Word: iraqis
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Over there, on the un-green hills," says the Iraqi major pointing to jagged peaks, "is Iran." The late-afternoon sun is playing tricks with the scenery: Iran looks brown and desolate, Iraq green and attractive. "The Iranians have disappeared," the major explains as he peers through an enormous pair of military binoculars perched on a heavy tripod. "They are afraid of our bombing...
...four months. Iran announced that its troops had cleared 100 sq. mi. of a rugged mountain area controlled by Kurdish rebels who are supported by Iraq. In the process, Tehran said, 220 Kurds had been killed. Last week TIME Correspondent Barry Hillenbrand had a rare opportunity to visit the Iraqi portion of the area known as Kurdistan. His report...
...same token, the Iranians find the warm but dry weather good for conducting military operations through passes that are choked with snow and mud for more than half the year. The general will not say that his country is actively helping the Kurds in Iran, but other Iraqi commanders have acknowledged that they supply and assist them as a way of distracting the enemy...
...accepted a U.N.-sponsored cease-fire protecting civilian targets. Iran not only agreed to allow observers into the country to monitor the ceasefire, but also urged that it be extended to gulf shipping. Iraq rejected the proposal because it made no allowances for the reopening of Iraqi ports, closed at the beginning...
...Iranians, moreover, are plagued by shortages of artillery, spare parts for tanks and protective gear against chemical warfare; meanwhile, Iraqi forces are well entrenched. To Western diplomats last week, even this of tension was a hopeful sign of progress...