VII CORPS SITREP 4 APR 91

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Subject: VII CORPS SITREP 4 APR 91                                       

Unit: ARCENT      

Parent Organization: CENTCOM     

Box ID: BX000494

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

Document Number:         92

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                           UNCLASSIFIED            5 USC 552 (b)(1)

           OF LINGUISTS, LACX 0- --CRC INVOLVEMENT, GROWING NUMBER OF
           REFUGE-FSF NEED @'OR ESTABLISI-'7@(E.NT OF STRI,@@'URE To PROVIDE Fa
                      i@l SECTOR, RESC)r-U-2IO.N QF @l@TIT -@IILITARY LEGAL STATUS AND
           F(D'--ITICAT ASYLUM CASES.
                      (2)"T*          OLL-OW-@NG IS A TR'-I@L UP OF LOC-.ZS-f!CAL AND
           MEDICAL SUPPORT    PROVIDED BY THE CORPS OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS (A$
                     DAILY/   TO 7RA91               C--V--L@@NS AND EPWIS.
                         'A)  N T, i@i
                         k        BER OF HEALS - ?79 CASES MRE'S@
                         (B@@ WATER - 919 GAL.
                         (c)  NTMBER OF PATIENTS TREATED - l@147
                         (U)  NUMBER OF PATIENTS CURRENTLY IN HOSPITALS - '31
                         (E)  NUMBER OF PATIENTS FVB.CUATED - 6
                         (Yfl NUMBER OF PATIENTS REQUIRING EVACUATION - 10
                         (G)  TOTAL DISPLACED CIVILIAN$/EFWt6 IN SE--TOR -
           IQ,569/IZS PROCESSED TO THEATER CAGE.
               c@    N IRAQI MTIITARY SITUATION: IRAQI FORCES DC) NOT POSE A
           CONVENTIONAL THREAT TO Vil CORPS UNITS. THERE HAVE BEEN No
           CHANGES TO '!'HE STATUS OF 11@Q! UNITS OPERATING IN THE VTI CORPS
           AREA 01" C)Pls'RATION




                                                                                 THERE
           WAS No SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITY TO REPORT ALONG THE DEMARCATION LINE
           ON 3 APRIL.     ENEMY FORCES IN AS 5A!ILAWAR AND AN NASARIYAH ARE
           BELIEVED TO BE INFANTRY BRIGADES              REINFORCED WITH SOME ARMOR.
           THERE WAS NO REPORTED INSURGENCY ACTIVITIE5 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 HOUR$.
               D.    N   CONDITION$ NORTH OF THE DEMARCATION LINE: REFUGEE
M IAV CONTINUES TO REPORT SUMMARY EXECUTIONS De
           RESISTANCE FIGHTERS A-ND CIVILIANS, TORTURE (@-,PE), AS WELL AS
           POSSIBLE CHEM@CAL INJURIES TO CHILDREN. TWO COMBAT MEDICS TN IAD
           TREATED A CHILD ON 29, 30, A-ND 31 @,ARCH FOR BLISTERS ON HIS LEFT
           LEG. M-8 PAPER, WHEN TOUCHED TO THE BLISTER FLUID TURNED PINK TO
           INDICATE A POSSIBLE BLISTER AGENT. iAD HAS SEEN U-UABLE TO
           CONFIRM THE USE OF R BLISTER AGENT WHERE THE CHILD 15 REPORTED TO
           HAVE ORIGINATED, DUE TO ITS LOCATION ON THE IKM ZONE BOUNDARY.
           AS REPORTED BEFORE, DETECTION VIA M-8 PAPER DOES NOT CONFIRM
           BLISTER AGENT USE. !AD WILL CONTINUE TO ATTEMPT VERIFICATION OF
           THESE POSSIBLE CHEMICAL ATTACKS VIA OTHER CHEMICAL DETECTION
           EQUIPMENT (FUCHS VEHICLE$), ON-5TTE INSPECTION (if POSSIBLE), AND
           MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS. ON 31
           HAD SEEN FIRST HAND THE EXECUTION Q@ 8 MEN IN AL BASRAH, NEAR THE
           S@-AIE SA-AD GARAGE (DATE OF ALLEGED EXECUTIONS U?4KNOWNr: AS WELL,
           U14XNCJWN i-k 8 MEN WERE INSURGENTS) .
           = HOUSE IN AS SAMAWAH WAS DESTROYED ON 24 M@CH BY RPG-7 FIRE.
           HIS FAMILY WAS FNSIDE AT THE TIME AND WA$ KILLED@ ON 23 MARCH,
                              SAW A LT. FAUIK, CHIEF OF THE AS 6A-MAWAY POLICE
           N4TLL TWO MEN AND " WOZI@. THE FIRST MAN WAS TIED TO A CAR BUMPER
           AND ),'@GGEL) BEHIND B. CAP LN
                                          .TTL @ -Yqik.5 DEAD. THE SECOND MAN HAD
           hlb EYES C-QUQED OUT MD WAS THROWN INTO A RIVER @@Q DROWN. THE
           WOMAN WAS RAPED DURING A HOUSE TO HOUSE SEARCH, AND SUBSEQUENTLY
           MACHINE GUNNED.                                                      REPORT    5 USC 552 (b)(1)
           DETAILS THE EXISTENCE OF EXECUTION SQUADS IN IRAQ TO HUNT DOWN
           AND EXECUTE DESERTERS,                               (IRAQI EPW5 AND
           DESERTERS) INDICATED THAT A MILITARY POLICE TYPE UNIT ("INZIBAT
R COMMONLY KNOWN AS "EXECUTION SQUADS") EXISTS IN
           SOUTHERN IRAQ FOR APPREHENDING DE5FR'37ERS, AND l@l $ONE INSTANCES
           EXECUTE THEM. EXECUTION SQUADS WEAR A DISTINCTIVE UNIFORM               To



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