INTSUM SFOB50 111 91

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Subject: INTSUM SFOB50 111 91                                            

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

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          7) (u)             THFZ IRAQI 42D INFANTRY DIVISION CONTINUES TO

          DEFEND ON THE KUWAITI COAST AGAINST A POSSIBLE AMPHIBIOUS INVASION.

          THE 42D IS LOCATED BETWEEN THE A@ BURGAN OILFIELD AND THE COAST.

                        P4@THrz IRAQI 8TH AND IBTH INFANTRY DIVISIONS ARE


          BELIEVED TO BE PULLING BACK FROM THE MARCENT PENETRATION TOWARDS THE


          VICINITY OF MINA ABDULLAH AND THE COAST ROAD.

          9)               THE SF DIVISION IN THE IRAQI THEGTER RESERVE SEEMS

          TO BE TAKING DEFENSIVE MEASURES AGAINST A POSSIBLE AIRBORNE OR AIR


          ASSAULT ACTION BY THE COALITION.
          10)(             THE INTENTIONS OF THE U/I INF DIV(-) LOCATED SOUTH

          OF AN NAJAF, CONSISTING OF AN INF BDE, AN ARTY BDE(+), AND AN ARMOR
          BN,,ARE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. ACCORDING TO XVIII ABN'CORPS
          ASSTSSMENTI THIS DIV HAS SEVERAL OPTIONS THAT COULD HAVE A POS-RTIVE

          OR NEGATIVE INFLUENCE ON XVIII ABN CORPS MISSION. THESE OPTIONS ARE;

          REMAIN IN PLACE, ACTING AS A BLOCKING FORCE, ALONG THE MSR WEST  OF

          THE EUPHRATES RIVER; MOVE SOUTH, TAKING UP DEFENSIVE POSITIONS SOUTH

          OF AS SAMAWH, DEFENDING AS SAMAWAH AND THE MSR'S OUT OF AS SAMAWAH;

          MOVE SOUTH, THROUGH AS SAMAWAH, TO AS SALMAN TO REINFORCE THE 45TH

          INF DIV VIC AS SALMAN AND ALONG MSR TEXAS.
             (Ui
          11)               EAST OF THE 54TH INF DIV, THE U/I INF DrV(-)














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