Word: iraqi
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Without admitting defeat, Tehran acknowledged that the battle was over, declaring that "the final operation, which will be our last reply to the Zionist enemy (Iraq), will undoubtedly be of greater scope and will enjoy heavier firepower." Soon after Baghdad proclaimed the end of the battle, truckloads of singing Iraqi soldiers made their way north to the capital. So did fleets of white-and-orange taxis carrying coffins on their roof racks, the caskets draped in Iraqi flags...
Though neither side gained much from the slaughter, the battle gave Iraqi President Saddam Hussein an opportunity to savor a victory and allow his war- weary people to stage a celebration. The war, however, will continue as long % as Iran's leader, Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini, insists that Saddam must step down before there can be peace...
...increase pressure on Iran to begin negotiations, the Iraqi air force continued its campaign of aerial warfare against civilian areas, bombing at least 20 Iranian cities and towns in day and night raids. Iraq also declared Iranian airspace a "war exclusion zone" and warned international airlines against serving Tehran; some carriers responded by canceling flights to both Baghdad and Tehran. Foreign residents in Tehran, eager to leave after a series of Iraqi air attacks on the capital's northern areas, mobbed airline offices in an effort to secure passage out of the country. At the same time, the "tanker...
Because the Iranian air force has only a few frontline aircraft left, Tehran's response to the Iraqi air war has been mild. Tehran threatened to attack Baghdad airport and close the airspace over the gulf, but so far it has done neither. Iran did continue its shelling of Iraqi cities with heavy artillery, however, and last week two large explosions shook Baghdad, killing at least 20 people. Iraqi officials believe that of four major blasts in Baghdad over the past two weeks, two or three were triggered by terrorist bombs; the fourth was apparently caused by an Iranian surface...
...peace" with Israel by exchanging emissaries with Prime Minister Shimon Peres. Mubarak later flew to Washington to make a personal plea to President Reagan for renewed U.S. involvement. Then, last week, the globe-trotting Egyptian leader joined King Hussein on a trip to Baghdad to enlist the support of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Not since Reagan took office have Arab leaders displayed such an aggressive effort to revive the dormant peace process and, most important, to get the U.S. back into the diplomatic game...