WITIl MARINES IN OPERATION PROVIDE COMFORT 99 65. This was necessary to offset Baathist propaganda that the U.N. had no right to interfere in Iraqi affairs. 66. Jones, "Provide Comfort,1 p. 102. 67. CTF-PC Chron. 68. SEAL is an acronym for Sea, Air, Land; both U.S. Navy SEALs and Force Reconnaissance Marines are trained for deep penetration and clandestine operations in enemy territory. 69. Raftery intvw. 70. Brown Jnl. 71. CG, CTF-PC SitRep, 19Arp91, p. 7. 72. General Shalikashvili's warnings were taken seriously because two Iraqi jets had been shot down in March after the Iraqis ignored warnings by General Schwarzkopf. 73. Mugno brief. 74. Kohl intvw. 75. 24th MEU (SOC) ComdC, Jan-Jun9i. 76. Brown Jnl; CTF-PC Chron. 77. MajGen Robin J. Ross, RM, "Operation Haven," Globe and Laurel, Nov-Dec91, p. 208-09. 78. Kohl intvw. 79. The Kurds did not complain about the taste or monotony of a MRE diet, but pointed out most MREs contained pork, violating Islamic dietary laws; the Marines began saying MRE meant "Meals Rejected by Everyone." 80. Supply officers were baffled when the Kurds requested a shipment of potatoes, food most Kurds considered unpalatable; the mystery was solved when the MCC reported Iraqi police were being pelted by potatoes as they walked the streets. 81. These latrines required close supervision because Kurdish families used these comfortable, roofed, and screened enclosures as homes. 82. See LtCol Gordon W. Rudd, USA, "The 24th MEU (SOC) and Operation Provide Comfort: A Second Look," Marine Corps Gazette, Feb93, pp. 20-22. 83. Jordan intvw.First Page | Prev Page | Next Page | Src Image |