Issue 221 - 20 Sep 1983
THREE YEARS AGO THIS MONTH troops of the Iraqi Army moved across the border into Iranian territory and, officially on 4 September 1980, the bitter strife of a new Middle East war began. In those now distant days of 1980 the ,Iraqi government announced its action with a lengthy list of stern demands on Iran and unequivocal claims for sole Iraqi sovereignty over the Shatt al Arab waterway.
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