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                             TURKEY
                         KAY~I
                                              PIRIN~EI(EN


SYRIA

                    .43 SEPARATE LOCATIONS
                    *8 MAJOR CAMP SITES

Goregavan. Food and fuel were available at Nazdur, Baloka, Al Amadiyah,
Barmini, Mangesh, and Giripit. Suddenly the border camps became ghost towns.
Isikveren dropped from 80,000 to less than 1,000; all 4,500 people at Sinat left;
Kayadiyah went from 8,000 to less than 500; Yekrnal dropped from 74,000 to
5,000; Umzumlu went from 45,000 to 10,000; and Cukurca from 118,00 to
8,900. The last camp closed on 7 June 1991. The end of Operation Provide
Comfort was in sight.

                    Provide Comfort Winds Down

                            Northern Iraq

   The massive movement out of the mountains signaled the end of Combined
Task Force Provide Comfort's mission. After Dohuk was declared an "Open city"
on 24 May. The Marines had accomplished their mission and were about to head
home. Old hands at expeditionary operations, the Marines got an early start.
Captain Ouzts and fl~e unmanned aerial vehicle detachment departed Turkey for
Camp   Lej eune in late May. The parachute    riggers were detached from
Contingency MAGTF 1-91 and returned to Camp Pendleton and Okinawa in
early June. Once the final wave of refugees passed through the way stations,
CMAGTF 1-91 had accomplished its mission and packed up for home as well.