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(Original Caption) 10/22/1980-Basra, Iraq- Iraqi troops riding in Soviet-made tanks head for a pontoon bridge in an effort to cross the Karum River northeast of Khurramshahr. The smoke in the background is from the Abadan pipeline. Sporadic fighting continues along the southern front in a month-old Gulf war, with Iraqi forces racing to build a 60-mile highway across the desert from Basra to consolidate their seige of the Iranian city of Ahwaz.

Iran-Iraq War of 1980

The Iran-Iraq war started in September 1980 when Iraqi forces officially began a full-scale invasion of Iran, a neighbouring country. Among the factors that led to the outbreak of the…

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