WITIl MARINES IN OPERATION PROVIDE COMFORT                                                      99


65.  This was necessary to offset Baathist propaganda that the U.N. had no right to interfere in Iraqi
affairs.

66.  Jones, "Provide Comfort,1 p. 102.

67.  CTF-PC Chron.

68. SEAL is an acronym for Sea, Air, Land; both U.S. Navy SEALs and Force Reconnaissance Marines
are trained for deep penetration and clandestine operations in enemy territory.

69.  Raftery intvw.

70.  Brown Jnl.

71.  CG, CTF-PC SitRep, 19Arp91, p. 7.

72.  General Shalikashvili's warnings were taken seriously because two Iraqi jets had been shot down in
March after the Iraqis ignored warnings by General Schwarzkopf.

73.  Mugno brief.

74.  Kohl intvw.

75.  24th MEU (SOC) ComdC, Jan-Jun9i.

76.  Brown Jnl; CTF-PC Chron.

77.  MajGen Robin J. Ross, RM, "Operation Haven," Globe and Laurel, Nov-Dec91, p. 208-09.

78.  Kohl intvw.

79. The Kurds did not complain about the taste or monotony of a MRE diet, but pointed out most MREs
contained pork, violating Islamic dietary laws;  the Marines began saying MRE meant "Meals Rejected
by Everyone."

80.  Supply officers were baffled when the Kurds requested a shipment of potatoes, food most Kurds
considered unpalatable; the mystery was solved when the MCC reported Iraqi police were being pelted
by potatoes as they walked the streets.

81.  These latrines required close supervision because Kurdish families used these comfortable, roofed,
and screened enclosures as homes.

82.  See LtCol Gordon W. Rudd, USA, "The 24th MEU (SOC) and Operation Provide Comfort: A
Second Look," Marine Corps Gazette, Feb93, pp. 20-22.

83.  Jordan intvw.