100                                              HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS IN NORTHERN IRAQ, 1991

84.  The Viking was an antisubmarine warfare aircraft whose capabilities were used in an imaginative
way in northern Iraq.

85.  Raftery intvw.

86.  Headen intvw.

87.  Ott intvw.

88. These threats included Iraqi and Palestinian terrorists, disgruntled Kurds, and Turkish leftist groups.

89.  The 24th MAU, the lineal antecedent of 24th MEU, was the cornmand element of the Marines in
Beirut when the bombing occurred.

90.  Ouzts intvw.

91.  FMFEur ComdC, Jan-Jun9l.

92.  Brown Jnl.

93.  Gish intvw, 21Dec91.

94.  CTF-PC Chron.

95.  Brownjnl.

96.  MajGen Robin J. Ross, "Operation Haven," Globe and Laurel, Jul-Aug9l, pp. 208-09.

97.  French regiments were about the size of American battalions mustering about 800 men each.

98. French law prohibited draftees from serving outside France; French Marines are professional soldiers
who can be sent anywhere in the world.

99.  Brown Jnl.

100.  Brown Jnl.

101.  CTF-PC Chron.

102.  Brownjnl.

103.  Linn intvw.

104.  "Kurd Leader Says Saddam OKs Accord," Stars and Stripes, 19May91, pp. 1, 10.

105. CTF-PC Chron.