Word: armorer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Still, this time the Iranian high command abandoned its suicidal tactic of human wave assaults and adopted a more conventional deployment of armor and artillery to confront the Iraqis. The Iranian forces pushed eleven miles inside Iraqi territory before they were stopped by a ferocious counterattack near the strategic Iraqi port of Basra. For the spoils of a few miles of sun-baked marshland, some 2,000 Iranians lost their lives. Iraq now says that more than 21,000 Iranian troops have been killed in the abortive drive on Basra, while Iraqi casualties, though not publicized, are estimated...
...Syrian rebuff effectively ended a tenuous four-day truce between the two armies. Heading north from their fortified positions in Baabda, Israeli armor cut the Beirut-Damascus highway just west of Jamhur, less than a mile from Syrian tank and infantry posts. By seizing Beirut's surrounding hilltops, the Israelis choked off all main supply and exit routes for the Syrian and Palestinian units remaining in the capital...
...late in the week, the surviving core of the Palestinian guerrilla army was completely surrounded in West Beirut. Phalangist guides directed Israeli armor through the streets of East Beirut, not far from the capital's so-called Green Line dividing the Christian and Muslim sectors. Israeli gunboats patrolled the port and coastline, thwarting nearly all naval traffic. To the south, invasion troops occupied a wide arc, stretching from the Khalde road junction into Beirut's surrounding hills, merging with Phalangist forces and blocking any escape...
Although the latest poll was good news for the President, the responses of those opposing a second term revealed soft spots in his political armor. For example, 42% of this group said that "his program on the economy has been a failure." Some 40% are concerned that "he's likely to lead us into war." Nevertheless, 55% endorse his firmness toward the Soviet Union. A mere 16% say they do not like him as an individual...
Many of us in the infantry feel the A-10 is our most important defensive weapon against Soviet armor. Naturally, the Tactical Air Command is not as excited about ground-support aircraft as we in the infantry...