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Subject: SITREP 13 MAR 91 Unit: ARCENT Parent Organization: CENTCOM Box ID: BX000443 Folder Title: COMMAND REPORTS ARCENT SITREPS 1-22 MAR 91 Document Number: 12 Folder SEQ #: 7 UN 02 10 13030OZ MAR 91 00 00 0720300 INFANTRY BATTALION AND ONE TANK COMPANY DEPARTED FROM THE MAIN HIGHWAY SOUTH OF THE SHATT AL ARAB. NEARBY SUPPORT UNITS, INCLUDING A HEAVY-LIFT TRANSPORTER UNIT, WERE FORMING INTO CONVOYS ON 10 MARCH. ELEVEN TRANSPORTERS WERE LOADED WITH UNIDENTIFIED VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT. ALTHOUGH THE DESTINATION OF THE ARMORED UNITS IS UNKNOWN, THEY ARE PROBABLY BEING REDEPLOYED FURTHER NORTH ALONG THE HIGHWAY TO RECONSTITUTE. B. @ WIDESPREAD EVIDENCE OF RECENT COMBAT WAS OBSERVED ON MANY OF THE ROADS IN BASRHH. NUMEROUS MILITARY VEHICLES, INCLUDING TANKS, ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS, AND INFANTRY FIGHTING VEHICLES, CONTINUED TO BE DEPLOYED AT KEY INTERSECTIONS, ALONG KAJOR HIGHWAYS, AND ON BRIDGES IN AND AROUND THE CITY. ONE MRL BATTERY HAS REMAINED DEPLOYED IN THE SOUTHERN SECTION OF THE CITY SINCE 08 MARCH. C. @ A SA-3 LOW BLOW TARGET ACQUISITION RADAR WAS ACTIVE AT AL QAIM IN WESTERN IRAQ FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 08 FEB 91. THE RAPID REACTIVATION OF THE AIR DEFENSE ELEMENTS IN THE WESTERN AIR DEFENSE SECTOR MAY BE A REACTION TO ISRAELI THREATS, MADE DURING THE WAR, TO RETALIATE AGAINST IRAQ FOR ITS SCUD ATTACKS ON ISRAEL. AMPN/ AIR ACTIVITY: ON 12 MAR, THERE WERE OVER 111 HELICOPTER SORTIES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IRAQ, A MAJORITY WERE IN RESPONSE TO UN" 4�WrAEI)m 1303OOZMAR91