EVIDENCE OF AIRSTRIKE RAUDAT EL HACH MILITARY FACILITY, WESTERN SAHARA

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• Publication Date: March 13, 1982
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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
Attachment to' Z-10351/82
LNPIC PEG 3/82)
3 PART IC
EVIDENCE OF AIRSTRIKE
RAUDAT EL HACH MILITARY F ACILI , STERN SAHARA
1.'(S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: EVIDENCE OF AN AIRSTRIKE AGAINST POLISARIO
FORCES IS OBSERVED.
2.1(S/D) REMARKS: THE MOROCCAN AIR FORCE HAS LAUNCHED AT LEAST
ONE ADD AL AIRSTRIKE AGAINST THIS POLISARIO CAMP SINCE
(GRAPHIC 1 OF 3), WHEN EVIDENCE OF AN INITIAL
AIRSTRIKE WAS OBSERVED. AT LEAST 13 BUILDINGS NOW ARE
DAMAGED/DESTROYED AND AT LEAST 55 NEW BOMB CRATERS ARE IN OR
NEAR THE FACILITY (NOT ALL ON GRAPHICS). THESE NEW CRATERS ARE
MUCH WIDER AND DEEPER HE 24 BOMB CRATERS/BLASTMARKS
IDENTIFIED INDICATING THAT THE MOROCCANS USED
HEAVIER ORDNANCE. NO EQUIPMENT IS PRESENT. FIVE TRUCKS WERE
HERE ON THIS FACILITY, PROBABLY A MAJOR
POLISARIO HEADQUARTERS, WAS THE MOST SOPHISTICATED INSTALLATION
TO.BE ASSOCIATED WITH POLISARIO FORCES TO DATE.
(S/D) RAUDAT EL HACH IS-22 NM NORTHEAST OF RAUDAT.EL HACH AND
APPROXIMATELY 24 NM SOUTH OF THE MOROCCO BORDER..
COORDINATES 27-16-OON 010-51-OOW
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