INTSUM SFOB50 111 91

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Subject: INTSUM SFOB50 111 91                                            

Unit: USASOC      

Parent Organization: SOCCENT     

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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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          FORCES FROM THE GROUND-COMBAT CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS.
          16.(U@    PROBABLE COURSES OF ENEMY ACTION: BY THIS TIME, THE IRAQI

          HIGH COMMAND SHOULD BE FORMING SOME PICTURE OF THE COALITION


          OFFENSIVE, ALTHOUGH IT STILL APPEARS TO BE DECEIVED AS TO THE

          DIRECTION OF SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL THRUSTS. EXPECT A CONCERTED


          EFFORT BY III CORPS TO BUILD A NEW DEFENSIVE LINE SOUTH OF KUWAIT


          CITY AND PROTECTING THE PRINCIPAL NORTH-SOUTH MSR FROM AL JAHRA.


          UNITS BYPASSED IN SE KUWAIT WILL ATTEMPT TO PULL BACK CLOSER TO THE


          CITY, ALTHOUGH LOCAL COUNTERATTACKS ARE POSSIBLE. III CORPS WILL BE

          HAMPERED BY THE LACK OF FIGHTING SPIRIT OF MANY OR ITS TROOPS AND BY


          ALLIED CAS. IRAQ MAY COMMIT ONE OR MORE (6TH OR IOTH) OF ITS HEAVY


          DIVISIONS TO CONTROL THE MARCENT THRUST. THE REPUBLICAN GUARDS WILL


          PROBABLY NOT BE COMMITTED TO ACTION FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER 12 HOURS


          UNTIL THE PRINCIPLE COALITION THRUST BECOMES CLEAR TO IRAQ. UNITS

          CURRENTLY STATIONED ALONG THE EUPHRATES VALLEY, TO INCLUDE THE 49TH

          AND THE AN NAJAF DIVISION MAY REACT TO XVIII ABN CORPS PRESENCE BY


          MOVING TO BLOCKING POSITIONS TO PROTECT THE MSR SOUTH OF THE RIVER.


          LIMITED REINFORCEMENTS MAY BE COMMITTED TO THE IRAQI VII CORPS AREA


          AS THE US VII CORPS/UK PRESENCE BECOMES CLEARER. IN THE IV CORPS

          SECTOR, OPPOSITE NAC, IRAQ MAY BE FORCED TO CHOSE BETWEEN THIS-AREA













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