File: 102496_jul96_decls2_0002.txt
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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

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       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











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