The World - News from Sept. 13, 1985
Iranian troops 25 miles inside northern Iraq came under fire from Iraqi artillery and missile-launching jets as they consolidated positions reportedly won in an offensive last weekend. The Iranians say they captured 180 square miles of Iraqi territory in the attack, killing 2,000 Iraqis.
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