IRAN-IRAQ WAR MAR-JUN 1984

Created: 3/5/1984

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RAN-IRAQ: NEW IRANIAN PREPARATIONS

//THE IRANIANS APPEAR TO BE STRENGTHENING THEIR POSITIONS NEAR THE MARSH AREAS FOR MORE ATTACKS THAT PROBABLY WILL COINCIDEAJOR OFFENSIVE AGAINST AL BASRAH TO THE SOUTH.I

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