The World - News from Sept. 26, 1985
Iraq said its warplanes attacked Iran’s Kharg Island oil terminal again, while Iran claimed its troops killed 65 Iraqi soldiers in hand-to-hand fighting in the highlands near Sumar, on the western war front. In Baghdad, an Iraqi military spokesman said its warplanes struck Kharg Island at sunset, the 12th reported raid on the key terminal since Aug. 15. Gulf sources, meanwhile, said that Iran is setting up a new oil export outlet northeast of Kharg Island at Genevah, which could be more easily protected by Iranian air defenses.
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