SITREP NO 77 3 TO 4 APR 91

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Subject: SITREP NO 77     3 TO 4 APR 91                                  

Unit: ARCENT      

Parent Organization: CENTCOM     

Box ID: BX000494

Folder Title: TACTICAL OPERATIONS CENTER LOGS TF FREEDOM 1-9 APR 91-2                                         

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                 GUNS. THERE ARE CURRENTLY ASSESSED TO BE 3-4 CAPABLE HEAVY
                 BRIGADES IN THE AL BASRAH AREA. ALONG THE MDL, THERE HAS BEEN NO
                 SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITY REPORTED ON EITHER GOVERNMENT OR SHIITE
                 FORCES. AS SAMAWAH AND AN NASARIYAH HAVE BEEN QUIET FOR SEVERAL
                 DAYS AND THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN GOVERNMENT FORCES LOCATED IN
                 THESE CITIES. THERE RAVE BEEN NO TERRORIST INCIDENTS IN THE VII
                 CORPS AREA OF OPERATIONS IN THE PAST 24 HOURS.
                     D. @     CONDITIONS NORTH OF THE DEMARCATION LINE: ONLY THREE
                 ATROCITY REPORTS WERE RECEIVED BY THE VII CORPS G-2 ON 4 APRIL.
                 IN THE 1AD SECTOR, AT LEAST TWO CHILDREN AND ONE ADULT WERE
                 TREATED FOR BLISTERS ON 30 AND 31 MARCH. THE BLISTERS ON THE
                 ADULT TESTED POSITIVE FOR BLISTER AGENT USING M-8 PAPER. M-8
                 PAPER DETECTION DOES NOT PROVIDE CONCLUSIVE PROOF OF A BLISTER
                 AGENT. AN NBC RECON VEHICLE HAS BEEN LOCATED AT CHECK POINT
                 BRAVO TO TEST FOR ANY FUTURE POSSIBLE CHEMICAL VICTIMS. A 1AD
                 SOURCE FROM AN NASARIYAH REPORTED THAT GOVERNMENT FORWARD
                 OBSERVERS CALLED AN ARTILLERY STRIKE ON A CROWD OF MOSTLY WOMEN
                 AND CHILDREN DOING LAUNDRY IN THE RIVER; DATE UNKNOWN. ANOTHER
                 IAD SOURCE REPORTED THAT IN AL BASRAH ON AN UNSPECIFIED DATE,
                 SPECIAL POLICE PICKED OUT 300 STUDENTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY,
                 POURED GAS DOWN THEIR THROATS AND SHOT THEM. GOVERNMENT FORCES
                 ARE REPORTEDLY EXECUTING THIRTY SUSPECTED RESISTANCE FIGHTERS A
                 DAY AND DISPLAYING THE BODIES IN THE STREETS.
                     E. @ UNIT (MAIN) LOCATIONS: 1AD - QUO17595; 3AD
                 QU533089; 1CD - NS668572; L(UK)AD - QT640563; 1ID(M) - PU545297;
 ARTILLERY - PU425156.
                 2.  @ FUTURE PLANS: CORPS WILL CONTINUE SEARCH AND RECOVERY
                 OPERATIONS FOR US VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT IN IRAQ; ESTABLISHMENT
                 OF KUWAITI SECURITY FORCE; AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE. PLANNING
                 IS ONGOING FOR MOVEMENT OF CORPS TO RAA'S, DEVELOPMENT OF RAA'S,
                 AND REDEPLOYMENT OF UNITS TO USAREUR AND CONUS.
                 3. @ISSUES:
                     A. @ PERSONNEL.
                         (1) @ AVAILABILITY OF BRONZE STAR DECORATIONS. (RED)
                 CURRENTLY HAVE 9000 AGAINST ESTIMATED REQUIREMENT OF 20,000. POC
                 VII CORPS AG, LTC THORNTON, 9-709-7711-717.
                         1(2) @HAVE RECEIVED 5 U.S. ARABIC LINGUISTS, STILL
                 REQUIRE 15 FOR MILITARY INTELLIGENCE MISSIONS (EPW, TRANSCRIPTION,
                 ETC.) EXPECTED.    REQUIRE THE FOLLOWING GRADES AND MOS:       2 X
                 97E20AZ; 5 X 97EIOAZ; AND 8 X 98GIOAZ. IF REQUIRED GRADES AND/OR
                 MOS'S ARE NOT AVAILABLE, REQUEST SUBSTITUTION OF QUALIFIED U.S.
                 ARABIC LINGUISTS WITH FIRST PRIORITY TO MOS NOT GRADE. WITH THE
                 DEPARTURE OF THE KUWAITI LINGUISTS AN ADDITIONAL 51 U.S. LINGUISTS
                 ARE REQUIRED FOR MEDICAL, FORCE PROTECTION, AND CIVIL AFFAIRS
                 OPERATIONS.   TOTAL REQUIREMENT IS 66.     POC VII CORPS GI, LTC
                 JOHNSON, TASS 9-709-9977-611.
                     B. @    LOGISTICS.
                         (1)      REEFERS. (AMBER) VII CORPS STILL REQUIRES 80
                 ADDITIONAL REEFERS TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS AS TEMPERATURES INCREASE.
                 POC VII CORPO G4, LTC MANGUM, TASS 9-709-7566-661/658.
                         (2) 'N DCU. (AMBER) WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT A LARGE
                 SHIPMENT OF FLOPPY HATS AND DESERT TAN BOOTS ARE DUE IN ON OR ABOUT
                 15 APRIL 91.    AS STATED IN PREVIOUS SITREP, CORPS STILL HAS A
RTHER UNDERSTAND THAT 2D COSCOM







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Subject = SITREP NO 77 3 TO 4 APR 91
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