ANJAR SAUDI ARABIA

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Subject = ANJAR SAUDI ARABIA                                              

Parent Organization = VARIOUS MC  

Unit = I MEF       

Folder Title = I MEF - COC JOURNAL  31 JAN-4 MAR 91  SEC 3 OF 3                                                

Document Number =          1

Box ID = BX600118



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                                     CS I MEF, COC, B-3
                                  .11AIIANJAR@ SAUDI ARABIA

                     1756 4771          011440C       TO: IST MARDIVI IITH AVN BN,
              VII CORPS IS FLYING INTO KOWAIT CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
              SOMETIME TODAY (AS SOON A%THEY HAVE A TIME THEY WILL PASS IT) TO
              PROVIDE SECURITY FOR TOMO OWS NEGOTIATIONS. THERE IS TOTAL OF 36
              ACFI'. THEY ARE REO A HEMMET FUEL TRUCK WITH PUMP. THEY DON'T NEED
              THE FUEL JUST THE PUMP, THEY WILL FLY IN THE FUEL.

              1801         4772         011127C       FM: SAUDI LNO; LOCATION OF
              BRIGADES...

              1803         4773         011535C       FM: 1ST MARDIV; DON'T HAVE A
              HEMMET, BUT  DO HAVE A LVS WITH    A PUMP. THE ARMY HAS A FARP
              LOCATED AT THE KUWAITI AIRPORT     IITH AVN BN SHOULD STILL FLY IN
              THEIR OWN FUEL.


              isio-        4774         011440C       FM: RLT5 S-3 SPOT REP -2/5
              RPT SMALL ARMS CONTACT    VIC SS8167. PROCEEDING CAUTIOUSLY.

              lal2         4775         281815C       FM: ARCENT LNO TM I AD (UK)
              HAS RUT'D A FACE TO FACE LINK UP AT OT545575. THEY ARE AT THAT
              LOC NOW.

              1815         4776         011704C       FM: MAFC OP3 RPT 8 SPECIAL
              FORCES INDIVIDUALS WENT N FM POS     IN TWO VEH W/O AIR PANNELS. THEY
              WERE WARNED NOT i,o By TM LEADER.


              1817         4777         011740C       FM: RLTSS-3 RLT5 S-3
              INDICATES INTENTION TO    ESTABLISH  DEF POS IN AL WAHFRAH FOREST FOR
              NIGHT. RPT 3/5-POS VIC 873692.       "SOMETHING GOING ON UP THERE. MAG
              50 W        @INVOLVED. WILL SORT     OUT AND ADVISE.
                   5 U.S.C. 552 (b)(1
              1854         4778         0)1845C       FM.2D MARDIV; RE: HAND GR'ENADE
              INCIDENT AT 0114IL7,C MAR91. "B"CO   LAI HAD JUST RETURNED FROM 6TH
              MAR. LAI BN  WAS CONDUCTING AN AMNESTY TURN IN OF AMMO AND
              EQUIPMENT. DURING TURN IN LCPL           WAS STANDING AT THE BACK OF
           ..HIS LAV HOLING AN "OLD STYLE" IRAQI PINEAPPLE SHAPE HAND GRENADE.
              THE GRENADE EXPLODED INSTANTLY KILLING LCPL              TEARINS APART
              THE UPPER HALF OF HIS BODY. 2D MARDIV ISSUED ORDERS TO ALL
              SUBORDINATE UNITS TO TURN IN AND BOX UP ALL HAND GRENADES AT 1700
              HR.                                5 U.S.C. 552 (b)(6)
                     1925 4779          011900C       FM: I MEFI 1. SINCE THE CEASE
              OF HOSTILITIES THERE HAS BEEN THREE DEATHS DUE TO FRAGMENTATION
              GRENADES. 2. ACCORDINGLY AL GRENADES ARE TO BE COLLECTED AND
              ACCOUNTED FOR. 3. IN ADDITION, STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF AVOIDING
              UNEXPLODED ENEMY ORDNANCE.


              1949         4780         011858C       FM: 2F5 HO; SPOT REP, 21 FIRING
              ON ENEMY COULD SEE ENEMY.-2, HOVERING AND FIRING AT ENEMY. HELOS
              FIRED, GROUND FIRED BUNS AGAIN.AND THERE WAS i EXPLOSION AND THEN
              (2) SECONDARY EXPLOSIONS.

              1951         4781         011855C       FM: 2 HO; SPOT REP, 4 COBRAS
              ENGAGED GROUND TROOPS. RETURN FIRE WAS SEEN Al' ABOVE GRID.


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