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                                                                 

Document Number:         11

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             CORPS. BELIEVE THIS IS AN AREA
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             THEATER AS HEAT RISES. CORPS CONTINUES TO RECEIVE    REP        F
             IRAQI MILITAR Y UNITS COMMITTING ATROCITIES AGAINST  LOCAL      UNCLASSIFI
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             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 T     SITION 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 GROWING DC CAMP


             OUTSIDE SAFWAN. THE CAMP CONTAINS APPROXIMATELY 5,000 CIVILIANS

             HAVE BEGUN TO SEE INDICATIONS OF DOWNHILL TREND IN POPULATION OF

             CIVIL REFUGEES THROUGHOUT SECTOR, INCLUDING SAFWAN. AM ALSO

             PREPARED TO WITHDRAW 2ACR AND IAD FROM IRAQ TO RAAIS AND COVER

             REMAINDER OF SECTOR AS ECONOMY OF FORCE. AS WE APPROACH THE

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Subject = COMMANDERS SITREP 3 APR 91
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