Word: iraqi
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...count on the great power of the Iranian nation in this region," Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Moussavi proclaimed to the crowds that thronged to Imam Hossein Square in downtown Tehran to commemorate the founding of the Islamic Republic. Moussavi's exuberance was understandable: for the first time since Iraqi Strongman Saddam Hussein launched his invasion of Iran's oil-rich Khuzistan province 18 months ago, Iran could boast that it had gained the upper hand on the battlefield. Appropriately, the places of honor at the rally went to the front-line heroes and wounded soldiers of Iran...
...Iranian offensive that altered the course of the war was dubbed "undeniable victory," and it proved to be quick and efficient. In a well-coordinated six-day campaign late last month, Iran's armed forces recaptured some 850 sq. mi. of territory in Khuzistan, all but decimating the Iraqi Fourth Army. Although the Iraqis had expected the operation, they were nevertheless caught off guard. Brigadier General Khatab Omar Najim, commander of the 60th Iraqi Armor Brigade and now an Iranian prisoner of war, told a group of Western correspondents that on the second day of the offensive, his front...
Meanwhile, the Tehran government has continued to throw tens of thousands of ill-trained but fanatically loyal Islamic Guards and volunteers against the beleaguered Iraqi forces. Evidently helpless to reverse the course of an unpopular war, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has indicated his readiness to negotiate withdrawal of his troops from the 800 sq. mi. of Iranian territory still occupied by his troops. Nonetheless, Saddam is clearly not prepared to accept terms so humiliating that they would precipitate his fall from power...
...Iran has proved obdurate. Knowing that any decisive advance over Iraqi forces is unlikely in the immediate future, the revolutionary government of Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini has discovered that a protracted war has its benefits as well as its penalties. The Iraqi invasion has served to unify Iran in the midst of revolutionary turmoil, rallying disparate and even dissident elements behind a patriotic cause. Says one Arab diplomat who has had extensive dealings with Tehran: "The Iranians now believe that the longer the war goes on the more they are in control. With every week that passes they feel they...
...create a joint armed forces command and a military strike force designed to intervene if any of the member states is threatened. So far, however, only Jordan has actively participated in the Iran-Iraq war. A 2,000-man Jordanian force has been formed to fight on the Iraqi side, and Jordan's King Hussein has even offered to lead his men into battle...