IRANIAN OFFENSIVE PREPARATIONS AL BASRAH AREA, IRAQ

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 23, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 8, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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IRANIAI3 OFIa'ENSIVE PREPARATIONS
AL BASIZAk3 AREA. IT~.AQ
1. LS/D) SIGNIFICANCEa PREPARATIONS FOR AN IRANIAN OFFENSIVE LMTO
IRAQ IN TkkE SOUTHERi~T BORDER AREA COI~TII~IUE.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: IRA~dIAi1 AR`I"ILLEkZY, Ai:~ID MECiIAII~E~J Il`dFA~IT1'~~.' AND
ARMOR i`RO}3ILE RESERVES AR.E CONCEi'~':CRATED ALOiQG TkIE BORDER I;:3 TkiE
NORTIiERN SECTOR OF THE 1~ki0RRAi`~Sk~IAk-IR FRO1~1T OPPOSI'iE ONE OF THE
WEAKEST POINTS I1V TIDE IRAQI DEFENSIVE iVE`rWORK. AN IRANIAN
BIZEAKTIIROUGt~ I~1 TtIIS SECTUh. GdOULD TIIREATEN T.R~.'~Q' S `~ILITAR4'
POSITION EAST OF AL BASRAIk.
~'S/D) AT ,EAST SEVEN IRANIAz1 BATTALIONS OF TOWED A~~D
SELF-PROPELLED ARTILLERY HAVE BEEN CONCENTRATED I'dEAxe
~0-52P1 048-~Q8E. ONE OF 'THESE BATTALIONS k1.AS ARRIVED
IRANIAN A10BILE RESERVES , INCLUDICIG PIAJOR ELEfs1E~dTS
OF AT LEAST O.CdE ARMOR BATTALION AND T`~U MECkk.ANI~ED II~dFA~~1TRY
BATTALIONS, ARE DEPLOYED IN '~'ki:S REAR AREAS ON TILE FLANKS OF
T~.iIS CO:i~1CEi~TTRAT ION
(S/D) TkkE TRAQIS kIAVE PREPARED EXTENSIVE IN DEPT?-i DEFE~~ISIVE
FOR"1'IFICATIONS CONSTSTTNG OF COT.~TIi~TU0i3S Ii'dTERCONNECTED LINES OF
EI'3TREdCIIED Ii~TFAN'rRY, AND REVET'rEI) AfdD ~3UNICERED STROCdGPOINTS .
IT.~ TkiE NORTHERCd SECTOR, Akd ANTITANI;. DITCkI IIAS BEEN DUG ALONG
MOST OF TkIE FRONT . IRAf21 MECk-IAI:~IZED T~IFANT:f~Y OCCpJPY OR SUPPORT
TIiESE FRUN"r LINE DEFENSES? IP.AQI MOk~ILE RESERVES, CONSISTIt'~G
OF ELEMENTS OF AT LEAST 'I'IiREE ARMORED OR MI~CkiAi~tI~ED INFANTRY
BRIGADES, ARE DEPLOYED BY BATTALION FR0~1 1 TO 2 NI`~d BEHIND TkiE
FRONT.
~S/D) A LIGkITLY DEFENDED GAP IS OPPOSI"rF; "THE IRA1?kIAN
CONCENTRATION. TkiE DE~'EiVSES CONSIST OF Of1LY A SINGLE LIi~1E OF
ENTkZEi~Ck-kED INFANTRY. 'rII.E ~~i:~`k':I:":I`ANk~ i';~ITCIk I1'~ TI-iI AREA k~t~S NOT
BEEN COMPLETED, AND ONLY ONE S"T'kZONGPOINT ~k~S BEk~~6~?~ CONSTRUC`TE.'d7
1~EAR THE FROI'~7.' LINL:~ a 30 I:s'~AQY Ai~1`~ORED O~Q. ?!3f:I-?~i~:~.~ ED t1~I'rS AI?.E
IN Tk3IS PART OF `r~IE DEhENSI~~F' LTJ'~~~? e
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