Iraq stops Iranian thrust
NZPA-Reuter Manama, Bahrain Iraq appeared yesterday to have smashed one prong of a dual-front Iranian ground offensive in renewed Gulf war fighting. Several thousand soldiers have been reported killed on both sides. The commander of the Iraqi 3rd Corps said yesterday his men had "completely crushed” an Iranian force that briefly crossed the narrow Shaft al-Arab. waterway to, threaten Basra, Iraq’s second-biggest city. He had asked the President, Mr Saddam Hussein, for permission to cross the border and move on the Iranian city of Khorramshahr, Bagdad radio reported. Iraq said its special forces had earlier fought an 18-hour battleto recapture from Iranian attackers the island of Umm al-Rassas, in the middle of the waterway. Iran said its troops controlled Faw, a disused Iraqi oil port at the southern end of the waterway, where it flows into the Gulf. Iranian television yesterday showed film of a freshly captured town it said was Faw.
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Press, 13 February 1986, Page 10
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156Iraq stops Iranian thrust Press, 13 February 1986, Page 10
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