MILITARY ACTIVITY TRIPOLI, LEBANON (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: December 14, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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MILITARY ACTIVITY
TRIPOLI, LEBANON SWN
NPIC/IEG (12/83)
14 DECEMBER 1983
1. SIGNIFICANCE: GIANT REACH IMAGERY( (OFFERED A
SYNOPTIC VIEW OF THE ENTIRE TRIPOLI (TARABULUS) AREA IN
NORTHERN LEBANON (GRAPHIC 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. (SECRET
2. REMARKS: PRO-ARAFAT FORCES OCCUPIED TRIPOLI AND AL BADDAWI
REFUGEE CAMP ON THE NORTHEAST EDGE OF THE CITY; ANTI-ARAFAT
FORCES, SUPPORTED BY SYRIAN ARTILLERY, SURROUNDED THE CITY;
AND EXTENSIVE OBSERVED IN AND AROUND THE CITY.
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PRO-ARAFAT INFANTRY FORCES OCCUPIED NUMEROUS
ENSIVE POSITIONS ALONG A DEFENSIVE PERIMETER WHICH RAN
AROUND THE EDGE OF TRIPOLI AND AL BADDAWI 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
BADDAWI REFUGEE CAMP SINCE 4 OCTOBER. (SWN
25X1
25X1
)FY-1
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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-OON 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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NPIC/IEG (12/83)
14 DECEMBER 1983
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).
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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 REORIE TED THEIR FTRTNG
DIRECTION FROM THE SOUTH TO THE NORTH I 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 T 34-19-20N
035-47-10E (GRAPHIC 5). (SECRET 25X1
WITHIN THE CITY EXTENSIVE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED AT TARABULUS
PORT FACILITIES AND TARABULUS PETROLEUM 25X1
REFINERY TRIPOLI IPC. AT THE PORT, TWO WAREHOUSES HAD BEEN
DESTROYED, SEVERAL WAREHOUSES DAMAGED, AND A FREIGHTER SUNK
(GRAPHIC 6). AT THE REFINERY, ONE POL STORAGE 25X1
TANK WAS BURNING AND AT LEAST 21 OF THE APPROXIMATELY 33 PO
STORAGE TANKS HAD BEEN DESTROYED (GRAPHIC 7). (SWN 25X1
25X1
3. BE NONE, COORDINATES 34-26-OON 035-51-OOE (S)
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