AL BASRAH BATTLE AREA IRAQ-IRAN BORDER 8 MARCH 1985

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• Publication Date: March 8, 1985
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AL LASRAH BATTLE AREA
IRAQ-IRAN BORDER
1. SIGNIFICANCE: IRAN IS PREPARING 10 LAUNCH AN OFFENSIVE NEAR
T-iNAJIVOON ISLANDS. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: EXTENSIVE PREPARATIONS FOR AN IRANIAN OFFENSIVE ARE
OBSERVED JUST NORTH CF ThE MAJNOON ISLANDS. TWO LARGE PONTON
BRIDGES ARE BEING EXTENDED ACROSS THE M,ARSh FROM AN IRANIAN
CAUSEWAY TOWARDS AN IRAQI CAUSEWAY (GRAPHIC 2). BOTH BRIDGES
EXTEND FROM, NEAR 31-17N 047-43E 10 31-17N 047-40E AND CURRENTLY
TERMINATE ABOUT 3 NM SNORT OF THE IRAQI CAUSEWAY. A NARROWER
PONTON BRIDGE, POSSIBLY FOR INFANTRY, IS BEING BUILT NEAR
31-23N 047-46E. TWO WELLINGTON AIR CUSHION VEHICLES (ACV), THE
FIRST TO BE DEPLOYED IN ThIS AREA IN OVER A YEAR, ARE IN
REVETTED POSITIONS NEAR THE NARROW PONTON BRIDGE (GRAPHIC 3).
ACV NAVE BEEN USED 10 TRANSPORT TROOPS ACROSS THE MARSH. IRAN
IS ALSO CONSTRUCTING TWO HELIPORTS EAST OF ThE MARSH (ONE ON
GRAPhIC 4), AND NUMEROUS DEFENSIVE AND LOGISTICAL POSITIONS.
ADDITIONAL COMBAT AND SUPPORT UNITS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN
DEPLOYED IN Th1S AREA. Th1S ACTIVITY APPEARS 10 BE NEW SINCE
MID-FEBRUARY. (SWN)
IRAQ HAS RESPONDED BY SHELLING THE NEW IRANIAN DEPLOYMENT AREAS
AND BY REINFORCING THE STRATEGIC NORTH-SOUTH ROAD BETWEEN THE
TOWNS OF IURABAh AND QALAT SALIh. Al LEAST THREE TANK
COMPANIES NAVE DEPLOYED THERE, AND Al LEAST THREE BIVOUACS
CONTAINING BENTS AND SUPPCRI VEHICLES HAVE ALSG BEEN
ESTABLISHED (GRAPHICS 5 f 6) (NOT ALL ON GRAPHIC). (SWN)
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