AND

            COVER REMAINDER OF SECTOR AS ECONOMY OF FORCE. AS WE APPROACH

            THE REDEPLOYMENT PHASE NEED TO BEGIN GRADUAL DISENGAGEMENT, FIRST

            BY REMOVING CHECKPOINTS ALONG HIGHWAY 8 AS UNITS BEGIN TO


            WITHDRAW FROM IRAQ. CAN BE IN POSITION TO INTERDICT MILITARY

 ASSISTANCE AS REQUIRED. CAN



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Subject = COMMANDERS SITREP 77 4 APR 91
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