COMMANDERS SITREP 69

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Subject: COMMANDERS SITREP 69                                            

Unit: VII CORPS   

Parent Organization: ARCENT      

Box  ID: BX000269

Folder Title: DAILY STAFF JOURNALS-28 MAR 91-2                                                                

Document Number:         13

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                                                      IRAQI CIVILIA] AJ       E

            ,FORCED TO CHOOSE BETWEEN TWO SIDES AND CANNOT BE NEUTRAL. IN AT
            LEAST ONE CASE ON   18 MAR, GOVERNMENT FORCES WARNED A POPULATION

            CENTER OF AN  IMPENDING ATTACK, ALLOWING THE POPULACE ONLY TO JOIN

            GO          FORCES OR INSURGENTS (AND PRESUMABLY BE SHOT). SOME
            -IDPORTS 114DIiMTE THAT ANY FLEEING PERSONNEL, EWN WOMEN AND

            CHILDREN, ARE BEING SHOT. REFUGEES IN THE IAD AREA ARE

            CONTINUING TO REPORT HEAVY CIVILIAN DEATHS IN RECENT DAYS IN AN

                       HILLAH, KARBALA, AND AS SAMAWAH. THESE INCLUDE SUMMARY

            EXECUTIONS OF MEN IN AN NAJAF AND MALES 14 YEARS AND OLDER IN

            KARBALA. IN AL IIILLAH, A REFUGEE REPORTED THAT A SLOGAN WAS SEEN

            PAINTED ON THE SIDES OF TANKS AND HELICOPTERS "NO SHIITES IN IRAQ

            AFTER TODAY". IN AS SAMAWATI, 50-200 KUWAITIS WERE REPORTEDLY
            FOUND IN A SECURITY BUILDING, MANY HAVING BEEN TORTURED AND

            RAPED. LIVING CONDITIONS NORTH OF THE MDL CONTINUE TO

            DETERIORATE. SOME IRAQI HOSPITALS MAY HAVE BEEN DAMAGED OR

            DESTROYED BY GOVERNMENT STRIKES, WHICH WOULD EXACERBATE GROWING

            HEALTH CARE PROBLEMS. THE KURDISH FRONT IS OPENLY APPEALING FOR

            HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE, PARTICULARLY FOOD,AND MEDICINE TO

            RELIEVE THE SUFFERING. REFUGEE REPORTS INDICATE WIDESPREAD

            DESTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS/FACILITIES IN AL BASRAH, AN NAJAF,

            KARBALA, AND AL HILLAL.

                E.(@ UNIT (MAIN) LOCATIONS: IAD - QUO17595; 3AD
            QU533089; ICD - NS668572; L(UK)AD - QT640563; IID(M) - PU545297;

            2ACR - NV709348; 11" - MU596903; CORPS ARTILLERY - PU424160.


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File Room = sep96_declassified
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Box ID = BX000269
Unit = VII CORPS
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Folder Title = DAILY STAFF JOURNALS-28 MAR 91-2
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Subject = COMMANDERS SITREP 69
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Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
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Declassified = 02-JAN-1997