Word: iraqi
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...boys, many of them barely teenagers, stared up at her in shock as she entered the Iraqi prison camp during the thick of the Iran-Iraq war. Though many of the wounded lay barely conscious on what few blankets the prison-hospital could provide, all of them covered their heads when a Western woman paid an unexpected visit to the ward. Ill as they were, they still made a feeble effort to show their offense at the woman's appalling lack of modesty. For Karen Elliott House, The Wall Street Journal's diplomatic correspondent, it was not the first time...
...extensive travelling to do in-depth, non-diplomatic reporting in each country. In addition to following the Secretary of State's progress and set-backs at the bargaining table, she likes to probe deeper into the area's culture by trying to understand its people. Visits to Iraqi prison camps, remote Saudi villages and Egyptian homes are as much a part of her job as interviews with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, Jordan's King Hussein and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak...
Having scored that victory, the Iranians went no farther. Nor are they likely to. The reason: the broad, flat plain between the border and Amara is a maze of earthen walls and slit trenches. Hundreds upon hundreds of Soviet-built Iraqi tanks, armored personnel carriers, guns and rocket launchers dot the eerie landscape, each hunkered down behind its own earth revetment. If the Iranians attempted to move toward Amara, they would invite the same decimation that they received in five full-scale attacks last summer, when wave upon wave of poorly trained Islamic Guards rushed across the flood plain...
...combat duty takes precedence over everything else." Even childhood. Khomeini also issued an edict that no longer requires children to obtain parental consent before going to war. Regular troops have been telling of "tearful boys" in their midst, and a twelve-year-old Iranian prisoner of war interviewed on Iraqi television said that two of his friends were shot by Islamic Guards while attempting to desert...
...appeals to Iraq's Shi'ite Muslims, who make up 55% of the population, to rise against the Sunni-dominated regime. To counter the appeal of religious confraternity with Iran's Shi'ites, Saddam Hussein has exploited traditional Arab-Persian enmity. But he realizes that Iraqis are sick of war. "We have tried all means, we have knocked on all the doors [to try to end the fighting]," he said last week. Iraq has repeatedly stated that it was willing to negotiate a peace treaty with Iran. The chief obstacle, however, remains Khomeini's unconditional...