Word: rafidain
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...dozen other Iranian cities. While Iranian artillery zeroed in on the Iraqi port city of Basra and ground forces launched an offensive in the vast Huwaiza marshes of southern Iraq, aircraft raided Baghdad. When a huge explosion shattered part of the 13-story Baghdad headquarters of Iraq's Rafidain Bank, Tehran claimed that one of its surface- to-surface missiles had hit the building; the Iraqis insisted that the bombing had been an act of sabotage. Later in the week, another enormous blast sent earthquake-style tremors through Baghdad. The Iraqis said a car bomb was involved...
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