Word: iraqi
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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During the last 5 years civil strife between Palestinian and Christian forces has continued intermittently in Lebanon. Last week, two Iraqi diplomats were shot in Beirut, Lebanon's capital...
...Actually, more crude oil is coming out of there (Iran) than either the government or the press has led us to believe. Apparently the Iraqi bombing hasn't done as much damage as previously thought...
...Arab waterway, Saddam told the summit, Iraq would promise to withdraw its forces from Iran. Said he: "A solution must be based on the recovery of territorial and offshore rights Iran has [previously] usurped by force." Within hours, the absent but attentive Iranians responded: no deal until all Iraqi troops have left Iranian soil...
...days since the return of the hostages, the headlines and the news columns have been given over to jingosim and sentimentality. "Nuke Iran" buttons are making a resurgence, and "Buy Iraqi War Bonds" has appeared on many bumpers. That the American public has given way so quickly to this onslaught of false patriotism and true bigotry, that too many of us believe the Iranians are truly "barbarians," that some have called on President Reagan to break our word to another country after 14 months of decrying violations of international law--these are all distressing signs. Can it be we have...
...continued detention of Iranian Oil Minister Mohammad Javad Tondguyan as a prisoner of war. When the conference opened, they disrupted the proceedings by propping a 2-ft. by 3-ft. photo of Tondguyan in the chair reserved for Iran's chief delegate. To protect its Oil Minister, the Iraqi delegation packed 17 guns at the conference. Some Iraqi aides wore guns even inside the meeting room in defiance of the security regulations of their Indonesian hosts...