MIDDLE EAST HOSTILITIES DIA SITUATION REPORT #16

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-542-17-24-5
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: August 5, 2010
• Sequence Number: 24
• Publication Date: October 9, 1973
• Content Type: MEMO

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for ~rccupation of ? the passes on the ~coads .into ~ Siria.i
~xon~ the central and southern b~ridgc~heads ever the Canal,
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2013/03/05 : LOC-HAK-542-17-24-5
 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2013/03/05 : LOC-HAK-542-17-24-5
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Af'tet. five 'days, if it becomes clear t.~at ~heX are holding ~
the ma~.n laaciy o? reserves concealed in un+d~rgrourad ahe~ters
would crass the Ca.na3.. Twat. pr3noi~pal: thru~ts~ wvu~ld occur
from the central and._ southern ~bri.dr~Qhearls.: Qantas would
have ~ se~ndary impor~an~e a.na units thorn would be
+~ijr?zted to the other twra fronts i~C necessary. The cra.ti.ca].
period reportedly is the might. ct' D+~ (9 4ctober~ and D~5
(t33 ~tadi.o Ca~.ro reported the destruct~.+an o~ the Israeli
2:9~fth Armored Brigade and the capture:. ref ~.ts commander,
GD& A.saf Yttguri. This has not begin cvnf ~.rmc~d. '
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(~} xsraeli air units struck thc~ ,yriar~ Ge~erd3 Headquarters
~.nd t~11e Air ~cr~c+s Seadc~ua.rters iri Damascus: as well as
retinax~.e~ and el+~ctric powar +planta at. Hvdtts in ceretga9.
Syria .,.. some ~.df} mil.eas mflrth o:~ Damascus. The Israel.i:~
~i~o claim tda have hit a. Sygiz~n w mannsd radar sate at Jeb~?X
8artach in Lebanon. .About ~'D ~T~~S~'1~'have been f~3.re+~ `irita
Ieraeli terr~.t?~ to date. Same casuslties have been
sustained but no numbe~cs are known.
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+Dh bath the. Egyptian and Syrian (rants. lFasses reported thin
far hive totalled mo~ce; but there is no s+~asson. t4 daubt these
attril:a.on figures. lei military spokesman ~.n ~eI ,Avi.v has
Said the IT~F txaw has 5Q9 tanks "out of use". The term ?out
of usE" `~nclwdes destrog-ad tanks as well as thcase that cannot
tie returned to combat with3.n a. weak.. No ~reakd~wn cif type or
category was given. Cusses in the Sinai are claimed to~be
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 No Objecltilton to Declassification in Part 2013_/03/05 : LOC_-HAK-542-17-24-5
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i~ irani~ th~:t t~,~ I~3~` armored. corps, which bas not ~+~een
impressed by antitank missiles, s~aaul+d su~`~er high losses
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2013/03/05 : LOC-HAK-542-17-24-5
 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2013/03/05 : LOC-HAK-542-17-24-5
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