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     - 1/2= EPVi repc:rts Ira~i m~chani='2d +orc:es in the ~l 3ur~an

     -   F r'~pper interpreter tran=.lated captured documents that called +or

        Ira~i +orces to attack out 0+ the +1 ames

     - Usually reliable sources relayed that two mechanized briqades were

        preparins to attack south out o+ the ~l Burcian oii+ields

~lso the environmental conditions, co~bination o+ the many oil +ires pourinq

out black smoke and a storm made visibility extremely poor.   The wind, +or six

`months 0Ltt 0+ the NW, had since the commencement o+ the 8round war, been out

0+ the southeast.   E++ect was to obscure the Ir~~i +orces and complicate th~ir

potential LtSC 0+ chemical weapons.  The conditions turned niciht into pitch

oarkness and day into ni8ht.

        C5C)C) Division Forward CP called +or an artillery re8iment TOT on the

             two 8rid locations +or the ira9i mech briqades in the ~l Bur~an

        ~)c'~2O ~rty ffls'~1ons complete

             Thin8s started to happen

        (~=.``.() Vi-ibility in TF Papa £*car's area was so poor that an ira9i

             3ri~ade Commander wandered into the TF CP undetected and

             surrendered.  He said that the problem was he couldn't speak +or

             the rest 0+ the +orces.

           - Immed~ately, therea+ter a tank battlc erupted in the midst 0+ the

             TF CF'

           - 1st Tanks maneuvered on the enemy armor-mechanized +orce and with

             ~H-1W and ~V-83 support destroyed 5() tanks and 2=~ ~F.C's

             1/1 also en8a8ed enemy +orces in the vicinity 0+ q~atherino cente-

             +our d~=troyin~ another 4::. armored vehicles

              F Papa E:ear had collected another 15C)C) EPW's

        C"'-...C Division +orward CP is counterattacked by a mechani=ed +orce


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