IRAQ-IRAN CONFLICT DOVEYRICH RIVER BATTLE AREA (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: November 5, 1982
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IRAQ-IRAN CONFLICT
DOVEYRICH RIVER BATTLE AREAS
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IRAQ-IRAN CONFLICT
DOVEYRICH RIVER BATTLE AREA
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: THE IRANIANS HAVE MADE A SIGNIFICANT
ADVANCE THE DO EYRICH RIVER BATTLE AREA SINCE
2 NOVEMBER REGAINING APPROXIMATELY 60 SQUARE NM OF IRAQI-HELD
TERRITORY.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: IRANIAN FORCES ALONG THE DOVEYRICH RIVER HAVE
ADVANCED AN ADDITIONAL 3 NM WEST SINCE THEIR INITIAL ADVANCE
WAS TEMPORARILY STALLED THE WESTERNMOST
EDGE OF THE IRANIAN SALIENT IS NOW IN THE VICINITY OF
32-19N 047-28E, WITHIN 0.5 NM OF THE IRAN-IRAQ BORDER. THE
IRANIANS HAVE CONSTRUCTED A NEW DEFENSIVE BERM ALONG THE NEW
FORWARD-EDGE-OF-BATTLE AREA (FEBA). THE BERM IS IMMEDIATELY
WEST OF THE RIDGE LINE WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY OCCUPIED BY IRAQI
FORCES. THE DEFENSIVE BERM IS OCCUPIED BY IRANIAN ARMOR
SUPPORTED BY INFANTRY (GRAPHIC 2). IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS
NEW IRANIAN FORWARD POSITION, IRANIAN INFANTRY FORCES HAVE
DEPLOYED FROM 32-24N 047-30E TO THE HILLS TO THE NORTHWEST AT
32-29N 047-23E. THE IRANIANS HAVE ALSO CONTINUED TO
CONSOLIDATE POSITIONS NEAR THEIR INITIAL DOVEYRICH RIVER
CROSSING SITE. IRANIAN ARTILLERY HAS BEEN DEPLOYED ON THE WEST
BANK OF THE RIVER, IMMEDIATELY NORTHWEST OF THE CROSSING SITE
(GRAPHIC 3), INDICATING THAT THE AREA IS NOW SECURE. THE
CROSSING SITE HAS THREE EARTHEN CAUSEWAYS, AN INCREASE OF ONE
SINCE 3 NOVEMBER (GRAPHIC 4). IRANIAN FORCES IN THE RIVER
CROSSING AREA INCLUDE AT LEAST ONE TANK BATTALION, ONE
MECHANIZED INFANTRY BATTALION, ONE ARTILLERY BATTALION,
INFANTRY UNITS, AT LEAST ONE ENGINEER CONSTRUCTION UNIT, AND
NUMEROUS SUPPORT/TRANSPORT UNITS.
(SWN) THE OPPOSING IRAQI UNITS IMMEDIATELY WEST OF THE IRANIAN
SALIENT INCLUDE AT LEAST ONE TANK BRIGADE, NUMEROUS INFANTRY
UNITS, AND SUPPORT/TRANSPORT UNITS. ACTIVITY IN THE IRAQI REAR
AREA IS HEAVY AND NUMEROUS DEPLOYMENTS, REPOSITIONING OF
FORCES. AND DEFENSIVE CONSTRUCTION HAVE TAKEN PLACE SINCE
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TWO IRAQI 130MM M-46 BATTALIONS ARE DEPLOYED IN THE VICINITY OF
32-1211 047-27E (NOT ALL ON GRAPHIC 5), AND ONE ADDITIONAL IRAQI
130MM M-46 BATTALION IS NEAR 32-21N 047-23E. A PROBABLE IRAQI
HEADQUARTERS AREA IS NEAR 32-16N 047-18E (GRAPHIC 6). THE
PROBABLE HEADQUARTERS CONSISTS OF APPROXIMATELY 11 REVETTED
VANS. FOUR ALOUETTE AND TWO HIND HELICOPTERS ARE PARKED NEARBY.
3. BE N/A, COORDINATES N/A
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