COMMANDERS SITREP 3 APR 91

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Subject: COMMANDERS SITREP  3 APR 91                                     

Unit: VII CORPS   

Parent Organization: ARCENT      

Box  ID: BX000269

Folder Title: DAILY STAFF JOURNALS-4 APR 91-2                                                                 

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            SAHAE

            UNKNOWN IF 8  MEN WERE INST                     URCE STATED' @T


            HIS HOUSE IN AS SA14AWAH 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. FAUIX, CHIEF OF THE AS SAMAWAH POLICE

            'KILL TWO @EN 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
                                             5 USC 522(b)(1) '
            MACHINE GUNNED. A                                          REPORT

            DETAILS THE EXISTENCE OF EXECUTION SQUADS IN IRAQ TO HUNT DOWN
            AND EXECUTE DESERTERS. SEVERAL Ms6uRcEs (IRAQI EPi4S AND

            DESERTERS) INDICATED THAT A MILITARY POLICE TYPE UNIT ('IINZIBAT

            ASKERI" OR COMMONLY KNOWN AS "EXECUTION SQUADS") EXISTS IN

            SOUTHERN IRAQ FOR APPREHENDING DESERTERS, AND IN SOME INSTANCES

            EXECUTE THEM. EXECUTION SQUADS.WEAR A DISTINCT-IVE-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 N6T FOUND TN

            ORDER, THESE 'IEXECUTION SQUADSL 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


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