File: 970107_sep96_decls19_0011.txt
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Subject: COMMANDERS SITREP 70                                            

Unit: VII CORPS   

Parent Organization: ARCENT      

Box  ID: BX000269

Folder Title: DAILY STAFF JOURNALS-29 MAR 91-2                                                                

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           STORAGE  SITES IN KTO THAT WERE IDENTIFIED PRIOR  TO  THE  GROUND


           WAR.


                B.      UNITS ARE IN FINAL STAGES OF ENEMY EQUIPMENT

           DESTRUCTION AND ASSISTING TACTICAL INTELLIGENCE UNITS IN


           EVACUATION OF SELECT ENEMY EQUIPMENT. MAJOR CHALLENGE WILL BE

           CONTINUED DESTRUCTION OF THEATER AMMO DEPOT SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 8.

           THE SILKWORM MISSILE DESTRUCTION MISSION WAS EXECUTED 281155C

           MAR. A SWEEP OF THE AREA CONFIRMED THAT ALL MISSILES AND


           WARHEADS WERE DESTROYED WITH NO COLLATERAL DAMAGE DISCOVERED.

            C.   ML CORPS CONTINUES TO RECEIVE REPORTS OF IRAQI MILITARY

           UNITS COMMITTING ATROCITIES AGAINST LOCAL POPULATION IN THE LOWER

           EUPHRATES REGION. CONDITION OF CIVILIANS IN OUR MASH HOSPITALS


           CONFIRMS GUNSHOT AND SHRAPNEL WOUNDS. THE SAFETY AND WELL BEING

           OF IRAQIS IN THE U.S. SECTOR ONCE VII CORPS LEAVES IS OF MAJOR

           CONCERN. BELIEVE WE SHOULD USE EVERY CHANNEL AVAILABLE TO


           ENCOURAGE INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES AND ICRC OR EVEN POSSIBLY THE UN

           TO ASSIST IN THE TRANSITION 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. EXPECT NUMBER OF


           CIVILIANS TO BE TREATED WILL INCREASE, PARTICULARLY IF INTENSITY

           OF IRAQI OPERATIONS REMAINS HIGH. 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. UP TO 4,000-

           51000 CIVILIANS. NEED AUTHORITY TO    ESTABLISH A FORMAL CAMP OR







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