IRANIAN OFFENSIVE AL BASRAH AREA, IRAQ

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 24, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 15, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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IRANIAN OFFENSIVE
AL BASRAH AREA, IRAQ
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: AN IRAQI COUNTEROFFENSIVE, CONSISTING OF
AT LEAST ON ARMORED DIVISION SUPPORTED BY ARTILLERY, IS
ADVANCING ON THE IRANIAN SALIENT AND HAS PUSHED THE IRANIAN
FORCES BACK TO WITHIN 1 NM OF THE IRAQ-IRAN BORDER (GRAPHIC 1
OF 3)
2. (S/D) REMARKS: IRANIAN INFANTRY, SUPPORTED BY AT LEAST TWO
TANK COMP S, AT 30-42N 047-58E HAS 25X1
WITHDRAWN 2 NH AND NOW OCCUPY NEW POSITIONS 1 NM WEST OF THE
BORDER ALONG A 7 NM FRONT FROM 30-35N 048-OOE TO 30-42N
048-OOE. ADDITIONAL IRANIAN FORCES, INVOLVED IN THE INCURSION
REMAIN DUG IN ADJACENT TO THE BORDER FROM 25X1
30-42N 048-02E TO 30-51N 048-02E (GRAPHIC 2 OF 3). IRAQI
FORCES REMAIN DEPLOYED IN PREVIOUSLY OCCUPIED POSITIONS ALONG
THE BORDER FROM 30-51N 048-02E, NORTH TO 31-OON 048-02E
(GRAPHIC 3 OF 3), AND WESTWARD FROM 31-OON 048-02E TO
31-OON 047-42E. THE IRANIAN FORCES IN.POSITIONS EXTENDING FROM
31-OON 048-02E, NORTHWEST TO 31-09N 047-48E, DO NOT APPEAR TO
HAVE ATTEMPTED A CROSSING OF THE IRAQ-IRAN BORDER.
3. BE N/A, COORDINATES N/A
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