Both Sides Report Heavy Fighting in Iran-Iraq War
From Reuters
BAHRAIN —
Both sides in the Iran-Iraq War reported heavy fighting Tuesday around Mehran, an Iranian border town seized by Iraqi forces six weeks ago.
Iraq said in a communique that an Iranian attempt to retake the town had been thwarted, but fighting continued. Later Iranian communiques spoke of “remarkable victories” by their forces, with hundreds of Iraqi casualties and the destruction of two Iraqi brigade headquarters.
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