Mass Grave Removal Near Karbala

Abstract

During the late months of 2004, 1438th MRBC prepared to deploy the company to Iraq as part of OIF 2.5. The mission to Iraq was the second time in a year the unit mobilized to deploy. The first deployment was cancelled when Turkey decided not to support coalition forces. Initially during the second mobilization we were to take the northern part of Iraq. Two weeks before departure we were notified that we would be covering the southern part. This story tells of one mission that a National Guard Bridge Company was tasked with which none of us saw coming as a bridge company. We were to remove the bodies of Kuwaiti civilians kidnapped and murdered 13 years earlier during Desert Storm by Iraq to be used as human shields as coalition forces moved north.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 22, 2009
Accession Number
AD1140042

Entities

People

  • Paul E. Kennedy

Organizations

  • United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artillery
  • Artillery Units
  • Command And Control
  • Construction Equipment
  • Deployment
  • Electric Wire
  • Guns
  • International Organizations
  • Iraqi-War
  • Joint Military Activities
  • Korean War
  • Law Enforcement
  • Machine Guns
  • Missouri
  • Missouri River
  • Mobilization
  • National Guard
  • Rural Areas
  • Security
  • Small Arms
  • Training
  • United States
  • Vehicles
  • Wire

Readers

  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.
  • Military Science
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.