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 7, 1984
• Content Type: MISC

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4-PART GRAPHIC
AL BASPAH BATTLE AREA
IRAQ-IRAN BORDER
1. SIGNIFICANCE: CONSTRUCTION ON THE IRANIAN PONTCN BRIDGE
THROUGH THE HAWR AL HAWI2AH (MARSH) CONTINUES. THE LULL IN THE
FIGHTING IN THE PORTION OF THE AL BASRAH BATTLE AREA IMAGED
APPEARS TO BE CONTINUING. THE LOCATION OF SOME OF THE UNITS
DEPICTED ON THE MAP (GRAPHIC 1) IS BASED ON IMAGERY OF
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2. REMARKS: THE IRANIAN PONTON BRIDGE THAT HAS BEEN UNDER
CONSTRUCTION NORTH OF AL EASRAH SINCE AT LEAST I HAS
BEEN EXTENDED TO THE WEST. IT NOW EXTENDS FROM 31-09-1ON
047-49-42E TO 31-09-19N 047-45-48E. THE BRIDGE IS APPROXIMATELY
4.5 NM FROM THE MAJNOON ISLANDS AND WHEN COMPLETE WILL BE
APPROXIMATELY 8 NM LONG. A CONVOY OF 13 PROBABLE PCNTON
CARRIERS (GRAPHIC 2) IS NEARING THE EASTERN TERMINUS OF THE
BRIDGE. NUMEROUS CONNECTED PONTON SECTIONS ARE BEING TOWED
TOWARDS THE WEST BY A SMALL IRANIAN POWER BOAT (GRAPHIC 3).
APPROXIMATELY 600 PONTON SECTIONS ARE AT THE WESTERNMOST END OF
THE BRIDGE BEING READIED FOP INSTALLATION (GRAPHIC 4), AND AS
MANY AS 1,200 ADDITIONAL PONTONS ARE AT THE EASTERN TERMINUS OF
THE BRIDGE. AT LEAST 13 SMALL POWER BOATS ARE MOVING ON THE
CANALS BETWEEN THE IRANIAN REAR AREA AND THE FRONT. ONLY THE
EASTERN EDGE OF THE NORTHERN PART OF MAJNOON ISLAND IS IMAGED
TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITY IS OBSERVED ON THE ISLAND, BUT
EIGHT TRUCKS ARE ON THE LEVEE. (SWN)
THE FORWARD EDGE OF THE BATTLE AREA (FEBA) IMAGED NORTH OF AL
BASRAH APPEARS TO BE ESSENTIALLY UNCHANGED FROM
ELEMENTS OF THE IRANIAN ARMORED BRIGADE NEAR 31-02N
047-57E SINCE ARE STILL PRESENT. PORTIONS OF THE
BRIGADE AREA ARE CLOUD COVERED TODAY. CONSTRUCTION IS
CONTINUING ON THE NEW HAWK SITE NEAR THE EASTERN END OF THE
PONTON BRIDGE. REFINED COORDINATES FOR THE SITE PREVIOUSLY
REPORTED AS 31-08N 047-54E ARE 31-09-36N 047-53-14E. NUMEROUS
PROBABLE CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES ARE AT THE SITE; HOWEVER, THE
LAUNCH POSITIONS REMAIN UNOCCUPIED. EXTENSIVE VEHICLE ACTIVITY
IS OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THE IRANIAN REAR AREA, SUGGESTING
INTENSIVE RESUPPLY EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY. (SWN)
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SEEN ON 1, ELEMENTS OF TWO IRAQI ARMORED DIVISIONS (LAST 25X1
SEEN ON , AND ONE IRAQI MECHANI2ED INFANTRY BRIGADE
(LAST SEEN ON NO IRAQI ARMORED OR ARTILLERY UNITS 25X1
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