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"'Women are worse off now than they were under Saddam,' Evans said flatly. 'One million widows from the Iran-Iraq War have been evicted from their state-subsidised housing, rape is widespread, there's a 70 percent unemployment rate and a lot of abuse in the home that didn't exist before.'" (Katherine Stapp, "Int'l Women's Day," Inter Press Service, 3/5/04) In 2003 Evans Called The Invasion Of Iraq A "Global Testosterone Poisoning." "'When the world is on the brink of being consumed by global... (PR Newswire)
Militias Gone But Fear Remains In Basra Jun 13, 2008
Amarah, a stronghold of al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia about 100 miles north of Basra, is separated from the Islamic Republic by marshes that have been used by smugglers for centuries and were drained by Saddam Hussein after the Iran-Iraq war. "The heads of these militias left the area. They either went to Iran or other southern theaters," said Brig. (CBS News)
Kidnapped, threatened, Iraqi doctor won't abandon post Jun 13, 2008
"Kurukchi and his wife settled into a modest villa with a neatly tended garden out front. Their life was comfortable, though Kurukchi was under constant pressure to join Saddam Hussein's Baath Party. He refused, a risky stance that was forgiven largely because he was part of a team that treated Saddam's wife, Sajda, for 10 years.The doctor managed to avoid Saddam's brutal whimsy, but Iraq could not. The Iran-Iraq war exhausted the country's stockpiled medicine and doctors' salaries dropped... (Anchorage Daily News)
Oil Shock and Awe Jun 10, 2008
Today's Oil Spike Doesn't Bode Return to '70s (Wachovia, Exxon Mobil, United States Gasoline Fund, United States Oil Fund) at SmartMoney (SmartMoney)
Foreign affairs Jun 7, 2008
Esler is very good on Burnett's uneasy association with the threatening David Hickox, a neocon figure in the US adminstration who implicates Burnett in arms dealing during the Iran-Iraq war. Here is one more reminder of US support for Saddam Hussein prior to the invasion of Kuwait. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
The Battle for the Golan Jun 6, 2008
It did not join the Sadat peace initiative in the late 1970s; it backed Iran in the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s; it did not move closer to the West after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s; and over the past decade it has gravitated towards Iran. "Radicalism is not one of the options for Syria. It is the essence of what the Syrian regime is all about," Schueftan asserts. (Jerusalem Post, Israel)
An Iranian voice in the wilderness Jun 5, 2008
Saddam Hussein exploited the MEK's fervor during the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s. In addition to providing the group with a sanctuary on Iraqi soil, Saddam supplied the MEK with weapons, tanks and armored vehicles, logistical support and training at the group's Camp Ashraf in Diyala province near the Iranian border and other camps across Iraqi territory. (Asia Times Online)
Iranian filmmaker bridges deep political divides with irreverence Jun 4, 2008
Masoud Dehnamaki, a former militant, has broken box-office records with his irreverent film about the Iran-Iraq war ... Tehran, Iran - Masoud Dehnamaki's office is no longer made up to resemble the front line of the Iran-Iraq war, with sandbags, helmets, and gas masks and a sign requiring preprayer ablutions before entering ... Today, those right-wing credentials are enabling the war veteran-turned-film director to challenge prevailing myths about the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s, an event... (Christian Science Monitor)
Louise Firouz, 74; American expatriate credited with saving Caspian horses from extinction Jun 1, 2008
Her work became urgent during the Islamic Revolution of the late 1970s and the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s, when the Iranian government auctioned off most of the breed or used the animals to detect land mines ... During the next several years of political strife, which included the start of the Islamic Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War, the Firouzes lost the bulk of their possessions and were briefly jailed. (Boston Globe)
Iraq asks creditors to cancel $60-billion debts May 30, 2008
The U.S. Congressional Research Service (CRS) said this month that the Gulf states, which supported Iraq during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war, were resisting writing off Iraq's debts. About $66. (Globe and Mail -- International)
Arab states still wary of investing in Iraq May 30, 2008
Gulf Arab states, which helped fund the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war, hold about half the country's remaining outstanding foreign debt. About $66. (Christian Science Monitor)
Understanding Why We Hate: Is it Nature or Nurture? May 27, 2008
A study of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s, the Cold War, the recent presidential election fiasco in Kenya, the ongoing political turmoil in Zimbabwe, among other notorious examples, reveals a clear trend of us versus them in each instance. A few years ago, an item on Dateline NBC, in the United States, discussed the role of the black male in American society. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Supply-demand imbalance boosts oil prices May 27, 2008
The last time oil prices hit a historic high - in 1981, after oil industry deregulation and the start of the Iran-Iraq War - production didn't rise for the next five years. By the end of the decade, the market was swamped with crude, leading to years of low prices for both oil and gasoline. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
EDITOR’S MAILBAG (May 21) May 24, 2008
" EH wrote on May 22, 2008 9:18 PM:" EDS Two Exocet antiship missiles fired from an Iraqi Mirage Fl fighter during the Iran-Iraq War struck the USS Stark (FFG-31) on May 17, 1987 with 37 seamen slain. Here in 1987 a sovereign nation (Iraq) fired upon a U.S. war ship. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Mythmaking for the Next War May 22, 2008
The United States helped overthrow a democratically elected Iranian government in 1953 and provided aid to Saddam Hussein during the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s. If Iran sees an interest in bleeding the U.S. military, that is likely a defensive response to the presence of an avowed enemy on its border rather than a sign of aggressive intent. (Townhall.com)
Tehran is Winning May 21, 2008
Tehran will not back down from its goal of an Iranian puppet government in Baghdad because that would virtually guarantee the Sunnis remain on the fringes of power and the Iraqi military will never again become powerful enough to threaten Iran as it did in the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war. Besides, a pro Iranian government in Iraq would also further insultate Iran from international sanctions, to which it already seems almost impervious, as is indicated by her nuclear program. (Human Events Online)
Would Obama Turn His back on Israel? May 21, 2008
The resulting overthrow of the shah by Islamist theocrats begat the Iran-Iraq war and its slaughter of at least half a million people, as well as the emergence of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in command of the world's fourth largest military. Carters self-righteous incompetence and weakness also invited the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, which begat an Islamist resistance using terrorist tactics, one of whose leaders was a millionaire Saudi playboy named Osama bin Laden. (Newsmax)
Hyping the threat from Iran May 20, 2008
This is a consequence of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war, which Iraq started and which killed more than a quarter of a million Iranians, as well as grievances that go back centuries. I well recall being told by an Iranian, as violence mounted in Iraq in 2006, "What do you expect? They killed our Imam Hossein." The reference was to the most emotional event in the history of Shiism: the murder of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson in 680 by the army of the Sunni caliph, Yazid, on the plains of Karbala. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Celebrating Israel at 60; Sticking to the mission May 18, 2008
" These Palestinians have risen from young academics to university presidents and ministers in the Palestinian Authority. They have been giving the same "no sea, no desert" message for over a quarter of a century. But Israelis do not listen and say that we, like Barenboim, are na?ve. Today in Opinion My answer is that I am not an artist like Barenboim, but as a physicist I also feel especially qualified to analyze the situation. As a member of an international community I can hear views of our... (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Iran says mosque bombers planned oil pipeline attack May 17, 2008 * World News Quick Take May 9, 2008 Rising ranks of widows worry Iraqis May 9, 2008 Iran blames West for mosque blast May 8, 2008 Iraq urges Iran, U.S. to hold talks May 8, 2008 Iraqi PM makes first Syria visit May 5, 2008 How under-the-gun Iran plays it cool May 3, 2008 The heat is on Muqtada May 2, 2008 An insider's view of Iran Apr 22, 2008 How to Win in Iraq Without Losing to Iran Apr 19, 2008 EU Pushes Iran To Join World Atomic Safety Pact Apr 17, 2008 Out of Iraq: The price of the surge Apr 17, 2008 NEWSWEEK: International Editions: Highlights And Exclusives, April 21-28, 2008 Apr 14, 2008 Deadly Iran mosque blast reportedly not an attack Apr 14, 2008 * Blast kills 11 in Iranian mosque Apr 14, 2008 Confusion surrounds Iran blast Apr 14, 2008 Officials: Sabotage possible in Iran blast Apr 14, 2008 Iran mosque blast kills 12, wounds over 200 Apr 13, 2008 Fatal blast in Iran is termed an accident - International Herald Tribune Apr 13, 2008 US edges closer to engaging Iran Apr 12, 2008 Dangerous Liaison Apr 12, 2008 Letters to the editor (April 4) Apr 10, 2008 Islamic Revolution Fervor Kept Alive for Iran's Youth Apr 7, 2008 Muqtada out of step in Shi'ite dance Apr 5, 2008 THE BASRA BATTLE: SIGNS OF IRAN Mar 31, 2008 Portrait of a veteran Iranian revolutionary Mar 31, 2008 Reporters on the Job Mar 31, 2008 Muqtada cuts free Mar 28, 2008 Excuses, new mom, tactics Mar 22, 2008 IRAN'S MILITARY MOVES UP Mar 19, 2008 Iran election: hard-liners hold on, despite high inflation Mar 17, 2008 Iraqi Kurds grieve Halabja victims Mar 17, 2008 Battle of the conservatives Mar 15, 2008 Six Signs the US Is Not Headed for War in Iran Mar 15, 2008 Iran's Election: A Reformist Dilemma Mar 15, 2008 Iran's man in Iraq Mar 7, 2008 Why So Many Female Suicide Bombers? Mar 6, 2008 Bush's gift to Ahmadinejad Mar 5, 2008 Swarm of Bay Area gas price records Mar 5, 2008 Media lauds Ahmadinejad trip Mar 5, 2008 Letters to the Editor - 3/4/2008 Mar 5, 2008 Iran reformers hemmed in ahead of elections Mar 4, 2008 Iranian leader warmly received in Baghdad Mar 3, 2008 Ahmadinejad hails 'new chapter' in Iran-Iraq ties Mar 3, 2008 Ahmadinejad to oversee series of Iran-Iraq deals Mar 3, 2008 Investors fuel gasoline price increase Mar 2, 2008 Iranian president arrives in Iraq Mar 2, 2008 Seriously --- the price of gas hits $3.41 Mar 1, 2008 Deadly Ricin Found at Las Vegas Hotel; Room Occupant in Critical Condition Mar 1, 2008 'NUMBER ONE POWER IN THE WORLD' Feb 29, 2008 Iran's role in Iraq in spotlight Feb 29, 2008 Iraq approves execution of 'Chemical Ali' Feb 29, 2008 Turkish Tycoon Says U.N. Owes Him Millions Feb 28, 2008 New perspective (2) Feb 21, 2008 Dispute over Saddam's $35M yacht Feb 16, 2008 A dash of discord mixed with competition Feb 15, 2008 Iraqi PM makes first Syria visit Feb 15, 2008 Iran's winds of change Feb 14, 2008 'Persepolis' book, movie - two versions of same story Feb 12, 2008 COUNTRY OF WIDOWS Feb 1, 2008 Mayor of Tehran could become a presidential contender Jan 27, 2008 Francona: Conflicting signals from Tehran? Jan 24, 2008 Iran allows Montreal-based filmmaker to leave Jan 19, 2008 Clowns and Filipino Monkeys Jan 18, 2008 The death toll in Iraq; Bush on tour; Too close for comfort Jan 18, 2008
Iranian officials had initially said the explosion during an evening prayer sermon was caused by explosives left over from an exhibition commemorating the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war. The Islamic Republic, which is embroiled in a standoff with the West over Tehran's disputed nuclear plans, has yet to make public evidence against those arrested and the alleged involvement of its old foes. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Hoping for magic from Americans May 16, 2008
Another man who wants a surgeon to examine his hand, disfigured in the 1980s during the Iran-Iraq war. Scores and scores of people whose houses haven't had power for weeks. (Salon)
Officials had previously said the April 12 blast, in the Shohada mosque during an evening prayer sermon by a prominent local cleric, was caused by explosives left over from an exhibition commemorating the 1980 to 1988 Iran-Iraq War. The blast. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
3 million widows, 80% lost husbands in conflicts, including the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980, the Persian Gulf War in 1991 and sectarian uprisings. Othman says a fraction of the poorest, about 86,000, receive $35 to $100 a month from the government. (USA Today)
Iranian officials had previously said the April 12 blast, in the Shohada mosque during an evening prayer sermon by a prominent local cleric, was caused by explosives left over from an exhibition commemorating the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war. "The blast ... was caused by a bombing by a terrorist group with links to Western countries, especially Britain and America," ISNA news agency quoted Intelligence Minister Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei as saying late on Wednesday. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
Iraqi officials have said they do not want to be pushed into a conflict with their powerful neighbor, mindful of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war in which one million people were killed. Zebari has expressed frustration at repeated delays in setting a date for a fresh round of talks. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
For decades, the two countries promoted rival versions of Baathism - an Arab nationalism - and Syria sided with Iran in the eight-year Iran-Iraq war. A rapprochement was sealed in January with the visit of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani to Damascus. (Yahoo News -- Syria)
In the 1980s, in the bitterest years of the Iran-Iraq war, Khomeini also made it very clear that the production, possession or use of nuclear weapons is against Islam ... During the Iran-Iraq war, he was a member of a support team aiding anti-Saddam Hussein Kurdish forces. (Asia Times Online)
Hakim has always been loyal to the mullahs of Tehran and had Badr fight alongside the Iranian army, against their own countrymen, during the Iran-Iraq war of 1980-1988. Iran started out by sending money to Muqtada, seeing if he was receptive, and pretty soon, political support followed. (Asia Times Online)
In her memoir, Ebadi writes about the relationship of the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s to the intensification of political oppression by the Iranian government. She writes about Saddam Hussein's use of chemical weapons on the Iranian people in a war that left a million dead and no victors - except for, she says, the arms dealers. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
The latter was established in Tehran in 1982 during the Iran-Iraq War ... Al Daawa leaders, including Maliki, took refuge in Iran during the course of the Iran-Iraq war. (YaleGlobal Online Magazine, CT)
Russia contracted to build the plant in 1995, and supply it with enriched uranium, on the basis of an earlier project launched in the 1970s by German firm Siemens but frozen by Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution and the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war. (Editing by Richard Balmforth). (Planet Ark, United States)
He relented only during the Iran-Iraq war, when he was forced to rely on all tribes to maintain order on the periphery. The Gulf War, and the sanctions that followed, accelerated these trends. (International Herald Tribune)
In the 1980s it repaired ships shot up during the Iran-Iraq War. Now it is one of the world's top vacation destinations. (PR Newswire)
He did not give details, but state Press TV television said the blast may have been "caused by explosives left behind from an earlier exhibition commemorating" the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war. Today in Africa & Middle East. (International Herald Tribune)
A while ago at this site there was an exhibition commemorating the [1980 to 1988] Iran-Iraq war, Fars province police chief Commander Ali Moayeri told the Fars news agency. The munitions left at the site could have caused this explosion, he added. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
"The incident could have happened as a result of negligence. A while ago at this site there was an exhibition commemorating the [1980-1988] Iran-Iraq war," he said. Television pictures showed shards of glass and piles of debris outside Shiraz's Mosque of the Martyrs as large crowds waited for news of relatives. (Aljazeera.Net)
"Sacred Defense" is a local reference to the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s. Local militia groups -- known as Basij -- often use the mosques for meeting places. (CNN -- World)
"The incident could have happened as a result of negligence. A while ago at this site there was an exhibition commemorating the (1980-1988) Iran-Iraq war," provincial police chief Commander Ali Moayeri told the Fars news agency. "The munitions left at the site could have caused this explosion," he added. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
He did not give details, but state Press TV television said the blast may have been "caused by explosives left behind from an earlier exhibition commemorating" the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war. Fars News Agency, a semi-official Iranian group, carried a similar report. (Nogales International, AZ)
On the other hand, Iranian Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najar explained that the Iranian missile capability is only intended as a "deterrent defense power", which Iran is entitled to have, given the missile attacks during the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988). Such restraint is unusual in Israel-Iran rhetoric. (Asia Times Online)
Many bitter legacies of the bloody 1980s Iran-Iraq War, in which one million soldiers died, were laid to rest. Iran s president became the first Mideast leader to visit post-Saddam Iraq. (The American Conservative)
JTB wrote on Apr 8, 2008 11:19 PM:" Sure VH, that estimate is from a documentary called "Obsession, Islam's War With The West". Perhaps you would like to find a copy and watch it. I think you will find the persons who are interviewed and gave that estimate of great interest. Please do check it out, it is well worth it. It will also answer your question about why we can't have a Muslim president. Not even a moderate Muslim one. Barefoot, first off, stop twisting my words! Now, you think there... (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
There's even a Basiji film company that produces movies about the Iran-Iraq war. One studio boasts a yard full of old tanks and other armor, on the side of the highway from the new Imam Khomeini airport into Tehran. (Fox News)
He trumpeted how during the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s they had fought with the Iranian army against fellow Iraqis, claiming they were more bonded by Shi'ite blood than Iraqi nationalism ... This might explain why the only people who have been lobbying heavily with Maliki - to stop the war on Muqtada - have been those opposed to Iranian meddling in Iraqi affairs, mainly Sunni tribes, ex-prime minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari (who refused sanctuary in Tehran during the Iran-Iraq war) and the Sunni... (Asia Times Online)
And Guard officers and NCOs led some armed Iraqi groups in operations against Saddam Hussein during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s. PAGE 1. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Trusted by the regime, Bakhshi became active along the front lines of the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s, driving a vehicle with large speakers to boost morale of the soldiers with nationalist and religious chants. A well-known photo shows Bakhshi racing with a blanket to put out flames engulfing his vehicle after it was hit with an Iraqi tank shell, killing Bakhshi's passengers. (Christian Science Monitor)
The documentary also showed a visit to Haji Bakhshi's house, and another photo of Mr. Bakhshi putting out the flames of his burning car on the front lines of the Iran-Iraq war. Many months later, Scott was in Tehran interviewing Iranian war cameramen. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
The Badr Organization and the ISCI had always been and remained the most pro-Iranian political-military forces in Iraq, having been established, trained and funded by the IRGC from Shi'ite exiles in Iran during the Iran-Iraq war. It was the ISCI leader Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim who had invited two IRGC officers to be his guests in December 2006, apparently to discuss military assistance to the Badr Organization. (Asia Times Online)
Facts will show the USA of supported and encouraged Saddam to attack and fight Iran during the Iran-Iraq war. Once his service was no longer needed, he was tossed aside. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
In the elections that followed the 1988 end of the Iran-Iraq war, the regime tried to attract the middle classes by fielding some academics and businessmen as candidates along with the inevitable mullahs. The trend continued in the 1990s, with the regime seeking to maintain a popular base by fielding candidates with some personal local following. (New York Post -- Opinions)
"We like Ahmadinejad [despite] all the problems. Prices have gone up, but I will vote for him again. He understands people," says Mrs. Rahimikia, who has raised two children alone since her husband was "martyred" in the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s. "Though people are against him, he is one of us," adds Rihimikia. (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
Iraqi Kurds remember the deaths of 5,000 villagers killed 20 years ago in chemical attacks in Halabja blamed on Saddam Hussein's forces during the Iran-Iraq war. Kurdish villagers dressed in black to mark the anniversary of March 16, 1988. (Aljazeera.Net)
Qalibaf, 46, is a former general and commander of the Nasr Forces during the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s. A decorated war hero while still in his early 20s, Qalibaf headed the IRGC in the 1990s, becoming chief of police in June 2000. (Asia Times Online)
The Iran-Iraq war dragged on an on for years and years for no reason except to keep the mullahs in power ... In Iran, the "supreme leader" Ayatollah Khamenei was at the frontlines in the Iran-Iraq War, when Saddam used to be an "ally" to US, at a time when Iran was defending itself against him ... In Iran, the "supreme leader" Ayatollah Khamenei was at the frontlines in the Iran-Iraq War, when Saddam used to be an "ally" to US, at a time when Iran was defending itself against him. (Washington Post)
Many of those disqualified had once been considered khodi, or insiders, and include former ministers, governors and MPs, and heroes of the fight against the Shah or the Iran-Iraq war ... Do you know how many martyrs this town has given to the Iran-Iraq war. (Time.com)
Ahmadinejad's visit was also packaged by the Iranian government as a means to overcome the scars of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war in which hundreds of thousands were killed and wounded on both sides. But overcoming the stigma of the bloody conflict may be a long time coming. (Aljazeera.Net)
During the rule of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, many women were given light arms training to protect their families against the threat of an Iranian invasion--particularly during the nearly decade-long Iran-Iraq war (1980-88). Today, many of these women have assumed responsibility for protecting their families (for example, after a husband dies or is otherwise absent) against sectarian attacks and the perceived threat posed by the presence of foreign troops. (Forbes -- Business)
None of the parties to today's many-sided conflict in Iraq will say as much in public, but the lines of antagonism are little different from what they were during the Iran-Iraq war and Saddam's suppression of the 1991 uprising. The Sunni Arab tribal groups that recently signed up with the Americans to combat Al Qaeda in Iraq make no secret of their enmity for Iraq's Shi'ite-dominated government. (Boston Globe)
Both of those easily beat the state's previous record, set in 1981 during the Iran-Iraq war. Then, California's average price peaked at $3. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Writers in the Iranian press hail the visit as the start of a new era of co-operation between the two states, although one commentator in a reformist paper argues that many issues from the 1980s Iran-Iraq war remain unresolved. The view that the trip is a turning point for the region also features in the Iraqi media. (BBC News -- Africa)
It looks from here like thanks to you and your president, Iran was able to use our troops to win the Iran-Iraq war with no casualities. Heckuva job. (North County Times)
Among them have been former ministers and governors, a veteran with 50 months' experience in the Iran-Iraq war, another who spent 70 months as a prisoner of war in Iraq, even a grandson of the founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Many conservatives were embarrassed by the scale of rejections, which former President Mohammad Khatami called a "catastrophe." Lobbying of Iran's supreme religious leader Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei by senior pragmatic figures has resulted in... (Christian Science Monitor)
As many as 1 million Iranians and Iraqis died in the eight-year Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s, and the historical enmity between Arabs and Persians dates back centuries. On both sides, most of the foot soldiers in that war were Shiites, including Ahmadinejad, who reportedly served as an intelligence officer on the front lines. (AZCentral -- News)
The historic trip, the first by an Iranian leader since the Iran-Iraq war during the 1980s, spurred heated protests in Sunni Arab areas that seemed to underscore how growing Iranian influence could thwart hopes of mending the Iraqi government's sour relationship with Sunnis inside its own borders ... Outside of Baghdad it was clear the visit outraged many Sunni Arabs, who still have raw emotions from the Iran-Iraq war and also believe that Maliki's Shiite-dominated government now functions as a... (International Herald Tribune)
This year is the 20th anniversary of the Iran-Iraq war. Analysts said his visit shows Iran's growing influence in the region and his presence in Baghdad as a guest of the Iraqi government undercuts Washington's assertions that Tehran is fuelling violence with support for local Shi'ite militias. (International Herald Tribune)
Adjusted for inflation, oil prices have soared this high just once before - in 1981, during the Iran-Iraq war. Many oil market analysts consider the current prices overblown. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Ahmadinejad is the first Iranian leader to visit Iraq since the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s, but there was no sign of lingering animosity during today's lavish arrival. Iraq's president, Jalal Talabani, smiled broadly as he guided his guest from a dark sedan into his compound in Baghdad's Karada district. (Los Angeles Times)
If he'd dealt strongly with the Iranian revolutionaries who took our embassy hostage, we'd never have been seen as weak, the Iran-Iraq war would never have happened, and thus the Gulf wars would never have happened. Had he not been seen as a push-over, the USSR would never have invaded Afghanistan, and so there would never have been an Al Qaeda or Taliban. (North County Times)
Some reports suggest ricin was used in the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s, according to the CDC.. In 1978, Bulgarian defector and journalist Georgi Markov died in London after a man attacked him with an umbrella tip that injected a poisonous dart into his skin, the CDC said. (Bloomberg -- US)
"Everybody has understood that Iran is the number one power in the world," Ahmadinejad said in a speech to families who lost loved ones in the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war. "Today the name of Iran means a firm punch in the teeth of the powerful and it puts them in their place," he added in the address broadcast live on state television. (The Drudge Report)
"Today the name of Iran means a firm punch in the teeth of the powerful, and it puts them in their place," Ahmadinejad told relatives of victims of the Iran-Iraq war. MOST READ STORIES. (AZCentral -- News)
On March 16, 1988, Saddam's troops strafed Halabja with chemical gases, killing 5,000 Kurds in one of the biggest military operations against the people of the northern Kurdish region during the Iran-Iraq war. Human Rights Watch has expressed concern that the Anfal verdicts were as "flawed" as in the previous trial of Saddam over the killing of Shiites from the village of Dujail in the 1980s. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Most of the ships had been sunk there during the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s. The project languished before the invasion of Iraq in March 2003. (Fox News)
"Though submachine guns were openly brandished by some of the Kurdish peshmerga guerrillas as a defensive measure, and Kurd motorists frequently drove aggressively, at high speeds and veering frequently as a learned hedge against attacks, Rose felt safe and noted several Kurd provinces have the lowest incidence of insurgent attacks across Iraq.The people still have memories of the hard times, including the genocidal gassing of thousands of Kurds during the Iran-Iraq war in the late 1980s. He met... (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Saddam often tried to cast the 8-year-long Iran-Iraq war in religious context, a push to shore up his image as the new Arab and Muslim leader staving off the onslaught of Shiite Persians. The vessel reportedly remained at Jiddah until last fall, when it showed up in Nice with a new name, "Ocean Breeze," embossed on its streamlined white hulk, Amir-Aslani said. (AZCentral -- Business)
"The Islamic Revolution belongs to the whole of humanity," Iran's president Mahmud Ahmadinejad has stated, adding that since the revolution there have been popular elections almost every year based on the principle of "popular sovereignty" (mardom salari) even during the "tough years" of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988). Iranians vote for candidates running for 290 seats in the Majlis (Parliament) on March 14. (Asia Times Online)
For decades, the two countries promoted rival versions of Baathism - an Arab nationalism - and Syria sided with Iran in the eight-year Iran-Iraq war. A rapprochement was sealed in January with the visit of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani to Damascus. (Yahoo News -- Syria)
The Tehran I left in 2007 was the capital of a country basking in the liberalizing glow of the post-Khatami period: a decade when the rock-star popular reformist president, Mohammad Khatami, allowed social freedoms to bloom as restaurants, cafes, and galleries reclaimed public spaces dominated by public art commemorating the martyrs of the Iran-Iraq war. Reentering the Islamic Republic I was shocked by the dark shades of black and gray that almost exclusively replaced the colorful fashions of... (Boston Globe)
It is Satrapi's memoir of her life in Iran before, during and after the revolution and the Iran-Iraq war. Persepolis is named after the capital city of ancient Persia. (University News, MO)
No-one can give an exact figure for the number of widows left by the brutal reign of Saddam Hussein, the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war, the 1991 Gulf War and in sectarian bloodshed since the 2003 invasion. Moussawi, basing her estimate on a Ministry of Planning report from mid-2007, put the number of divorcees and widows close to 1 million of a total of 8. (AlertNet)
According to his official biography, Ghalibaf fought Saddam Hussein's forces in the Iran-Iraq war for eight years and became a senior commander of the Revolutionary Guards. The biography also describes him as an airplane pilot, a former presidential contender (he ran against Ahmadinejad in 2005) and an academic. (International Herald Tribune)
In 1988, the last year of the eight-year long Iran-Iraq War, there was a series of escalating events between the Iranians and Americans. When the U.S. agreed to escort Kuwaiti tankers in the Gulf, IRGC sailors laid mines in the shipping lanes, one of which damaged a U.S. Navy frigate. (MSNBC -- Terrorism)
Ms. Solouki was arrested while working on a film about repression during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s, and her videotapes and other material were seized. She was held for a month in Tehran's notorious Evin prison, where Zahra Kazemi, an Iranian-Canadian photographer, was beaten to death in 2004. (Globe and Mail -- International)
" Some media attention to this phenomenon started during Operation Earnest Will in 1987, when the US military was protecting Kuwaiti oil tankers during the final stage of the Iran-Iraq War. The "Monkey" burst in on marine channel 16, (the International Emergency Distress Frequency), which all ships are required to monitor with obscene statements and laughter before signing off. Another retired official backed Hoffman's statement, saying: "It wouldn't have surprised me at all. There's all kinds... (Asia Times Online)
How ironic: Iranian nuclear bomb research was initiated over two decades ago, driven by the horrendous losses of the Iran-Iraq war. The instigator of that war: Saddam Hussein. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
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