MILITARY ACTIVITY TRIPOLI, LEBANON(SANITIZED)

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• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 15, 2012
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• Publication Date: December 14, 1983
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NPIC/IEG (12/83)
14 DECEMBER 1983
TRIPOLI, LEB
ANON 25X1
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1. SIGNIFICANCE: GIANT RE
ACH IMAGERY OFI (OFFERED A 25X1
SYNOPTIC VIEW OF THE EN
NORTHERN LEBANON (GRAPH
TIRE TRIPOLI (TARABULUS) AREA IN
IC 1). IT HAS ALLOWED AN ANALYSIS OF
PRO-ARAFAT PLO FORCES,
ANTI-ARAFAT PLO FORCES, SYRIAN FORCES
AND DAMAGE TO THE CITY
AND ITS ENVIRONS.
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2. REMARKS: PRO-ARAFAT FO
RCES OCCUPIED TRIPOLI AND AL BADDAWT
REFUGEE CAMP ON THE NOR
FORCES, SUPPORTED BY SY
THEAST EDGE OF THE CITY; ANTI-ARAFAT
RIAN ARTILLERY, SURROUNDED THE CITY;
AND EXTENSIVE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED IN AND AROUND THE CITY.
ONI (PRO-ARAFAT INFANTRY FORCES OCCUPIED NUMEROUS 25X1
DEFENSIVE POSITIONS ALONG A DEFENSIVE PERIMETER WHICH RAN
AROUND THE EDGE OF TRIPOLI AND AL BADDAWT REFUGEE CAMP. THESE
POSITIONS CONSISTED OF TRENCHES, BERMS, BUNKERS, AND REVETTED
MORTAR POSITIONS. SEVERAL OF THE POSITIONS WERE CONCENTRATED
IN AL BADDAWI REFUGEE CAMP (GRAPHIC 2). THESE FORCES ALSO
CONTROLLED SEVERAL CHECKPOINTS ON THE MAJOR ROADS INTO THE
CITY. IN ADDITION, AN APPROXIMATELY 1,200-METER, DIRT
AIRSTRIP HAD BEEN CONSTRUCTED ON THE NORTHEAST EDGE OF AL
BADDAWT REFUGEE CAMP SINCE 25X1
ANTI-ARAFAT FORCES OCCUPIED POSITIONS WITHIN 500 METERS OF THE
PRO-ARAFAT DEFENSIVE PERIMETER, AND HAD CONSTRUCTED SEVERAL
STRONG POINTS ALONG THE HEIGHTS OVERLOOKING TRIPOLI ON AN
ARCHED LINE FROM 34-25-00N 035-49-OOE ON THE SOUTHWEST EDGE OF
THE CITY, TO TARABULUS PETROLEUM REFINERY TRIPOLI IPC
ON THE NORTHEAST EDGE OF THE CITY. ONE SUCH 25X1
STRONG POINT, APPROXIMATELY 650 METERS SOUTHEAST OF THE
DEFENSIVE PERIMETER, CONSISTED OF AT LEAST SIX CANVAS-COVERED,
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REVETTED, PROBABLE MORTAR POSITIONS (GRAPHIC 3). IN ADDITION,
AT LEAST TWO TANK PLATOONS (SIX PROBABLE T-54/55 MEDIUM TANKS)
WERE IN POSITIONS OVERLOOKING TRIPOLI (NOT ON GRAPHIC).
SYRIAN FORCES
ONE SYRIAN FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION (EIGHTEEN 130MM FIELD
GUNS M-46) AND ONE SYRIAN MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHER (MRL)
BATTALION (EIGHTEEN 122MM MRL BM-21) WERE DEPLOYED IN SUPPORT
OF ANTI-ARAFAT FORCES IN POSITIONS 3 TO 6 NM SOUTH OF
TRIPOLI. THESE BATTALIONS HAD REORIENTED THEIR FIRING
DIRECTION FROM THE SOUTH TO THE NORTH SINCE THE 25X1
ARTILLERY HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN ORIENTED SOUTH, TOWARD LEBANESE
CHRISTIAN POSITIONS NORTH OF BEIRUT. ONE FIELD GUN BATTERY
WAS 6 NM SOUTH OF TRIPOLI AT 34-19-OON 035-45-50E (GRAPHIC 4);
AND ONE MRL SECTION WAS 5.8 NM SOUTH OF TRIPOLI AT 34-19-20N
035-47-10E (GRAPHIC 5). 25X1
DAMAGE IN THE TRIPOLI AREA
WITHIN THE CITY, EXTENSIVE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED AT TARABULUS
PORT FACILITIES AND TARABULUS PETROLEUM
REFINERY TRIPOLI IPC. AT THE PORT, TWO WAREHOUSES HAD BEEN
DESTROYED SEVERAL WAREHOUSES DAMAGED
AND A FREIGHTER SUNK
,
SINCE (GRAPHIC 6). AT THE REFINERY, ONE POL STORAGE
TANK WAS BURNING AND AT LEAST 21 OF THE APPRC
STORAGE TANKS HAD BEEN DESTROYED (GRAPHIC 7).
3. BE NONE, COORDINATES 34-26-OON 035-51-OOE (S)
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