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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            BELIEVE THIS IS AN AREA WE MUST CONTINUE TO MONITOR IN THEATER AS

            HEAT RISES. CORPS CONTINUES TO RECEIVE REPORTS OF IRAQI MILITARY

            UNITS COMMITTING ATROCITIES AGAINST LOCAL POPULATION IN THE LOWER

            EUPHRATES REGION. DETAILS ARE SUBMITTED DAILY IN INTELLIGENCE

            CHANNELS. WILL FURNISH TOTAL PACKAGE OF CURRENT EVIDENCE WITHIN

            NEXT FEW DAYS AND FINAL WHEN WE DEPART IRAQ. THE SAFETY AND WELL

            BEING OF IRAQIS IN THE U.S. SECTOR ONCE VII CORPS LEAVES IS OF

            MAJOR CONCERN. FEAR OF REPRISALS RUNS HIGH AMONG IRAQIS.

            BELIEVE WE SHOULD USE EVERY CHANNEL AVAILABLE TO ENCOURAGE

            INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES AND ICRC OR EVEN POSSIBLY THE UN TO ASSIST

            IN THE TRANSITION FROM U.S. OCCUPATION TO IRAQI GOVERNMENT

            CONTROL. CONTINUE TO BELIEVE OUR BEST COURSE FOR THE NEAR TERM

            WOULD BE TO ESTABLISH CIVIL MILITARY GOVERNMENT COMPLETE WITH

            ORDINANCES AND PENAL CODES IF ONLY IN SAFWAN. DISTRIBUTION OF

            FOOD STUFFS TO INCLUDE FOOD AND MEDICINE FOR INFANTS CONTINUES.

            NEED TO KNOW WHEN CIVILIAN RELIEF AGENCIES WILL BE PREPARED TO

            ASSUME OPERATIONS. HAVE A DC CAMP OUTSIDE SAFWAN CONTAINING

            APPROXIMATELY 5,000 CIVILIANS. HAVE BEGUN TO SEE INDICATIONS OF

            DOWNHILL TREND IN POPULATION OF CIVIL REFUGEES THROUGHOUT SECTOR,

            INCLUDING SAFWAN. RETURN OF CIVILIANS FROM EPW CAMPS AND

            HOSPITALS THROUGH VII CORPS SECTOR POSES SPECIAL CHALLENGE. BEST

            COURSE OF ACTION IS TO RETURN THESE CIVILIANS THROUGH

            INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES. THIS WILL BEST ASSURE THEIR SAFETY

            AGAINST REPRISALS. AM ALSO PREPARED TO WITHDRAW 2ACR AND 1AD

            FROM IRAQ TO RAA'S AND COVER REMAINDER OF SECTOR AS ECONOMY OF

            FORCE. AS WE APPROACH THE REDEPLOYMENT PHASE NEED TO BEGIN



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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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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 = 25-OCT-1996