COMMANDERS SITREP 79

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Subject: COMMANDERS SITREP 79                                            

Unit: VII CORPS   

Parent Organization: ARCENT      

Box ID: BX000249

Folder Title: VII CORPS CMDRS SITREP  22 MAR THRU 6 MAY 91                                                    

Document Number:         32

Folder SEQ  #:         79






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            REPORT INDICATES THAT IRAQI SPECIAL SECURITY PERSONNEL BOUND THE

            WRISTS TO KNEES OF RESISTANCE FIGHTERS AND THEN THREW THEM INTO A

            RIVER ON 2 APR. OBSERVING FAMILY MEMBERS WERE LATER SHOT. ALSO

            IN BASRAH, ANOTHER REPORT INDICATED THAT MASS EXECUTIONS OF

            PRISONERS OCCURRED ON 1 AND 3 APR. IN KARABALA, ONE REPORT

            INDICATED THAT CHEMICALS WERE USED ON 9 MAR AND MASS KILLING OF

            CIVILIANS OCCURRED ON 3 MAR. IN AN NAJAF ONE REPORT STATED THAT

            CHEMICALS WERE USED ON 14 MAR AND THAT IRAQI SPECIAL SECURITY

            FORCES WERE BURYING PEOPLE ALIVE.

                E.  Wf UNIT (MAIN) LOCATIONS: IAD - QU180880; 3AD -

            QU533089; L(UK)AD - QT240690; IID(M) - PU545297; 2ACR   NV709348;

            11AB - MU596903; CORPS ARTILLERY -   529948.

            2.  @ FUTURE PLANS: PREPARATION CONTINUES ON DEVELOPMENT OF

            RAA'S. PLANNING IS ONGOING FOR MOVEMENT OF CORPS TO RAA'S AND

            REDEPLOYMENT OF UNITS TO USAREUR AND CONUS.


            3.  @ ISSUES:
                A.  @ PERSONNEL. (AMBER) 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 97ElOAZ; AND 8 X 98GlOAZ. 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

            REMAINING REQUIREMENT IS 66. 15 ADDITIONAL LINGUISTS WERE TO


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File Room = jun96_declassified
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Box ID = BX000249
Unit = VII CORPS
Parent Organization = ARCENT
Folder Title = VII CORPS CMDRS SITREP 22 MAR THRU 6 MAY 91
Folder Seq # = 79
Subject = COMMANDERS SITREP 79
Document Seq # = 32
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Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 25-OCT-1996