Movements Order Number (1)

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	In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
	Top Secret

Headquarters 
of the Fifty-Fifth Armored Brigade 
General Staff
(Movements)

Number \ ha 2 \ 20 \ 40
Date 	Jemadi Al Akheer 1411 [Islamic]
10 January 1991 [A.D.]


To: Division Units (Movements Room)
Subject: Movements Order Number (1)

Enclosed is a copy of the movements order number (1), please observe and inform us of receipt.


Enclosure

1) Movements order



[signed]
Staff Colonel
Jassim Mohammed Muhmood
Commander of the Fifty-Fifth Armored Brigade 
Staff
10 January 991

A copy to:
Command of Gulf  operations \ enclosed a copy of the movement order number (1), please 
examine.

General staff (		).













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Third: Emergency force will be moved by orders from the administrative area.

Fourth: The main headquarters will be informed by meem alef meem division or by his deputy

Fifth: All units in the area will be informed immediately upon being exposed.

4- General Affairs
a. Exercises for local defense and movement of emergency force will be performed constantly, 
along with verifying the readiness of its weapons and equipment.
b. All commands and units, entrances and exits to each unit and the local adjacent force in the area 
will perform reconnaissance to the division's rear headquarters section.
c. Continuing the intensification of night guards on a constant basis.
d. Preparing trenches and doing exercises with them.
e. Preparing vehicle guarding, emphasizing appropriate distribution.
f. All will constant exercise against air attacks and chemical threat.
g. Inspecting wire communication constantly and speedy notification of any break so that it can 
be repaired.
h. Information on any unusual movement.
i. The same precautions will be taken at rear headquarters of the division at the alternate 
headquarters.
k. Protective masks will be carried at all times.

























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Guidelines for Protecting the Administrative Area in Wara Police Station

1- Situation
Refer to the administrative order
a. The Enemy
The presence of a number of administrative units in the area of Wara police station which would 
form a target that can drive the enemy to contemplate attacking them through the following 
methods:
First: Using airborne landing, day or night.
Second: Sending armored groups to the area at night.
Third: Using the fifth convoy.
Fourth: Enemy air and chemical attacks.

b. Our Units
First: The division rear headquarters
Second: Command of ha alef kha - wa ta noun division
Third: Command of the division's medical treatment  - meem meem dal division command
Fourth: Company headquarters and [illegible] infantry division 703 and infantry brigade 83 and 
infantry brigade 84 \ special forces brigade 55 - fa special forces division 29 ka dal ba \ 51

2- The Mission
Stopping the enemy and inflicting maximum damage in case of an attack on the rear headquarters 
of the division using the above mentioned methods or any other method.

3- Execution
a. Air Targets
All units to the rear headquarters of the division will be considered vital targets.
b. Emergency Force
Comprised as follows
First: The command
Second: Comprised of a (30) soldier infantry squad with all their weapons and equipment and as 
follows:
1) (10) soldiers from the division's fakh.
2) (10) soldiers from command of ha alef ka waw ta noun division.
3) (10) soldiers from command of medical treatment - meem meem dal command division and 
[illegible] formations of the division.
Third: The force will remain on alert and would be called when needed.
d. Method of Handling the Enemy
The situation will be handled as follows
First: The meem alef meem of the division or his deputy will be informed as soon as the enemy 
attacks the rear headquarters of the division.
Second: The headquarters\division which the enemy attacks will implement headquarters deface 
plan until [illegible]