Word: bisharat
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that Iran is in turmoil, with its army disorganized and lacking leadership, Iraq is trying to settle an old score, George Bisharat, a doctoral candidate in Middle East Studies and Anthropology, said yesterday...
...warned however, the conflict could provide the Soviet Union with an excuse to intervene in Iran under the terms of a past treaty, but Bisharat doubted the USSR would resort to such an option because "that would invite a global conflagration...
...Bisharat speculated that since the conflict will preoccupy Iranian leaders the release of the American hostages might be delayed temporarily...
Tensions between Iraq's radical government and the U.S. have gradually diminished in recent years, Bisharat said...
George E. Bisharat is a Ph.D. candidate in Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies. He is also former coordinator of the Middle East Resource Center in Washington...