Word: abadan
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Islamic duty dictates that we ally ourselves with the Muslims in Iran in this crusade [against] the West." From Israel came reports that Iranian air force cargo and refueling planes were flying jet fuel to Tehran from Libya to make up for shortages caused by the destruction of the Abadan refinery. Iraq broke off diplomatic relations with Syria last week, accusing Libya and North Korea of sending arms to Iran...
...nearby oil-refining center of Abadan, which Iraqi infantry columns were seeking to encircle with the aid of heavy artillery fired across the Shatt al Arab from the town of Sieba one mile away...
...result of the fighting, Iran's elaborate refinery complex at Abadan, its tank farms at Kharg Island and Iraq's aging Kirkuk production fields have been so badly damaged that repairs could take three to six months under the best of circumstances. Remarked one top energy expert in Brussels last week: "If Iran and Iraq kiss and make up tomorrow, the market would still have to reckon with a profound impact-a price increase no matter...
...week's end Baghdad was claiming the recapture of the land the Iraqis consider theirs. The rail line from Iran's southwest oil towns to Tehran was said to have been cut by Iraqi forces, and the border towns of Khorramshahr and Abadan, where the refinery was still burning days after the first bombardment, remained besieged. Western observers assumed that the Iraqi objectives were limited and doubted that they would try to advance much farther. The Iraqi army does not have the logistics to support a campaign deep in enemy territory. And if it tried to push toward...
...over such relatively simple issues for those waging it had so many dangerous, unpredictable and complex ramifications. A large match was lit last week in a very flammable part of the globe. The uncontrolled fires that now darken the skies over the refineries of Basra and Abadan are apt symbols for the gulf...