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Subject: COMMANDERS SITREP                                               

Box  ID: BX000205

Document Number:          9

Folder Title: VII CORPS CMDS SITREP                                                                           

Folder Seq #:        179

Unit: VII CORPS   

Parent Organzation: ARCENT      



                                          @U
           (D)       NUMBER OF PATIENTS @ RRTNTLY IN HOSF'ITALS - 91
           (E)       NUMBER OF PATIENTS EVACUATED - 6                      UNCLASSIFIED
           (F-)      NUMBER OF ITIENTS REQUIRING EVACUATI             10
           ((.3)     TOTAL DISPLACED CIVILIANS/EF,W'S IN SELi'OR -
  10,569/17c) PROCESSED TO THEATER CAGE.
      C.         IRAQI MILITARY SITUATION: IRAQI FORCES DO NOT POSE
  A CONVENTIONAL THREAT TO VII CORPS UNITS. THERE HAVE BEEN NO
  CHANGES TO THE STATUS OF IRAQI UNITS OPERATING IN THP VII CORPS
  AREA OF  OPERATIONS. IN THE BASRAH AREA, THEATER INTELLIGENCE
  AGREES THAT MUCH OF  THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT IMAGED ON 29 MARCH (6-7
  BRIGADES) IS PROBABLY NON-OPERATIONAL AND WILL BE CANNIBALIZED TO
  REPAIR OTHER VEHICLES. PROBABLY ONLY 3-4 HEAVY BRIGADE
  EQUIVALENTS ARE CAPABLE OF MILITARY ACTION IN THIS AREA. THERE
  WAS NO SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITY TO REPORT ALONG THE DEMARCATION LINE
I ON 3 APRIL. ENEMY FORCES IN AS SAMAWAH AND AN NASARIYAH ARE
  BELIEVED TO BE INFANTRY BRIGADES (-), REINFORCED WITH SOME ARMOR.
  THERE WAS NO REPORTED INSURGENCY ACTIVITIES IN THE VICINITY OF
  THE DEMARCATION LINE ON 3 APRIL. THERE WERE NO TERRORIST
  INCIDENTS REPORTED IN THE VII CORPS SECTOR IN THE LAST 24 HOURS.
       D.        CONDITIONS NORTH OF THE DEMARCATION LINE: REFUGEE
  REPORTING FROM IAD CONTINUES TO REPORT SUMMARY EXECUTIONS OF
  RESISTANCE FIGHTERS AND CIVILIANS, TORTURE (RAPE), AS WELL AS
  POSSIBLE CHEMICAL INJURIES TO CHILDREN. TWO COMBAT MEDICS IN IAD
  TREATED A CHILD ON 29, 30, AND 31 MARCH FOR BLISTERS ON HIS LEFT
  LEG. M-6 PAPER, WHEN TOUCHED TO THE BLISTER FLUID TURNED PINK TO
  INDICATE A POSSIBLE BLISTER AGENT. 1AD HAS BEEN UNABLE TO
  CONFIRM THE USE OF A BLISTER AGENT WHERE THE CHILD IS REPORTED TO
  HAVE ORIGINATED, DUE TO ITS LOCATION ON THE 1KM ZONE BOUNDARY.
  AS REPORTED BEFORE, DETECTION VIA M-8 PAPER DOES NOT CONFIRM
  BLISTER AGENT USE. IAD WILL CONTINUE TO ATTEMPT VERIFICATION OF
HER CHEMICAL DETECTION
  EQUIPMENT (FUCHS VEHICLES), ON-SITE INSPECTION (IF POSSIBLE), AND
  MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS. ON 31 MAR, A IAD SOURCE REPORTED THAT HE
  HAD SEEN FIRST HAND THE EXECUTION OF 8 MEN IN AL BASRAH, NEAR.THE
  SAHAH SAAD GARAGE (DATE OF ALLEGED EXECUTIONS UNKNOWN; AS WELL,
  UNKNOWN IF 8 MEN WERE INSURGENTS). ANOTHER SOURCE STATED THAT
  HIS HOUSE IN AS SAMAWAH WAS DESTROYED ON 24 MARCH BY RPG-7 FIRE.
  HIS FAMILY WAS INSIDE AT THE TIME AND WAS KILLED. ON 23 MARCH,
  THE SAME SOURCE SAW A LT. FAUIK, CHIEF OF THE AS SAMAWAH POLICE,
  KILL TWO MEN AND A WOMAN. THE FIRST MAN WAS TIED TO A CAR BUMPER
  AND DRAGGED BEHIND A CAR UNTIL HE WAS DEAD. THE SECOND MAN HAD
  HIS EYES GOUGED OUT AND WAS THROWN INTO A RIVER TO DROWN. THE
  WOMAN WAS RAPED DURING A HOUSE TO HOUSE SEARCH, AND SUBSEQUENTLY
  MACHINE GUNNED. A DEFENSE ATTACHE OFFICE (DAO)(TURKEY) REPORT
  DETAILS THE EXISTENCE OF EXECUTION SQUADS IN IRAQ TO HUNT DOWN
  AND EXECUTE DESERTERS. SEVERAL DAD SOURCES (IRAQI EPWS AND
  DESERTERS) INDICATED THAT A MILITARY POLICE TYPE UNIT ("INZIBAT
  ASKERI" OR COMMONLY KNOWN AS "EXECUTION SQUADS") EXISTS IN
  SOUTHERN IRAQ FOR APPREHENDING DESERTERS, AND IN SOME INSTANCES
  EXECUTE THEM. EXECUTION SQUADS WEAR A DISTINCTIVE UNIFORM TO
  INCLUDE A RED BERET, RED LANYARD ON THE LEFT SHOULDER, WHITE
  BELT, WHITE LEGGINGS, OD GREEN UNIFORM, AND A RED ARMBAND WITH
  THE WORDS "INZIBAT ASKERI". THEY ARE EMPOWERED TO QUESTION AND
  INSPECT ALL MILITARY PERSONNEL AWAY FROM THEIR MILITARY UNIT FOR
  PROPER PAPERS AND LEAVE FORMS. IF PAPERWORK IS NOT FOUND IN
  ORDER, THESE "EXECUTION SQUADS" HAVE THE POWER TO EXECUTE
  DESERTERS ON THE SPOT OR DETAIN THEM. A CORPS IPW REPORT
  INDICATES THAT THE IRAQI GOVT NOW OFFERS REWARDS FOR RESISTANCE
  FIGHTERS WHO ARE TURNED IN. REPORTEDLY, 8000 DINARS ARE OFFERED
  FOR EACH RESISTANCE FIGHTER KILLED. A SPECIAL BOOK WITH NAMES OF
  KNOWN RESISTANCE FIGHTERS OFFERS 15000 DINARS FOR THOSE CAF'TURED
  DEAD OR ALIVE.
      E.        UNIT (MAIN) LOCATIONSO IAD - QUO17595; 3AD -
  OU533089; ICD - NS668572; L(UK)AD - QT640563; IID(M) - PU545297;
  2ACR   NV709348; 11AB     MU596903; CORPS ARTILLERY - PU425156.
           FUTURE PLANS: CORPS WILL CONTINUE SEARCH AND RECOVERY
F.                                                                    - -@CLA-&SMED

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Document 5 f:/Week-23/BX000205/VII CORPS CMDS SITREP/commanders sitrep:08099611154232
Control Fields 17
File Room = jun96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-23
Box ID = BX000205
Unit = VII CORPS
Parent Organization = ARCENT
Folder Title = VII CORPS CMDS SITREP
Folder Seq # = 179
Subject = COMMANDERS SITREP
Document Seq # = 32
Document Date =
Scan Date = 26-JUN-1996
Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 09-AUG-1996