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IIR 2 340 2929 91/GOVERNMENT ATTACKS ON REBEL CONTROLED Filename:23402929.91r PATHFINDER RECORD NUMBER: 17394 GENDATE: 950504 NNNN TEXT: ENVELOPE CDSN = LGX075 MCN = 91087/17394 TOR = 910871322 OTTSZYUW RUEKJCS0362 0871322- --RUEALGX. ZNY HEADER O 281322Z MAR 91 FM JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC INFO RUFGAID/USEUCOM AIDES VAIHINGEN GE RUETIAQ/MPCFTGEORGEGMEADEMD RUEABOA/HQ AFOSI BOLLING AFB DC RUEHC /SECSTATE WASHINGTON DC RUWSMXI/MAC INTEL CEN SCOTT AFB IL//IN// RUFTAKA/USA INTEL CENTER HEIDELBERG GE RUFTAKC/UDITDUSAREUR HEIDELBERG GE RUDOGHA/USNMR SHAPE BE//SURVEY// RUEALGX/SAFE O 271247Z MAR 91 FM [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] TO AIG 7057 RUDCADA/CMO ARCENT//G2// RUDCAAA/ARCENT SUP CMD// RUDCOOO/CDR 513TH MI BDE FWD//IAM-O-H// RUEDBIA/CDR 513TH MI BDE FT MONMOUTH NJ//IAM-C-OSD// RHIGEPW/JIF EAST// RHSGEPW/CDR A CO 202 MI BN/JIF-W// RUDCAAA/CDR 22D SUPCOM//CMO-FMIB/CDR 202D MI BN// RHSDBBE/CDR VII CORPS MAIN FWD//G2// RHSDSSO/CDR VII CORPS SSO// RHIVHAA/COLLECTION MANAGER 18 ABC DEPLOYED// RUEADWD/HQ DA WASHINGTON DC//DAMI-PII/DAMI-PO/DAMI-FI// RUDHAAA/CDRINSCOM FT BELVOIR VA//IAOPS-CI/IAOPS-H// RUEBJFI/CDRUSAOPSGRP FT GEORGE MEADE MD//IAGPC-CM// RUFLMAA/CDR18THMIBN MUNICH GE//IAGPE-G-OPC// RUFTAKA/CDRUSAINTELCTRE HEIDELBERG GE// RUFLMMA/CDR 66TH MI BDE MUNICH GE//IAGPE-G-OPC// RUEAUSA/CDRUSAIA WASHINGTON DC//AIA-PO/AIA-IPD-FM// RHIIMMA/COMUSMARCENT//G2// RUHQHQA/CG FMFPAC//G2/CIH// RUCBLFA/CG FMFLANT//G2/SCIO// RUEACMC/CMC WASHINGTON DC//INT/INTC// RUHGOAA/COMUSNAVCENT//N2// RUDMNIC/COMNAVINTCOM WASHINGTON DC//NIC-O3// RUDMCAC/NAVINTCOMCAC WASHINGTON DC//CAC// RUDMNOP/NAVOPINTCEN SUITLAND MD//OO// RUDMCTF/CTF ONE SIX EIGHT//H/H4/T// RUHGBAA/CTF ONE FIVE ONE// RHBTVKA/CTF ONE FIVE SIX// RUHGPBA/CTF ONE FIVE FOUR// RUHGOWA/CTF ONE FIVE EIGHT// RUDOHAA/CTU ONE SIX EIGHT PT FOUR PT THREE//OPS// RBSWBR/HQ BFME//J2// RHSADMA/CDR1STCAV DIV MAIN//G2// RUKGNBA/HQ AFSAC FT BELVOIR VA//INO// RUDOECA/ESAA LINDSEY AS GE//INO// RUHVAAA/PSAA HICKAM AFB HI//INO// RHEPAAB/TAC IDHS LANGLEY AFB VA//INPC// RUCUAAA/HQ SAC OFFUTT AFB NE//INCPH// RUEAHQA/HQ AFIA WASHINGTON DC//INOM/INUA// RUQVAAF/HQ ESC KELLY AFB TEX//IN/AFEWC// RUEAHQA/HQ USAF WASHINGTON DC//IN// RUCIBBA/9AF SHAW AFB SC//IN// RUWTPGA/12 AF BERGSTROM AFB TEX//IN// RHCUAAA/HQ MAC SCOTT AFB IL//IN// RHDIAAA/USCENTAF LANGLEY AFB VA//IN// RHSIMCU/ARCENT MCP//G2// RHIPAAA/USCINCCENT/CCJ2-CH// RUCJACC/USCINCCENT REAR MACDILL AFB FL//CCJ2-CH// RUCJAAA/USCINCSOC MACDILL AFB FL// RUEKJCS/DIA WASHINGTON DC//DAM-1/DC-4A/DC-1(CCF)/DAT-6// RHIHDAA/COMSOCCENT// RUEKJCS/JCS WASHINGTON DC//JCSISC// RUEATAC/CDR USAITAC WASHINGTON DC//AIAIT-HC// RUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC// RUETIAA/NSACSS FT GEORGE G MEADE MD//T5151// RUEADWD/HQ DA WASHINGTON DC//DAMI-PII/DAMI-PO/DAMI-FI// RHIUFLA/USCENTAF INTEL//INCH// RHUGOWA/CG FOURTH MEB//G2/SCIO// RHIIMAA/CG FOURTH MEB DET ONE//G2/CIT// RHOPLHA/CG FIFTH MEB//G2/SCIO// INFO RULKNIS/COMNISCOM WASHINGTON DC//NIS-O2// RUDOHAA/NAVINSERVRA BAHRAIN//60BJ// ROWANUT/CDR 300TH MI BDE DRAPER UT//142 MI BN// RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC//OSBAIG// RULYSEE/NAVCAMS LANT NORFOLK VA//51// RUHPCSF/NAVCSRF EASTPAC HONOLULU HI//W33// RUCJACC/USCENTCOM REAR MACDILL AFB FL//CCJ6/TA// RBSWAQ/1ARMDIV//DILT// BT CONTROLS OPER/DESERT STORM// - CITE: (U) 0362-91. - SERIAL: (U) IIR 2 340 2929 91. BODY - PASS: (U) - COUNTRY: (U) IRAQ(IZ). - SUBJ: IIR 2 340 2929 91/GOVERNMENT ATTACKS ON REBEL CONTROLED CITIES (U). - WARNING: (U) THIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE. REPORT CLASSIFIED - --------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE --------------------------------------------------------------------- - DOI: (U) 910326. - REQS: (U) T-8C2-2650-01-90. - SOURCE: THIS IS A COMPILATION OF COMMENTS MADE BY 150 IRAQI REFUGEES AND MILITARY DESERTERS SCREENED ON 26 MAR 91. MOST ARE EYE WITNESS ACCOUNTS OF EVENTS THAT OCCURED BETWEEN 2 - 26 MAR 91. - SUMMARY: IRAQI GOVERNMENT FORCES HAVE UNDERTAKEN A SYSTEMATIC ATTACK ON CITIES CONTROLLED BY OPPOSITION GROUPS, USING AIR, GROUND, AND ARTILLERY WEAPONS INCLUDING CHEMICALS. - TEXT: 1. (U) TACTICS USED IN ATTACKS A. AIR - AIR ATTACKS ON REBEL CITIES HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED USING HELICOPTERS EQUIPPED WITH APPARATUS (CONTAINERS WITH SPRAY NOZZLES ATTACHED) CAPABLE OF DELIVERING CHEMICAL WEAPONS. CHEMICALS THAT HAVE BEEN USED INCLUDE KHARDAL (MUSTARD), DIBAZ (COMPOSITE OF HCL AND H2SO4), NAPALM, WHITE PHOSPHORUS, AN U/I CHEMICAL CALLED "JARMUTHA", AND ANOTHER U/I CHEMICAL, THE SYMPTOMS FOR WHICH RESEMBLE THOSE OF BLOOD AGENTS. B. ARTY - BOTH TUBE AND MISSLE ARTILLERY HAVE BEEN USED AS PREPARATORY FIRE FOR GROUND ATTACK. THE MISSLES HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED AS MEDIUM RANGE SCUDS ((FIELD COMMENT: SOURCES WERE UNABLE TO DEFINATELY ID TYPE OF MISSLES)). BOTH HE AND CHEMICAL MUNITIONS WERE USED IN THESE ATTACKS. DURING THE ATTACK ON KARBALA, THE "MOST HOLY" OF SHIITE MOSQUES WAS DAMAGED. C. GROUND - AFTER A ONE TO TWO DAY PREPARATORY AIR AND ARTY ATTACK, ARMORED FORCES THEN ATTACKED THE REBEL STRONGHOLDS. THE GROUND ATTACK WAS CONDUCTED BY ELEMENTS OF THE IZ 3RD CORPS INCLUDING REMNANTS OF THE 15TH INF DIV AND THE ADNAN REPUBLICAN GUARDS DIV. THIS DIV CONSISTS OF THE 10TH, 11TH, 12TH, 21ST, AND 22ND ARMOR BDES, AND THE 51ST SF BDE. WHEN THE TANKS ENTERED THE CITY, THEY DESTROYED ALL BUILDINGS IN THEIR PATH TO REMOVE ANY HIDING PLACE THE REBELS MIGHT USE. AFTER THE ATTACK WAS COMPLETED, THE SOLDIERS ROUNDED UP AND EXECUTED AS MANY PEOPLE AS THEY COULD FIND, AND LOOTED THE HOMES AND BUILDINGS OF ANY VALUABLES FOUND. ON AT LEAST ONE OCCAISION, WOMEN AND CJILDREN WERE PLACED ON THE TANKS AND ARMORED VEHICLES TO DECOURAGE ANTI-TANK FIRE. 2. (U) LOCATION OF CHEMICAL ATTACKS A. KHARDAL (MUSTARD) WAS USED ON 2, 16, AND 18 MAR 91 DURING ATTACKS ON BASRA, IZ //GEOCOORD: 303000N0474700E//, ON 6 AND 23 MAR 91 IN KARBALA, IZ //GEOCOORD: 323600N0440200E//, AND ON 23 MAR 91 IN AN NASIRIYAH, IZ //GEOCOORD: 310200N0461600E//. B. DIZAB (HCL AND H2SO4) WERE USED IN KARBALA IN EARLY MAR 91, AN NAJAF, IZ //GEOCOORD: 315900N0442000E//IN EARLY MAR 91, AND IN AN NASIRIYAH ON 23 MAR 91. C. NAPALM WAS USED IN HUKUMIYAH, IZ //CNA// ON 16 MAR 91, IN AN NAJAF ON 18 MAR 91, AND IN KARBALA AND AN NASIRIYAH ON 23 MAR 91. D. WHITE PHOSPORUS WAS USED IN BASRA ON 16 MAR 91. E. THE CHEMICAL CALLED "JARMUTHA" WAS USED IN AL AMARAH, IZ //GEOCOORD: 315000N0470900E// ON 10 MAR 91. F. THE POSSIBLE BLOOD AGENT WAS USED IN TANOUMA, IZ ON 2 MAR 91. ((FIELD COMMENT: SCREENERS PERSONALLY VIEWED VICTIMS OF THESE CHEMICALS AT THE JOINT INTERROGATION FACILITY AND AT THE 410TH EVAC HOSPITAL NEAR HAFIR AL BATIN, SA, BUT WERE UNABLE TO ID WHICH AGENTS HAD INFLICTED THE WOUNDS)). 3. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] - COMMENTS: [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] - //IPSP: (U) PGW2650; PGW2620; PT 1620//. //COMSOBJ: (U) 141; 151//. ADMIN PROJ: (U) INSTR: (U) US NO. PREP: (U) [ (b)(6) ] ACQ: (U) SAUDI ARABIA (910327). DISSEM: (U) FIELD: NONE. WARNING: (U) REPORT CLASSIFIED