AIRSTRIKE AGAINST POLIASRIO FORCES RAUDAT EL HACH MILITARY FACILITY, WESTERN SAHARA (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: March 5, 1982
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NPIC/IEG (3/82)
5-MARCH 1982
AIRSTRIKE'AGAINST POLISARIO FORCES
RAUDAT EL HACI-I MILITARY FACILITY, WESTERN SAHARA
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: THE MOROCCANS RECENTLY LAUNCHED AN
AIRSTRIKE AGAINST THE MAJOR POLISARIO FACILITY AT RAUDAT
ICI, IHIACI?I. r
2. (S/D) REMARKS: THE MOROCCAN AIR FORCE LAUNCHED AN
.ATRSTRTKE AGAINST THE RECENTLY IDENTIFIED RAUDAT EL HACH
MTLT'I'A:RY FACTLTTY, BETWEEN AT LEAST 24 BOMB 25X1
CRATERS/13 LAST MARKS (NOT ALL ON GRAPHIC), WERE SCATTERED IN
OR NEAR THE FACILITY HOWEVER, NO DAMAGE WAS NOTEI25X1
TO BUILDINGS OR EQUI NT. ONLY FIVE TRUCKS (NOT ON GRAPHIC)
RIiMATNID AT THE FACILITY. ALL THE PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED AIR
I).iILNSE EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING ONE SA-9 TRANSPORTER-ERECTOR-
LAUNCHER (.TEL) AND SEVEN ZU-23 AA GUNS I TRUCK MOUNTED),
HAD BEEN REMOVED THIS FACILITY 25X1
I S TIIIN MOST SOlLI INSTALLATION IDENTIFIED
TO DATE AND PROBABLY HOUSED A MAJOR POLISARIO HEADQUARTERS.
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