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Subject = SPD INTSUM 15 JAN 91                                            

Parent Organization = ARCENT      

Unit = VII CORPS   

Folder Title = SPO INTSUMS JAN 91                                                                              

Document Number =          1

Box ID = BX000294


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                      SPO INTSUM                                                     A                    1 7-@l@

                      1.(U')MT GERNIF-RAI. Tt\IFORM.ATION:          'PA91 i:ORCrS :hi      rt-4@ PTO             'E
                      TO REFINE THEIR DISPOSI'flONS lt\i ANITILli@/)-i"ON OF                      POSSIPLE
                      COMMENCEMENT OF HOSTILITIES. THER@-' ARE ELEME."i'fS OF                         D'-,VljlCNS
                      11\1 THE @@,TO. WITH 24 DIVISIONS CCMMITI'ED A!\Il) III DIVYS13NS
                      REINFORCING.


                      2.    (LJ)    OPETACL-ES.

                                      '-"i               A CROSS-SECTION OF A TYPY--AL poRr!CN OF
                      THE IRAQI DEFENSIVE LINE IS ARRAYED AS FOLLOWS (Fkam ri@E SOUTH
                      TO THE NORTH SIDE):            FLAME TRENCH (ON THE FRONT -!,'qE ONLY): MINE
                      FIELD (DOUBLE MINE FIELDS IN SOME AREAS): AN-,I--F'ERSONNE;- 13ARRIER:
                      FENCES (MULTIPLE FENCES IN SOME AREAS); INFANIT,@%Y POSITIONS; AND
                      REINFORCING ARMOR UNITS. THE DEFENSIVE LINE IS TAILORED I'D 1'HE
                      TERRAIN AND NOT ALL OF THE BARRIERS ARE FOUND ALONG -HE SOUTHERN
                      EDGES OF THL' 1-i'@ON- t@N S@-@-@CND DEFENSIVE LINES. AIID A.'.@NOUND A i7LW
                      INFANTRY POSITIONS FORWARD OF THE DEFENSIVE L-INE IN SO.;friWEST
                      KUWAIT. THE MINE FIELDS CONSIST OF SIX F'ARALLEL, ROWS OF MINRS
                      ENCLOSED By A FENCE. IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE MI!%IE FIELDS ON THE
                      FRONT DEFENSIVE LINE, A FENCELINE RUNS VIRTUALLY UNBROKEN FROM
                      THE KUWAIT COAST TO AA POINT NORTHWEST OF THE TRI-PORDER AREA IN
                      SOUTHERN IRAQ. ANTI--PERSONNEL BARRIERS. PROBABLY INSTABARRIER.
                      REMAIN DEPLOYED ALONG THE FRONT DEFENSIVE LINE IN SOUTHEAST
                      1,UWAIT.     THIS BARRIER CONSISTS OF SIX F:'ARALL@L 1\@)W(,n OF DARBEL)
                      TAFE OR CONCERIINA WIRE. EACH APOLII 3.6 METEF@")                            AND SPA(.EL,
                      ALI(-'Ul' (.6            OF@ART, FOR A               LIP': LIA@@Rl@:r,(      L;p @ILiOUr 7
                      METERS. THESE BARRIERS ARE GENERALLY PLACED BE',',AJEE'INI fHE MINE
                      FIELD AND FENCE LINE. ACCORDING TO @ANE'S DEFENSIVE BOUI




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