1. BRIEFING to HOC KUWAIT 21 March 2003

2. Introduction Purpose of the HOC Brief Limitations on material Expectations

3. WEATHER UPDATE 21 March 2003

4. Satellite Baghdad 50 / 70 Nicosia Mosul 39 / 56 Incirlik < 300’ BKN < 1 SM < 3,000’ BKN/3 SM  300 BKN/1 SM  3,000’ BKN  3 SM 56 / 80 Camp Doha VT 200030ZMAR03 KEYKEY 41 / 61 47 / 54 Kandahar Bagram 37 / 63 46 / 70 King Faisal 40 / 58 Prince Sultan 68 / 90 Mardin 37 / 57 ICONS Copy & Paste DO MOVE/MODIFY! DUST FOG HAZE DUST HAZE

5. Doha 5-DayICONS Copy & Paste DO MOVE/MODIFY! FOG LO / HI °F CHEMICAL DISPERSION SOLAR /LUNAR (ZULU) SKY COND AND WEATHER VSBY (SM) WINDS (Kts) Thermal Crossover 20 Mar 0427-0527 1533-1633 21 Mar 0425-0525 1534-1634 HAZE FOG MARCH CLIMATOLOGY AVG MIN TEMP: 55ºF AVG MAX TEMP: 75ºF AVG PRECIP: 0.5” 24 Mar21 Mar BMNT0158 SR0250 SS1502 EENT1553 MR 2050 MS 0620 %ILL 67% AM NE 5-10 PM E 5-10 56 / 79 Mostly Clear 22 Mar BMNT0157 SR0249 SS1502 EENT1554 MR 2154 MS 0711 %ILL 56% AM E 5-10 PM SE 12-18 G25 58 / 81 AM 2-4 Haze PM 4-6 Haze Partly Cloudy 23 Mar20 Mar 5-6 Haze4-5 Haze BMNT0202 SR0254 SS1500 EENT1551 MR 1722 MS 0416 %ILL 93% NE 5-10 Mostly Clear 56 / 80 BMNT0201 SR0252 SS1500 EENT1552 MR 1832 MS 0454 %ILL 86% Partly Cloudy 57 / 79 N 10-15 BMNT0200 SR0251 SS1501 EENT1553 MR 1942 MS 0535 %ILL 77% Partly Cloudy 7 57 / 78 N 10-15 HAZE 5-6 Haze HAZE

6. MARCH CLIMATOLOGY AVG MIN TEMP: 49ºF AVG MAX TEMP: 73ºF AVG PRECIP: 1.1” Baghdad 5-Day Forecast LO / HI °F CHEMICAL DISPERSION WINDS (Kts) SKY COND AND WEATHER VSBY (SM) % HUMIDITY ICONS Copy & Paste DO MOVE/MODIFY! DUST FOG HAZE FOG 22 Mar 24 Mar 20 Mar 23 Mar21 Mar 5-6 Haze AM SW 5-10 PM SE 10 45 / 70 15-65 Partly Cloudy 6 Haze SW 10 G15 50 / 76 15-55 Partly Cloudy Mostly Cloudy PM Showers AM 4-6 Haze PM 1-3 Dust W 5-12 50 / 69 20-95 50 / 70 20-65 Mostly Cloudy 6 Haze HAZE NW 10 G18 7 AM NW 8 PM N 10 47 / 67 25-65 Partly Cloudy HAZE DUST

7. Operational Summary First Coalition casualties. US Marine CH46 crashed. Strikes in Baghdad area by sea-launched cruise missiles and Coalition aircraft Coalition air strikes in southern Iraq –Struck communications, air defense, and artillery Capitulation instructions issued –Via leaflet and broadcast to Iraqi forces Iraqi Forces strike Kuwait with missiles –Intercepted/destroyed by Patriots Um Qasr Captured. Conflicting media reports. Evidence of fighting in the area.

8. Capitulation Message War Starts OSW Strike

9. Operational Summary Graphics No Coalition Cleared Routes

10. Significant Recent Humanitarian Assistance Activities  19 March: UNHCR began erecting tents at the refugee camp at Ruwayshid (3230N 03812E). Camp to be ready for limited occupancy of 5,000 refugees by 22 March.

11. SOUTHERN IRAQ HIGHLIGHTS AS OF DTG_____ Point one Point two Point 3 ETC One slide only

12. Critical City Status Southern Iraq Al Basrah Not assessed Al Shatrah Not assessed Al Nasiriyah Not assessed As Sumawah Not assessed Umm Qasr Not assessed Az Zubayr Not assessed Water Food Fuel Security

13. Critical City Status Not AssessedAn Najaf Not AssessedAd Diwaniyah Not AssessedAl Kut Not AssessedAl’ Amarah Central Iraq Water Food Fuel Security Not AssessedBaghdad

14. Critical City Status Northern Iraq Kirkuk Some civilian movement to outlying villages Irbil Some civilian movement to outlying villages Al Sulaymaniyah Some civilian movement to outlying villages Dahuk Not Assessed Karbala Commercial centres closed Al-Hillah Not Assessed Water Food Fuel Security

15. Airports BasrahNot Secured, Not Assessed SafwanNot Secured, Not Assessed JalibahNot Secured, Not Assessed TallilNot Secured, Not Assessed Qalat SalihNot Secured, Not Assessed Qalat SikarNot Secured, Not Assessed Al-KutNot Secured, Not Assessed An NumaniyahNot Secured, Not Assessed BaghdadNot Secured, Not Assessed Seaports Umm QasrNot Secured, Not Assessed. Predicted that there will be ability to use port facilities

16. Southern Ground Routes Highway 80Not Secured, Not Assessed Highway 6Not Secured, Not Assessed Highway 7Not Secured, Not Assessed Country Corridors KuwaitNot yet open to civilian traffic Saudi ArabiaNot Secured, Not Assessed JordanNot Secured, Not Assessed SyriaNot Secured, Not Assessed TurkeyNot Secured, Not Assessed IranNot Secured, Not Assessed

17. Border Crossings KuwaitClosed Saudi ArabiaUnconfirmed JordanOpen, with restrictions (Source: Petra News) SyriaTCNs Only TurkeyClosed IranClosed

18. Dislocated Civilians Information Confirmed locations of DCs Number Activity Direction of movement Actions taken N/A at this time

19. DC CAMP Information Reported locations of DC Camps Number Activity Direction of movement N/A at this time

20. Significant CMO/Civil Developments CA teams are being trained in the completion of USAID assessment forms; a mechanism for communicating this information to USAID’s website has been established The Jordanian HACC is open (in US Embassy) UNIOM intends to establish 5 offices in Iraq. Locations as yet unknown Medicines Du Monde establishing presence in Northern Iraq Establishing communications and information sharing with HACC Jordan and Turkey

21. RFI Status

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