IRANIAN AND IRAQI TROOP DISPOSITIONS AL AMARAH AREA (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: August 25, 1982
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25 AUGUST 1982
IRANIAN AND IRAQI TROOP DISPOSITIONS
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: IRANIAN AND IRAQI DEPLOYMENTS IN THE
AL AMARAH AREA
2. (SWN) REMARKS: IMAGERY (PROVIDED COMPLETE
COVERAGE OF THE IRAQI AND IRANIAN FORCES DEPLOYED IN THE AL
AMARAH AREA. IRAQI FORCES CONTINUED TO OCCUPY IRANIAN
TERRITORY ALONG THE FORWARD EDGE OF THE BATTLE AREA FEBA)
WHICH REMAINED ESSENTIALLY UNCHANGED. BOTH
IRAQ AND IRAN HAVE WITHDRAWN SOME FORCES FROM THE AREA.
FORCES WITHDRAWN INCLUDED ONE IRAQI MECHANIZED INFANTRY
BRIGADE AND ONE SELF-PROPELLED GUN (SPG) BATTALION. ONE
IRANIAN TANK BATTALION, ONE SPG BATTERY, AND ONE FIELD
ARTILLERY (FA) BATTERY HAD ALSO DEPARTED.
(SWN) IRAQI FORCES DEPLOYED 38 NM NORTH-NORTHEAST OF AL
AMARAH, ON THE WEST BANK OF THE DOVEYRIJ RIVER ALONG THE
IRAN-IRAQ BORDER IN IRAN, INCLUDED MAJOR ELEMENTS OF ONE
ARMORED BRIGADE, ONE TANK BATTALION, THREE FA BATTALIONS,
ONE SA-2 BATTALION, TWO SA-6 BATTALIONS, ONE ANTIAIRCRAFT
ARTILLERY (AAA) BATTALION, AT LEAST ONE SUPPLY AND
TRANSPORT UNIT, ONE INFANTRY UNIT, AND ONE COMMAND POST.
(SWN) IRAQI FORCES, WHOSE LEAD ELEMENTS WERE DEPLOYED 31 NM
EAST-NORTHEAST OF AL AMARAH, ALONG THE IRAN-IRAQ BORDER IN
IRAN, INCLUDED MAJOR ELEMENTS OF ONE ARMORED BRIGADE, ONE
MECHANIZED INFANTRY BRIGADE, ONE TANK BATTALION, ONE
MECHANIZED INFANTRY BATTALION, SEVEN FA BATTALIONS, TWO
SA-2 BATTALIONS, THREE SA-6 BATTALIONS, ONE AAA BATTALION,
ONE SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT UNIT, AT LEAST ONE INFANTRY UNIT,
AND TWO COMMAND POSTS.
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(SWN) IRAQI FORCES DEPLOYED 6 NM WEST OF AL AMARAH
INCLUDED ELEMENTS OF ONE POSSIBLE FROG-7 BATTALION,
ELEMENTS OF TWO HELICOPTER SQUADRONS (ONE HIP SQUARDON, 7
HELICOPTERS AND ONE HIND SQUADRON, 7 HELICOPTERS), AT LEAST
ONE SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT UNIT, ONE ENGINEER UNIT, ELEMENTS
OF ONE GSP-EQUIPPED ASSAULT CROSSING UNIT, ELEMENTS OF ONE
PMP-EQUIPPED RIVER CROSSING UNIT, AT LEAST TWO ARMORED
VEHICLE MAINTENANCE UNITS, AND ONE COMMAND POST.
(SWN) OPPOSING IRANIAN FORCES DEPLOYED 43 NM
NORTH-NORTHEAST OF AL AMARAH, INCLUDED ONE MECHANIZED
INFANTRY PLATOON, TWO FA BATTERIES, AND ONE INFANTRY UNIT.
(SWN) IRANIAN FORCES DEPLOYED, 36 NM NORTHEAST OF AL
AMARAH, INCLUDED MAJOR ELEMENTS OF ONE TANK BATTALION, ONE
MECHANIZED INFANTRY BATTALION, TWO SPG BATTERIES, TWO FA
BATTALIONS, AT LEAST ONE SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT UNIT, AND ONE
INFANTRY UNIT.
(SWN) IRANIAN FORCES DEPLOYED 44 NM EAST OF AL AMARAH,
AROUND THE VILLAGE OF CHAZABEH, INCLUDED ONE TANK COMPANY,
TWO SPG BATTERIES, ONE FA BATTERY, ONE SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT
UNIT. AND ONE INFANTRY UNIT. (PERSIAN GULF SECTION/GREEN
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