AL BASRAH BATTLE AREA

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 1, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 1, 1984
• Content Type: MISC

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IRAO-IRAN BORDER
1. SIGNIFICANCE: HEAVY FIGHTING CONTINUES NORTH OF AL BASRAH.
SWN)
2. REMARKS: ELEMENTS OF AN IRANIAN ARMORED BRIGADE HAVE
APPROXIMATELY 130 ARMORED VEHICLES ARE NOW
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DEPLOYED IN DEFENSIVE POSITIONS. FIGHTING IS IN PROGRESS WEST
OF HERE. IRANIAN INFANTRY SUPPORTED BY AT LEAST TWO TANK
COMPANIES HAS ADVANCED TO THE WEST, APPROXIMATELY 2 NM BEYOND
THE PREVIOUS FORWARD-EDGE-OF-THE-BATTLE-AREA (FEBA) TO A
NORTH-SOUTH CANAL IN THE VICINITY OF 31-02N 047-49E (GRAPHIC
1). THE IRANIAN ADVANCE HAS OCCURRED UNITS
FROM THIS FORCE HAVE CROSSED THE NORTH END OF THE CANAL AND ARE
ENGAGED IN HEAVY FIGHTING WITH ELEMENTS OF THE IRAQI ARMORED
BRIGADE DEPLOYED IN THE AREA (GRAPHIC 2). OTHER ELEMENTS OF
THIS BRIGADE ARE DEFENDING THE LEVEE BORDERING THE MARSH NORTH
OF HERE. AT LEAST 150 IRAQI PERSONNEL ARE IN A COLUMN HEADING
TOWARD THE LEVEE, PROBABLY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DEFENSE
AGAINST AN IRANIAN ATTACK FROM THE MARSH. THIS BRIGADE IS PART
OF AN IRAQI FORCE CONSISTING OF AN ARMORED DIVISION AND AN
ARMORED BRIGADE WHICH IS DEFENDING THE AREA GENERALLY FROM
30-59N 047-35E TO 30-59N 047-58E. (SWN)
EXTENSIVE REINFORCEMENT IS EVIDENT IN THE IRAQI REAR AREAS.
ELEMENTS OF AT LEAST TWO ARMORED DIVISIONS APE BEING HELD IN
RESERVE. ONE DIVISION IS NEAR 30-52N 047-41E AND THE OTHER IS
NEAR 30-54N 047-45E (GRAPHIC 1). IN ADDITION, AT LEAST ONE
FITTER AIRCRAFT IS IN FLIGHT IN IRAQI AIRSPACE AND IS HEADING
TOWARD THE FIGHTING. (EWN)
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IN SUPPORT OF HOSTILITIES IN THE VICINITY OF 31-02N 047-37E,
IRANIAN TROOPS ARE BEING OFFLOADED FROM, SMALL POWER BOATS IN
THE VICINITY OF 31-11N 047-35E AND 31-13N 047-38E (GRAPHIC 1)
AND ARE MOVING SOUTH ALONG ROADWAYS TOWARDS THE FIGHTING. AT
LEAST
31-1O
BATTL
AWAY
31-14
20
N 04
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FROM
N 04
SMALL IRANI
7-42E AND 3
EA. AN ADD
THE BATTLE
7-41E AND 3
AN POWER BOATS ARE IN T
1-1ON 047-40E HEADING W
ITIONAL 18 BOATS (14 HE
AREA) ARE MOVING THROU
1-11N 047-35E. AT LEAS
HE
ES
AD
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MARSH BETWEEN
T TOWARDS THE
ED TOWARD AND FOUR
THE MARSH BETWEEN
80 TRUCKS/VEHICLES
ARE I
N TH
E IRANIAN-H
ELD AREAS NORTH OF THE
BA
TTLE AREA. (SWN)
NO HO
SOUTH
TWO M
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COMPA
STIL
OF
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LERY
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ITIES ARE O
AL A2IR, WH
NIZED INFAN
REGIMENT.
RE ALONG TH
BSERVED IN THE IRAQI-HE
ICH HAS BEEN REINFORCED
TRY BATTALIONS, ONE TAN
TWO MECHANIZED COMPANI
E LEVEE AT 31-21N 047-3
LD
W
K
ES
9E
AREA EAST AND
ITH ELEMENTS OF
BATTALION, AND AN
AND CNE TANK
, AND ONE
MECHA
NIZE
D BATTALION
IS ALONG THE LEVEE AT
31
-19N 047-29E.
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UNI
TS HAVE ARR
IVED
TWO TANK COMPANIES
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(ONE
SHOW
N ON GRAPHI
C 3) ARE ALONG THE LEVE
E
AT 31-08N 047-28E
AND H
AVE
ARRIVED
THE AR
TI
LLERY REGIMENT IS
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DEPLO
YED
IN BATTALIO
N-SIZE GROUPS AT 31-14N
0
47-26E, 31-13N
047-2
6E,
AND 31-1ON
047-26E. THE TANK BATT
AL
ION IN THE
VICIN
ITY
OF 31-19N 0
47-28E AND THE TWO ARTI
LL
ERY BATTALIONS IN
THE V
ICIN
ITY OF 31-2
1N 047-26E
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LOGIS
TICS
ACTIVITY H
AS OCCURRED IN THE AREA
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(SWN)
BE N/
A, C
OORDINATES
N/A
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