AL BASRAH BATTLEFIELD AL BASRAH, IRAQ (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 9, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 7, 1984
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'SWN) (PERSIAN GULF SECTION
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7 MARCH 1984
AL BASRAII BATTLEFIELD
AL BASRAII, IRAQ SWN
1. SIGNIFICANCE: IRAQI FORCES HAVE CONSTRUCTED ELABORATF DEFENSES
IN THE AL BASRAH AREA. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: SINCE MID-1982, IRAQI FORCES HAVE CONSTRUCTED AN
EXTENSIVE SERIES OF DEFENSIVE LINES AND CANALS IN THE AL BASPAH
BATTLE SECTOR. THESE DEFENSIVE MEASURES HAVE BEEN DESIGNED TO
DENY TIIE IRANIAN FORCES ACCESS TO THE STRATEGIC SHATT AL ARAB
RIVER, IRAQ'S ONLY ACCESS TO THE PERSIAN GULF, AS WELL AS TIIE
CITY OF AL BASRAII. TIIFSE DEFENSIVE MEASURES CONSIST OF A
SERIES OF ANTITANK DITCHES. TWO MAJOR DFFFNSIVE LINES WITH
STRONGPOINTS, CANALS, AND LARGE FLOODED WATER BARRIERS. IN
ADDITION, A THIRD DEFENSIVE LINE CONSISTING OF ARMOR AND
INFANTRY POSITIONS EXTENDS NORTHWEST FROM THE DEFENSIVE WATER
BAPRIER AND TERMINATES IN A MARSHY AREA 25 NM NORTHWEST OF AT.
BASRAII. ' SWN )
AS A RESULT OF AN ONGOING IRANIAN OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS, IRANIAN
FORCES WERE OBSERVED ON CONSTRUCTING A PONTON BRIDGE
ACROSS THE HAWK AL HAWI7AI1 MARSH FROM 31-09N 047-49E TO 31-09N
047-45E. THIS BRIDGE IS 3.5 NM IN LENGTH AND IS 38 NM NORTH OF
AL BASRAH. THE IRANIANS ARE ATTEMPTING TO EXTEND THE PONTON
BRIDGE TO AN AREA OF RECLAIMED MARSH IN IRAQ AT 31-09N 047-37E
CALLED MAJNOON ISLAND, WHICH HAS BEEN UNDER IRANIAN CONTROL
3. BE: NONE COORDINATES: NONE (U)
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