AL BASRAH BATTLE AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84T00491R000101100001-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 9, 2011
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 30, 1984
• Content Type: MISC

Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/12/09: CIA-RDP84TOO491 R000101100001-4
ROUTING
TO:
NAME AND ADDRESS
DATE
INITIALS
1
2
3
4
ACTION
DIRECT REPLY
PREPARE REPLY
APPROVAL
DISPATCH
RECOMMENDATION
COMMENT
FILE
RETURN
CONCURRE
NCE
INFORMATION
SIGNATURE
REMARKS:
FROM:
NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NO.
DATE
SECRET
(Security Classification)
NOFORN
(See inside cover)
CONTROL NO. Z-10552/84
NPIC/PEG (03/84)
72
A
Warning Notice
Intelligence Sources or Methods Involved
NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION
Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions
SECRET
(Security Classification)
Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/12/09: CIA-RDP84TOO491 R000101100001-4
 Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/12/09: CIA-RDP84T00491 R000101100001-4
Warning Notice
Intelligence Sources or Methods Involved
(WNINTEL) or (D)
NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION
Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions
NOFORN- Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals
NOCONTRACT- Not Releasable to Contractors or
Contractor/Consultants
PROPIN- Caution-Proprietary Information Involved
ORCON- Dissemination and Extraction of Information
Controlled by Originator
REL ... This Information has been Authorized for
Release to ...
Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/12/09: CIA-RDP84T00491 R000101100001-4
 Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/12/09: CIA-RDP84T00491 R000101100001-4
SECRET
yKUWAT4 U..r
SAUDI AIAIIA r.,,..
NORTHERN MAJNOON ISLAND
AL BASRAH BATTLE AREA
IRAQ-IRAN BORDER
L
PONTON BRIDGE CAUSEWAY
Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/12/09: CIA-RDP84T00491 R000101100001-4
 Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/12/09: CIA-RDP84T00491 R000101100001-4
SECRET
(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
Page 1 of 1
Copy
AL EAERAH BATTLE AREA
IRAQ-IRAN BORDER
2-10552/84
NPIC/PEG (3/84)
1. SIGNIFICANCE: A HIGH LEVEL CF LOGISTICS/RESUPPLY ACTIVITY IS
OBSERVED IN THE IRANIAN REAR AREA IN THE VICINITY OF THE
EASTERN TERMINUS OF THE PONTON BRIDGE. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: AT LEAST 100 TRUCKS/VEHICLES ARE ON THE ROAD BETWEEN
THE TERMINUS AND THE LIMITS OF IMAGERY. TWO FERRIES/BARGES
LOADED WITH TRUCKS/EQUIPMENT ARE IN THE MARSH BETWEEN THE
IRANIAN REAR AND THE NORTHERN MAJNOON ISLAND. A THIRD
FERRY/BARGE IS LOADED WITH A POSSIBLE ARMORED VEHICLE AND IS
NEXT TO THE EASTERN TERMINUS. THE CAUSEWAY UNDER CONSTRUCTION,
PARALLEL TO THE PONTON BRIDGE, IS APPROXIMATELY ONE-THIRD
COMPLETE. PONTON SECTION: ARE BEING STOCKPILED NEAR THE CENTER
OF THE PONTON BRIDGE WHERE APPROXIMATELY 400 PONTON SECTIONS
HAVE ARRIVED AN ADDITIONAL 140 PONTON SECTIONS 25X1
ARE BEING TOWED THROUGH THE MARSH TOWARDS THIS AREA. AT LEAST
160 MORE ARE NEAR THE EASTERN TERMINUS. MOST OF THESE PONTON
SECTIONS WERE NOT PRESENT AT LEAST 25X1
ELEMENT OF AN IRANIAN BMP ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIEF
(APC)-EQUIPPED MECHANIZED INFANTRY PLATOON ARE ON THE SOUTHERN
ISLAND. TWO EMP APC ARE IN THE VICINITY OF 31-05N 047-37E,
APPROXIMATELY 3 NM BEHIND THE FORWARD-EDGE-OF-THE BATTLE AREA.
TRACK ACTIVITY IN THIS AREA INDICATES THAT ADDITIONAL ARMORED
VEHICLES ARE PROBABLY PRESENT. A POSSIBLE AIR DEFENSE SITE IS
JUST WEST OF THE TWO BMP. AT LEAST ONE PROBABLE LIGHT
ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY PIECE AND ONE UNIDENTIFIED PIECE OF
EQUIPMENT ARE PRESENT. (SWN)
3. BE N/A, COORDINATES N/A
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana-
lytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for
and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
WARNING NOTICE
Intelligence Sources
and Methods Involved
SECRET
25X1
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/12/09: CIA-RDP84TOO491 R000101100001-4