Word: iraqis
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Khomeini's fanatical army breaks through the Iraqi lines and captures Basra, the reverberations will shake all of Western Europe and Japan. According to one highly placed Western diplomatic source, "The fall of Basra would bring the crash of the Frankfurt stock market. Every blue-chip company in West Germany has a big stake here. They have close to $5 billion invested in development projects in Iraq." The Japanese also have $5 billion staked on Saddam's survival. France is not far behind. The U.S. is in for just under $ 1 billion...
...latest cycle of bloodshed and renewed stalemate intensified appeals for a rapid settlement of the 22-month-old conflict. Last week Iraqi President Saddam Hussein admitted that he was "favorably disposed" to Algeria's offer to serve as mediator between the two warring nations. He also suggested that the truce should become effective in early September, coinciding with the summit of non-aligned nations scheduled to take place in Baghdad. Bright banners already festoon the Iraqi capital, bearing the words WELCOME TO OUR DISTINGUISHED VISITORS in English, French and Arabic. For years Saddam Hussein has envisioned the summit...
...Iran evinces no signs of accommodating Saddam Hussein's wishes. Tehran insists that peace can be achieved only after three conditions are satisfied: the repatriation of 120,000 Iraqi Shi'ites exiled in Iran, the payment of $150 billion in war reparations and "punishment of the aggressor." For Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini and other mullahs in the government hierarchy, the last condition means nothing less than Saddam Hussein's ouster, the destruction of the ruling Baath Party and the establishment of a pro-Iran Shi'ite regime in Baghdad...
...anticipation of further Iranian assaults, exit visas were canceled to ensure that all able-bodied men were available for military service. Said an Iraqi officer: "There is hardly anybody born between 1948 and 1962 who is not at the front...
Iraq's defense of the Basra region appears to have infused new life into Saddam Hussein's regime. The Iraqi strongman seems to have been vindicated in the belief that his troops would fight tenaciously once they were protecting their own territory. Moreover, his assiduous courtship of Iraqi Shi'ites, who make up 55% of the population, has blunted Khomeini's call for insurgency. But Saddam Hussein's ultimate test still lies ahead: both he and Khomeini realize that their bitter rivalry will be resolved only when one of them is swept from power...